Canon HF100 and SDHC Card

Does anyone use this camera in the FXP mode. If so, what SDHC card are you using successfully? I can not find one that will write at 17mb/sec. I continuously get buffer overwrite errors.

PNY 16GB class 6 card solved all my problems. Good quality card with write speed of 20Mb/sec. FCE and iMovie recognize it everytime. Here is the link to the card:
http://www.amazon.com/16GB-Sdhc-Class-6-Card/dp/B00151A2ME/ref=pdbbs_sr3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1221317010&sr=8-3

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