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View Full Version : Memory cards for digital cameras michael w 10-07-2002, 07:47 AM I'm about to get my first digital camera. Are there any differences between the various brands of memory cards ? In particular the Compact Flash type of card. Are some better performers, more reliable etc. cheerio ..digital camera newbie.. ckelly 10-07-2002, 02:14 PM Computer products in geneneral work or they don't right out of the box. Usually if they work new, they'll keep working. It's much like standard memory for the PC. Chris Walt 10-07-2002, 05:58 PM Chris - I think he's asking about quality, longevity, storage etc ... The man most knowledgeable about digital cameras around here is Thoots. If you don't get a reply in this thread, PM him and see if he can give you some pointers. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. ckelly 10-07-2002, 06:28 PM What I menat is that, compact flash memory, like standard memory either works out of the box or it doesn't. If it works fine there shouldnt be many problems. ForHere are a few manufacturers links: SimpleTech (http://www.simpletech.com/main.html) Crucial (http://www.crucial.com/) Kingston (http://www.kingston.com/) Golden RAM (http://www.goldenram.com/) Chris thoots 10-09-2002, 01:16 AM Folks, I've always had CompactFlash. I bought my first 256MB card from an eBay seller, and the maker's name was something I had never heard of before -- but it works just fine. Indeed, basically it works or it doesn't, so if you've got any kind of a warranty or a place to return it to, it probably doesn't matter what you get. As far as advantages of one format over another, it beats the heck out of me, because I don't know too many of the pros and cons of one versus another. You could go solely by price per megabyte, and probably do just fine. What I want out of one of these things is MORE MEMORY on one card -- I've got one 512MB card and two 256MB cards, so I can take over 500 pictures with my 4-megapixel camera. And, yes, I have actually filled 'em all up, on a number of occasions! :p: Which leads to another piece of equipment you'll need -- one of them really-fast new CD burners. I just got one that'll burn a 700MB CDR in three minutes -- that fancy new Yamaha one. I've got to get busy -- at current count, I've got over 22 gigabytes of pictures I've taken sitting on the hard drive, over 14,000 files! :eek: Some of them are duplicates and cropped versions and such, but I do want to back them up onto CDR's, so I'd better get busy! :p: Anyway, getting back on course -- get the camera you want, and don't worry much about the memory device it uses. Just bear in mind that you'll wind up paying quite a bit more for some decent storage for the thing before all is said and done. I hope that helps -- good luck! http://home.attbi.com/~thoots3/nicesquirrel.jpg michael w 10-09-2002, 04:51 AM Giant killer squirrel on the loose... :p: What I was getting at was that since other recordable media (cassette tape, MD, CDR etc.) have differences in performance, build quality etc. between brands, do Compact Flash cards ? Is one brand (eg. Canon) better than another brand ? While doing my research on suitable camera I recall one reviewer commenting that one brand of card allowed quicker access to the pictures when compared with another brand. cheerio thoots 10-09-2002, 03:54 PM Michael, Quality-wise, I don't think you're going to find any difference you'll ever notice. Speed-wise is a different story -- there are some cards out there that indeed move faster than others. Of course, they cost more money! At any rate, a "faster" card ought to display that difference boldly -- otherwise, I think you can assume the rest are pretty much the same. Hope that helps! Kamakiri 10-09-2002, 04:30 PM Hey Tom, We do miss the cool squirrel pics.... :) thoots 10-10-2002, 12:05 AM Kama, Who, me? http://home.attbi.com/~thoots/sqbigmpe.jpg |