Media Cards – Which One To Choose?
Posted by colbygw on January 21, 2007
One of the first things people ofetn wonder about after buying their first camera or if they are lucky, recieveing their first digital camera is, how much “memory” do I need?
This is a very good question and not one that should go over looked. With the growing market of digital photography everyday there are more and more products to choose from. HEck just a few years ago the latest digital camera was a 3.2 Megapixel now you can buy a 12.0 megapixel for almost $200 in any gadget or electronic super store.
There are many brands of MMC Cards (Mulit Media Cards) to mention a few of top sellers we have:
* ScanDisk
* Lexar
* Dane-Elec
* Kodak
* Nokia
* Toshiba
* Hitachi
* Samsung
* ATP
* Transcend
Anyone one of these brand names would just fine… but of course who wants a product that is just fine? We want a product that is GREAT! A product that is the “Top Of The Line” … oh yeah, and did I mention that we want it for “Less” than anyone else can buy it?
My advice to you is this, I use Lexar Memory Compactflash Cards. I like these cards because they are professionaly designed for High Performance. The card that I shoot the most with is the Professional Compactflash 2GB 80x. the “80x” is the speed of the card meaning if you go to a store to buy this and you see one that is 20x your memory card will take longer between pictures to generate the image. And in when photographing pets and animals… Faster is Always Better!
Now we no the brand name of the flash card we are going after… but what about the size? 512mb? 1GB? 2GB? 3GB?
Odds are your camera probably came equipt wih a media card and more than likey it was a media card under 1GB. So heres the breakdown:
If you are a beginner photographer odds are the settings in your camera are not going to be set to RAW so pick up a 1GB card and you’ll be fine. A 1GB card with your camera set to Basic JPEG is going to give you well over 100 or even 200 images.
If you are a novice and are just starting to get familiar with your “RAW” settings on your camera than I would go with a 2GB. Even as a pro this is generally what I shoot with.
And of course always have back-up! Never, Ever, leave your house to go on a photoshoot with just one memory card!
For more information or to purchase a Lexar memory card of your own please click the link below.
Lexar Media Lexar Media 2GB Platinum II 80X CompactFlash Card
Oh yes! In case I haven’t already mentioned this in one of my [revious posts.. this is an open dicussion page, so if you have thoughts or would like to suggest a different type of Media Card that has work well in the past, please feel free to mention it!
Happy Photographing!!!
