Basil wrote:
If the camera will take it, the Lexar Professional 1066x
.... might be an utter waste of money!
Frankly, the older camera likely has slower write speed that anything over around 150X or 300X is probably overkill. Likely UDMA (and version) will make no difference either... the camera simply can't take advantage of it.
However, sometimes there are better deals on the newer, faster, larger cards, than on the older, smaller, slower ones!
Just last week I bought four Lexar 16GB "Pro" 800X UDMA 7 cards on sale for $105. In comparison, 16GB Lexar "Platinum II" 200X were selling for $31 apiece... so would have cost me $124 for four.
Do check on the max size card the camera can accommodate (might be able to use larger cards with a firmware update). Someone mentions a 2GB limit on that model. Those might be harder to find.
But, aside from size limitations, faster cards won't help, but also won't hurt and might be good to have if/when you buy a newer camera and for faster downloading (which also depends on the card reader and your computer).
I use mostly Sandisk and Lexar cards. (You have to watch out for fake.... especially Sandisk... so buy from a reputable store.) I have also used Sony cards... which seemed fine.
I looked at what appeared a great deal on Delkin cards at one point (when mem cards were much more expensive than they are today).... discovered through online research that they were actually Dane-Elec cards relabeled, and that the claimed 133X or 150X was actually their read speed... Their write speed (which is what effects camera performance) was more like 30X or 45X in various tests! Too slow for the cameras I was using at the time, so I passed on those.
Transcend and Kingston reportedly make some pretty good cards, too, though I've never used them personally. Maybe PNY, too. Those three are mid-grade memory manufacturers, making various types of chips for computers and other devices too.
Cards from Delkin, Kodak, Duracell, and several others - including any camera manufacturer's own brand cards - are very likely made by someone else and relabeled. That makes it hard to know exactly what you're getting.