A:AnswerI don't remember the exact number, but I looked it up before buying an SD card and it was somewhere between 3,000 and 4,000. I'm guessing that it was around 3,600. Certainly more than enough for most photo outings, but if you're going on an extended vacation, buy a second card for overflow - they're cheap enough. Worst case it's a backup if something happens to the first card.
A:AnswerTo DollarBill : I also own an "original", Canon "Digital Rebel" [ Canon's first "pro-sumer" digital SLR ] , that was the model 300-D (I think) like you describe.
I recall it captures about 3.5 Mega-pixels, introduced around year 2002-2003, with "silver" plastic body. I still have it, but on the shelf - with my old. beautiful FILM cameras...
The "Digital Rebel" ( 300D) uses the LARGER, "COMPACT FLASH" memory-cards. That was about the size of a "book-of-matches" : 1.5 in x 1.5 in , about 1/4 in thick (or less). THE BATTERIES AND CHARGER HAVE ALSO CHANGED - but these are IMPROVEMENTS. Batteries are smaller and lighter, but still hold the same power...
Some high-end, PRO digital SLRs are still using "Compact Flash" memory cards, but the vast majority of DSLR cameras, and most "consumer-level" video cam-corders, are using the smaller, "SD" memory-cards.
Using the original, "Digital Rebel", years ago, a "large" Compact Flash" card would hold 256 MB, or 512 MB. 10 years ago, a Compact Flash card, holding 1 Gigabyte ( 1 GB ) was considered "large", even "risky" - if you are making professional, "product" shots, or other "pro" work, or photojournalism, because "entrusting" 100 images, or more, could be "lost", if a memory-card "crashed" (by static-electricity, or other malfunction) .
In a nutshell, if you have the "old", or "original" Digital Rebel (300-D) - that uses the larger, "Compact Flash" memory card - NOT the smaller "SD" cards, used today.
Your desire to use the same memory-cards, or batteries, is understandable, but DON'T LET THAT STOP YOU FROM BUYING A NEWER CAMERA. SD cards are fairly cheap, likewise batteries. You will enjoy one of the newer cameras - better images - and SD cards, and batteries, are just part of the expense.
Good Luck to you...
- Mark, Michigan, USA ; 15 JUNE 16 -
