Digital Camera Memory Cards

Posted on | October 7, 2009 | No Comments

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Does it really make a difference what size memory card you use? To your camera, no; to you, however, it could mean the difference between running out of space or getting the picture you want on your memory card.

Take into account how many pictures you usually take at a time, when choosing the most logical size . Your needs if you are a world traveler would be different from those of a person who only uses a camera for holiday get-togethers. How big the files are of the pictures you take, you also need to decide . Smaller file such as pictures for online will take less space and enable you to fit more on a card. Larger files for printing will need more space.

If you have a 2 mega-pixel camera, 128MB is usually enough. For a 3 or 4-megapixel

camera, a 128MB or 256MB memory card is usually plenty. For a 5-megapixel camera, start with a 256MB memory card.

Here’s a rough guideline of how many pictures a flash memory card can hold:

* Uncompressed images or up to 100 small, compressed images, a 128MB flash memory card can store about 21-41 large . This is good enough for most photographic needs.

* 42-82 large pictures and nearly 200 smaller ones, a 256MB card will store about twice . Important events like weddings and once in a lifetime events might warrant this size just to make sure you don’t miss that one special moment.

If you are planning a long vacation with a lot of picture taking, this might be best with the capacity to hold 168-328 large images and a total of close to 800 smaller images, a 1GB card has room for nearly 4 times as much as a 256MB card.

Remember you can always use several smaller cards and just change them when they are full, whatever you decide . So don’t panic if you don’t have a large memory card, It only takes a few seconds to switch memory cards .

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