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Capacity of cf card to be used with a60

What is the capcity limit of cf cards that can be used with my canon a60 ? Can it work with 1gb cards? 512 mb?

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I have used a 512MB card and no problems (about 500 pics on full quality!).

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According to Canon's website, the limit is 256MB. You could try it with a larger card, though. Nothing bad will happen to the camera, and it should either work fine or not at all. Here is the page from Canon's site: http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelTechSpecsSupportAct&fcategoryid=221&modelid=8774

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