I'm buying a digital camera; need some advice!

friskyolive · Aug 8, 2009, 10:32 AM

Eh guys, have been interested in taking photographs of the sky; couds, sunrise/sunset, flowers and their little intricacies, insects, trees, and landscapes. I've chosen this one as it's what I can afford. I have slight interest in capturing some video; so I'm asking how much memory do I need? 4, 8, or 16gb? I need users opinions on the amount of memory I require?! Been thinking of 4gb, but is that enough? It's a 12.1 Mega pixel camera.

Zero · Aug 8, 2009, 10:43 AM

Memory is so cheap these days, get the biggest you can afford. Or buy a few smaller ones, doesn't really matter.

aRandomRobot · Aug 8, 2009, 10:47 AM

8gb should work fine. Just make sure you get memory that's fast enough for video.

**MyTMouse** · Aug 8, 2009, 11:21 AM

I bought a 16GB class 6 card for $49 a little while ago...it's fast and I never have to worry about running out of memory on my P&S camera

friskyolive · Aug 8, 2009, 11:30 AM

It's panasonic memory, and is class 6; this cost is not cheap, it's $60 for 4gb's and 8 gb's is $100. Any of you can offer a good webpage that offers cheap, but quality memory? And thank you, so far, in the adivice you guy's have given!

friskyolive · Aug 8, 2009, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by friskyolive

It's panasonic memory, and is class 6; this cost is not cheap, it's $60 for 4gb's and 8 gb's is $100. Any of you can offer a good webpage that offers cheap, but quality memory? And thank you, so far, in the adivice you guy's have given!

Found this online store and is qmemory from samsung good?

ice · Aug 8, 2009, 11:52 AM

Never heard of Samsung SD cards, but that site is trash.

http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Flash_Memory_Store

A2597 · Aug 8, 2009, 12:28 PM

good grief guys, it's standard SDHC, 4gigs shouldn't be more than 20$
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...y%20%28SDHC%29

spend some time at the 'egg, find the class6 you like with good reviews, buy.

ice · Aug 8, 2009, 12:35 PM

I had a Kingston and Transcend SD card. 4GB each. The Kingston one started giving me errors out of nowhere and eventually stopped working, the Transcend literally fell apart.

I bought an 8GB SanDisk Extreme III for my XSi and will never buy another brand othern than SanDisk again for my SD card needs.

friskyolive · Aug 8, 2009, 01:25 PM

So no one has heard of qmemory. Look it up on google, and it's supposedly awesome.. Anyway, all I wanted to know if size really mattered; and in this case 16gb for $52 with shipping seems pretty reasonable.

**MyTMouse** · Aug 8, 2009, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ice

I had a Kingston and Transcend SD card. 4GB each. The Kingston one started giving me errors out of nowhere and eventually stopped working, the Transcend literally fell apart.

I bought an 8GB SanDisk Extreme III for my XSi and will never buy another brand othern than SanDisk again for my SD card needs.

I've only ever bought two types of memory cards for the mostpart...Sandisk and Transcend....

Only corrupt data I ever had was on my Sandisk Extreme III 4Gb SD and the Transced cards I have are just as fast as the Sandisk ones but at 1/3 the price.

sometimes cheap memory cards have the same chips in them as the expensive ones.

Quickstrike · Aug 8, 2009, 03:18 PM

I have had good luck with the Transcend brand.

I leave the card in the camera and transfer via USB cable, so the card has never had a chance to fall apart.

friskyolive · Aug 8, 2009, 06:49 PM

I purxhased this camera: https://www.visions.ca/catalogue/cat...&menuLe vel=2

and this memory: http://www.flash-memory-store.com/qm...-150x-8gb.html

Total cost, $352.01. Now, I can relax and await my purchases. Hope everything runs smoothly; and take some needed photo's, shortly there after; well fall is a good time to photograph, with the leaves changing colours, etc...

x3

friskyolive · Aug 11, 2009, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by ice

Never heard of Samsung SD cards, but that site is trash.

http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Flash_Memory_Store

Really? My order was shipped yesterday, along with the camera. I was kind of skeptical at first, as I'm neurotic at times, though got whole-saler's info and address; the only thing that bothered me was the $13.68 shipping fee. Can't wait till my package arrives. As they say: w00t!

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friskyolive My Spooky. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Richmond Hill, Ontario Posts: 6,737	It's panasonic memory, and is class 6; this cost is not cheap, it's $60 for 4gb's and 8 gb's is $100. Any of you can offer a good webpage that offers cheap, but quality memory? And thank you, so far, in the adivice you guy's have given! __________________ Medical Mafia, where Pill meets Brill.

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ice Rage3D Veteran Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: PA Posts: 15,365	I had a Kingston and Transcend SD card. 4GB each. The Kingston one started giving me errors out of nowhere and eventually stopped working, the Transcend literally fell apart. I bought an 8GB SanDisk Extreme III for my XSi and will never buy another brand othern than SanDisk again for my SD card needs. __________________ X3350 (3.6GHZ)\|4GB of GSkill\|500GB + 320GB SATA\|MSI 8800GTS OC 512MB \|Abit IP35 Pro\|Windows Vista 64 Ultimate 360 games

Aug 8, 2009, 01:25 PM	#10
friskyolive My Spooky. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Richmond Hill, Ontario Posts: 6,737	So no one has heard of qmemory. Look it up on google, and it's supposedly awesome.. Anyway, all I wanted to know if size really mattered; and in this case 16gb for $52 with shipping seems pretty reasonable. __________________ Medical Mafia, where Pill meets Brill.

Aug 8, 2009, 03:18 PM	#12
Quickstrike Verification Required. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 3,242	I have had good luck with the Transcend brand. I leave the card in the camera and transfer via USB cable, so the card has never had a chance to fall apart. __________________ 1st PC : Intel Core2Duo Q6600 Quad core, Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme, Gigabyte P35-DS3R, 8 gig OCZ DDR2, eVGA 8800GTX, Audigy 2 ZS, Klipsch 5.1 Ultras, 74 Gig Raptor, 1.5 TB Seagate x 2, 1.0 TB Seagate x 2, Cooler Master HAF 932, NEC FP2141-SB@1600x1200--109Hz. 2nd PC : AMD 64 3200+, MSI NEO2 Mboard, 1 gig OCZ Plat. Rev.2, eVGA 6800 GT, 300 gig Maxtor 16 meg cache, Antec P182-B.

Aug 8, 2009, 06:49 PM	#13
friskyolive My Spooky. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Richmond Hill, Ontario Posts: 6,737	I purxhased this camera: https://www.visions.ca/catalogue/cat...&menuLe vel=2 and this memory: http://www.flash-memory-store.com/qm...-150x-8gb.html Total cost, $352.01. Now, I can relax and await my purchases. Hope everything runs smoothly; and take some needed photo's, shortly there after; well fall is a good time to photograph, with the leaves changing colours, etc... x3 __________________ Medical Mafia, where Pill meets Brill. Last edited by friskyolive : Aug 8, 2009 at 06:54 PM.

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