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| Thread ID: 60417 | 2005-08-01 03:59:00 | Digital camera memory | gradebdan (2186) | PC World Chat |
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| 377166 | 2005-08-01 03:59:00 | Hi, Having just bought a digital camera I need to increase the SD memory card from 32mb to 128mb . I had a look on Pricespy and see that the cards range from $20 --to $100. Can anyone tell me what I need to look for other than the "128mb" please. | gradebdan (2186) | ||
| 377167 | 2005-08-01 04:32:00 | Recently purchased a 512 MB for $66 + GST (plus freight). Kingston memory, should be OK quality wise and works fine in my Nikon camera. www.aquilatech.co.nz |
godfather (25) | ||
| 377168 | 2005-08-01 06:50:00 | Godfather's link looks good - nice price. :) I would go for more than 128MB of memory if your budget allows it, as this means you will be able to take more higher resolution images (plus video if you camera does this) per card. Another site to check out for prices is Flashcards (www.flashcards.co.nz). I have bought from them before online and was very impressed with the fast service. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 377169 | 2005-08-01 07:08:00 | My sites cheaper than that. | pctek (84) | ||
| 377170 | 2005-08-01 08:06:00 | I get 200+ pics at 4meg on a 256 meg card (which cost me almost $256 when I got it, but now is worth only about $90) More IS better, get as much as you can. You end up taking multiple pics of one scene in the knowledge you can't run out and choose the best pic you like later. |
netchicken (4843) | ||
| 377171 | 2005-08-01 10:14:00 | I also liked Godfathers link. It listed my camera and told me the max. memory it would take. Good prices too. I have decided on a sd/256-s for only $25 plus gst and post.Does anyone have any remarks about other factors apart from price? I have noticed 45x and 60x. |
gradebdan (2186) | ||
| 377172 | 2005-08-01 11:40:00 | They are the maximum access speeds. Irrelevant probably for most cameras, would at most mean a fraction of a second difference in reading or writing, but both probably faster than the camera (whatever type it is, as you never stated that) is capable of. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 377173 | 2005-08-01 12:11:00 | There are various speeds from normal speed to 133x Sandisk Extreme III SD cards to Adata/Toshiba (I think) which offers 150x speeds. I think this is available on SD format as well as CF format. Your camera would govern the speed. For normal cams, get normal speed or at best 40x or 66x (Sandisk Ultra II series) if you got a advanced cam like the high end Fuji or Sony's. If you into humid or v cold environments and use a sports cam or the ones news boys use, then you may want the Sandisk Extreme which are designed for these more extreme climates. Even if you are a digital SLR user, I have 40x speed, its fine. It does not slow me down. I got that last yr. I belive last yr April 40x was the fastest? If however I use it for news or sports or wildlife, I may want 66x or 133x. IMHO I have Lexar, from my research I think I would convert to Sandisk :) Faster speeds would always be an adv if you use a external mem card reader and wanted fast transfer rates... (USB 2.0 or firewire). Edit The write speed would be faster to the mem card. Which may mean if you do burst mode you may get more shots per interval. But remember the cam would primarily dictate this, cos each cam has a buffer memory, when this mem gets full it needs time to off load it to the mem card (SD in this case). If the mem gets cleared to the card quicker, you may be able to take a extra shot. IMO getting a faster mem card does not really help, get a faster cam! A fast cam should not be hanicapped with a slow card either ... the specs are prob provided being tried with a fast card (40x, 66x or whatever...). |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 377174 | 2005-08-01 12:33:00 | The cam may say 3 fps for like max of x secs of xx shots. Using a faster card may allow u to write it faster to the card.. and give u an extra shot of the 5 sec of whatever... For normal cams lik GF said you prob wont notice it. Many cams prob won't be able to have buffer for 5secs in burst modes. What you likely to see is this, once ur buffer gets filled up. 3 fps may cease. Then it would write to ur card and ur fps may slow down to 1 fps as long as ur cam support this and u got a decent speed mem card. Some basic cams may not even support 1 fps when the buffer has finished.... So in short with basic cam, save ur money and spend elsewhere or get a bigger card. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 377175 | 2005-08-01 12:38:00 | Hi, Having just bought a digital camera I need to increase the SD memory card from 32mb to 128mb . I had a look on Pricespy and see that the cards range from $20 --to $100. Can anyone tell me what I need to look for other than the "128mb" please. Could you please tell me what make and model your Camera is. My camera will take up to 1 Gig of memory but I still use two 128 cards. On highest resolution each card will give me 32 pictures. I would like to know what sort of card your camera can take. Mine will take three different varieties. |
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