Express Action Sports

I have just bought a Canon dslr 60d. I am wanting to take a lot of sports/action photography and I believe I need a memory card that is very good.

I have heard that sd is not good enough. So can anyone advise me on what card and what size I should get?

Also I am taking street photography. I guess a normal sd and 6gb is enough for that.

Thanks for your help!

You’re actually limited to some type of SD card, my friend. The following page on the Canon website for the EOS 60D camera states:

"Compatibility with SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards."

Cards above 2 GB are entitled SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) … until you get to massive cards, which are termed SDXC (Secure Digital Extended Capacity). These are for cards that are up to 2 TB (Terabytes) or 2048 GB in size. (This is artificially limited to 32 GB by the SD 2.0 specification.)

The maximum transfer rate of SDXCs which follow the SD 3.0 specification was announced as 832 Mbit/s (these are called UHS104 speeds), with plans that the SD 4.0 specification shall increase this to 2.4 Gbit/s.

Nice camera, by the way.

I’m looking for a digital camera that takes awesome action shots for sports. I would also like to use it as an everyday camera. Was thinking about the canon rebel XTI anyone have any input on this. I would really like some HELP! An image stablizer would be nice, and one that will take photos in a gym without it being too dark!

You will not find any sensor based image stabilizing on Nikon or Canon DSLR’s … they do that on lenses, specifically designed for the length of the lens. The professionals that use Nikon and Canon cameras demand more performance from their cameras, so you will not see any "universal" fixes on their cameras (no one size fits all design).

That said, good photo taking techniques, fast lenses, IS or VR lenses and judicious control of ISO settings makes the success of shooting indoors higher than using a camera as an expensive point and shoot.

Next time you are watching a pro shoot an indoor sporting event, note their style of shooting and the equipment that is being used.