I can handle getting a slow card OK, but you will regret it. I have 5 Compact Flash cards Lexar 16MBy 8x (the toy that came with the camera) Lexar 64MBy 4x Lexar 256MBy 12x 2 cards SanDisk 256MBy "high speed" SanDisk tech support told me that card was the equivalent of 8x. I had been using the 64MBy Lexar and began to use the SanDisk card -- it was painfully slower than the Lexar 4x card!!! The card speed affects both transfer to the PC (where it might be tolerable -- start the transfer then step away from the PC and make breakfast) and also picture taking. Try to imagine getting pictures of 4 year olds playing at a birthday party while you are limited to 4 or 5 pictures per minute. 2 consecutive images might seem to be from 2 different parties. > but I haven't found much info on them That brand does not show up on either amazon.com or www.pricewatch.com > especially in terms of reviews Products like this either work or don't work. Reviews are useless -- the only thing that matters is long term reliability .... I bet that you can't wait a year to make a decision. Just now, I looked at amazon.com and found that Lexar 256MBy 36x CF cards are now less expensive than the 12x cards I bought last July. At that time, I didn't realize that the spread between 12x and 40x CF cards was only $10 to $20 -- and probably should have bought the 40x cards. Finally, as Michelle and zhounder said, get at least 2 cards. MGD