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Beyond the Camera - Memory Cards
The Beyond the Camera section looks at all the extra accessories that you might need to buy to go along with your camera (not including lenses which were covered in a previous section). Where possible, we have tried to give an idea of what you can expect to pay. Beware that the cheaper option can sometimes be a false economy (especially with lens filters).
Memory Cards
There are numerous different types of memory card - different makes and models of camera use different cards.
- SD (Secure Digital) card - used in most compacts
- Compact Flash - around a long time, reliable, large sizes available. Used by many DSLRs
- xD card - used by Fuji and Olympus cameras only
- Memory Stick - used only by Sony cameras
For any given card type there are often different variants - for example xD cards come in two different types: 'M' and 'H'. Make sure you get the correct one.
Many compact flash and SD memory cards have different speed ratings. For example a standard card might be rated at 6x speed (these are multiples of 150KB/sec). This would mean that for a camera that creates 2MB images - each is going to take over 2 seconds to write to the memory card.
SanDisk do a range called the Extreme IV which are rated at 266x speed (nearly 40MB/sec). At the time of writing, there are no cameras capable to working at this speed so if you own one of these cards, you know the card is not going to be the bottleneck as you'll be getting the maximum speed the camera can offer.
Beware when buying memory cards. SanDisk have a great reputation for reliability however fake SanDisk cards do exist and are often sold on the Internet. Buy from a reputable dealer as you don't want your card to die in the middle of a shoot or when it is full of precious photographs.
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Photographs
This is a site about photography so I'm sure you are expecting to see plenty of pictures.
For now, why not take a peek at the flickr galleries belonging to the two authors of this site.
Colin's Flickr Page
Phil's Flickr Page
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