Memory cards for digital cameras...

[DogLover9501]

I was wondering what memory cards for digitals actually do? Do they just store more pictures??

I was wondering if I would need to get one....because they are like $90.

Could someone explain what they are for?

Im sure I'll have tons more questions when I get the camera :p

11 DAYS!!!!!

[dukedogsmom]

The one that comes with the camera only holds about 16 good quality pics, I think. Oh, and I've had my camera for almost a year and didn't know what that macro feature was. It takes great close ups! I was so happy to learn that. And here I thought I had studied my camera booklet....... You'll want to get another one. Go to Ritz camera. The cards are cheaper there. I've got one that holds 175 full size pics. It's great!

[binka_nugget]

I'd definately get a bigger memory card if you can afford it. The memory card I got with my camera was 16mb. I can't remember how many it holds but it wasn't too bad. Then I found a sale and snatched a 256mb card for $80.

[Barbara]

I bought an additional 128 MB card for 29,90 Euro (ca. 35 US$).

You will need it if you go for a weekend and want to take quite some pics:)

How many it holds can also depend on the megapixels of your camera.

[DJFyrewolf36]

My mother is lucky because she has an older cam so the memory cards are really really cheap now. Her 256 on her cam holds near 200 pix :) What kind of cam are you getting? Be careful when shopping for a card cause you don't want to spend $80 on something that doesn't work! My mum went through that when she first got her cam lol....

[moosmom]

The camera's memory only holds a FEW pictures. The memory card holds alot more, depending on the number of MB's it is. When I bought my Kodak digital camera, I was fortunate in that I worked for a newspaper and had friends in the photo department. When I left to move to Michigan, I was given two 256 MB disks. My friend said, "Take very good care of these disks, as one disk alone is worth MORE than the camera!!!"

Get a disk that has as many Megabytes as you can afford. It's well worth the expense!!

[DogLover9501]

Well to answer some questions...

Im getting a FUJI FINEPIX A330 DIGITAL CAMERA and it has 3.2 mega pixels and it says it has xD memory expansion...which means???

Also does it matter what kind of memory card I get?? Does it have to go with the camera??

The memory card that's the same name as my camera is $90 and it says.....
"Fuji xD 128MB picture cards are extremely compact and very economical. They are almost half the size of other memory cards yet hold 16x the capacity"

I can get a Fuji 64MB picture card for $60, how many pictures would that hold?

How many pictures do each one hold?? Can you tell?

Sorry for all the questions :o have never owned a digital camera, can you tell? :p

[slleipnir]

Hmm, I'm not sure how much 64mg is. I had an 8mg that came with it that held like 12 good quality pics.I now have a 250 (or 60??) mg one that holds 410 good quality pics. I'm not sure how to tell though...I'm sure you'll have lots of fun with it though :D

[trayi52]

I have 3 separate memory cards, how did I get so many??:confused: One is 16 megabytes, another is 32 megabytes, and the other one is 54 megabytes. I would really rather have one 256 megabyte. *dreams of a larger memory card*

I wonder if one of these would fit in my head!:confused:

Willie:D

[DogLover9501]

Originally posted by trayi52

I wonder if one of these would fit in my head!:confused:

Willie:D

LOL :D :D :D

[binka_nugget]

Here's a picture of the different memory cards:
http://free.one.picturehost.co.uk/card.jpg

XD is a type of memory card. Some other types are Compact Flash, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, MultiMediaCard and Secure Digital. You have to stick with XD cards but you don't have to stick to the brand. For example, when I got my Canon, it came with a 16mb Compact Flash Canon card. The camera can only use Compact Flash cards but whether it's a Canon brand card or not, it'll work just the same.

According to this place, (http://www.fujifilm.ca/education/topic.asp?ParentID=3&SectionID=177&NAV=4&eduhomeid=2&topicid=38&SID=180) a 64mb card should hold about 107 pictures at the highest setting. If you take the pictures at the lowest setting, you can get even more out of the card. On my card, I can get 868 pictures on the biggest resolution (1600x1200), 1389 at 1024x768 and 2719 at 640x480. So obviously, it would be nicer to get a bigger sized card but if you don't have a lot of space and need to take lots of pictures, the lowest setting will allow you to take more pictures.

[DogLover9501]

Okay thanks so much!!

Im not going to take huge pictures anyway, so for now, a smaller one will do, I'll get a bigger one when I take care of all Jasper's alergy tests(which could be another $450++) and all that other stuff ;)

[trayi52]

Is there a diffence in the quality of the photo? I mean the smaller the setting? Like on mine, the 64 megabyte one says 398 photos, on the smallest setting. Mine is a Canon.

Willie

[dukedogsmom]

Just remember to use the good quality pics when taking some you think you might want to print out. Because the smaller the file size, the poorer quality they will be and might not print out nicely.

[trayi52]

So does it show up differently if you post them like on here?

[dukedogsmom]

I really don't know. I've got a card that holds almost 200 full sized ones. I never change the size on them.

[trayi52]

What setting do you keep yours on, Val? Sorry so many questions!

[dukedogsmom]

Girl, I'm so tired right now that I coldn't tell you. Pm me with all your questions and I'll try to answer you sometime tomorrow. Was just gettintg ready to shut down(both computer and me)

[Kfamr]

My old 128mb card held like 2000+ small-sized pictures on it. "Small" is the size I normally post, which I think is rather big still. It has an error now, but I have 3 other (4 memory cards all together) I'm not sure how many MB they are, but I have two that hold around 300+ small-sized and the 16mb which came with the camera and hold 160+ small-sized pictures.

I'm going to get more before we go to Ohio, unless I can get my 128mb card to work.

[trayi52]

So Kay, what setting do you keep your camera on? I was hoping you would show up.:D

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by trayi52
So Kay, what setting do you keep your camera on? I was hoping you would show up.:D

Small. Which is 640x480 pixels.

If I plan on printing something out, I use large which is 1600x1200 pixels. I normally do our 'photoshoots' in large and any scenery pictures I use. Sometimes i'll randomly do a 'large' if I plan using it for my desktop.

[trayi52]

Okay, so does it make a diffence in how they look on here? I am sorry Kay, but it just seems like you would have to know all this, you know a lot more about digital cameras than I do. I am just in a learning stage with digitals, I always used a Miniota 9000 camera, and used 35 mm film.

[DogLover9501]

I'd like to know the same thing!

Setting it on a smaller mode, will it make a difference on how the pictures look on here?

I would think they'd look better on here at smaller modes, since then you wouldn't have to resize them so much

[Kfamr]

They look the same as they do on my harddrive. sometimes though, it depends on where you load them to. (Imagestation, photobucket.. etc..)

[cali]

I have 2 one that holds 23 pics, and one that holds over 100, I delete the pics off the cards all the time though so I can keep using them, and I just store the pics on the computer.

[binka_nugget]

Originally posted by DogLover9501
I would think they'd look better on here at smaller modes, since then you wouldn't have to resize them so much

I've found that taking pictures at a larger size and resizing actually makes it look better (less noise, colors look more vibrant, etc). But generally, whether you take pictures in the smallest size or largest doesn't really affect the overall quality when you post it here. If you use imagestation though..it would reduce the quality by a bit.

[DogLover9501]

Okay thanks everyone :D