topic Re: memory card in Point & Shoot Digital Cameras

memory card

1maggiemae09 — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 03:25:19 GMT

This is my first camera,period,the retailer said it came with a meimory card which it didn't ,I live in a remote rural area and don't have a clue as to where or what size memory card to order,need some help,thanks.

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Jenine — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 03:57:19 GMT

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1maggiemae09 — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 10:54:25 GMT

It's a canon sx50hs,thanks again.

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John_ — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 11:57:11 GMT

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1maggiemae09 — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 12:06:35 GMT

John,thanks,now like I said I'm 66 a rancher and this is my first camera ever,what brand card is preferred or a good one at least and what size,I'm clueless.Most of the stuff I get is off of ebay because I'm so far out in the middle of no where,thanks again.

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pjmacd — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 13:29:20 GMT

I've had good luck with the SanDisk, Sony, Transcend and Lexar brands of SD cards. That's not to say that other brands wouldn't work, but the ones I've recommended are known for their reliability.

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John_ — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 14:14:10 GMT

your very welcome...I usually buy SanDisk cards like that other member said and I've not had any problems with them. SanDisk also has good support on their website you can go there for information on the different types of read and write speeds. I dont worry so much about the speeds for use in a camera. I have a few different sizes from 8 gb, 16 gb 32 gb and 64 gb. I would suggest not going smaller than 16 gb if your only going to get one.

I use my 64gb card mostly but keep in mind it holds a lot of pictures which is good but it's easy to lose track of all the pictures on the larger cards. But there are ways around that like creating folders on the card, sorting by date etc.

The 8gb cards are good becuase they fill up faster and force me to go through the pictures more frequently and delete the not so good shots and save the rest on my computer in folders or send some out to be printed.If you get the smaller 8gb get more and carry more than one.

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1maggiemae09 — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 16:05:34 GMT

Thank you both,will order the cards and go from there,this forum deal is really neat,my first go at one,I'm not a tech person at all,just an old man with a ranch and alot of time on his hands,thought maybe I would learn to take some wildlife photos,thanks again.

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John_ — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 21:12:19 GMT

It sounds like your in a really good setting to take wildlife pictures and now you have an excellent camera to do that with.

There are lots of helpful folks on here to help you with any questions you may have...none are to silly so dont hesitate.

Its a powerful camera do not let it overwhelm you. There are some good video lessons on you tube for that camera too that really help to cut through the technical stuff.

Your welcome !

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pjmacd — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 01:00:48 GMT

Glad to be of help. Enjoy your camera!

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1maggiemae09 — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 01:30:49 GMT

One more question,I looked on the website about "formatiing" the new memory card when it comes,understood all of it except how to find the "format" heading,will it be in the menu? If not I'm lost,thanks to you both.

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pjmacd — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 02:36:32 GMT

See page 203 of your manual. I don't have that particular model but it will be in the menus somewhere, usually one of the menus under the "wrench" icon. Formatting the memory card is a really good habit to get into, particularly if you use multiple cards in multiple cameras, as I do. Before you format, make sure you have backed up the current images on the memory card to at least one other location (I use a portable external hard drive).

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retiredphotog — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 14:13:48 GMT

I haven't seen it mentioned but you should use a Class 10 SD card as it reads and writes much faster. I use a Sandisk 32gb Extreme Pro which is a Class 10 card and it reads and writes extremely fast.

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dwightr8 — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 23:32:28 GMT

I've noticed that Class 10 cards have different transfer speeds shown on them from 30 MB/s up to 95MB/s. Is there any real advantage to a higher transfer speed card?

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pjmacd — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 23:43:25 GMT

It depends on your shooting style. If you are shooting video or high burst rate consecutive shots (especially in RAW + JPEG), faster is definitely better. If your style is slower and more contemplative, it doesn't really matter.

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dwightr8 — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 23:54:48 GMT

I was thinking more in terms of high burst rate or at least taking several shots in fairly quick succession.

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retiredphotog — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 23:58:30 GMT

You would be much better off with that shooting style using a fast Class 10 card. Fast shots will write to the card much faster.

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dwightr8 — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 00:59:11 GMT

How fast are we talking about. I've got a 30MB/s card now but was really wondering if a say 95MB/s card would make a noticable difference.

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pjmacd — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 01:34:24 GMT

That's going to depend on the write speed of your memory buffer. Newer cameras generally have faster write speeds than older ones.