Best Memroy Card for the Kodak Zi8 I was wondering what is he best SDHC memory card to purchase for my Kodak Zi8? I would like to get at least a 16gb one. I do not imagine that my videos would be more that 10 minutes long apiece, but I don't know until I get it, I may have a blast with it, so that is why I am looking at 16gb just in case I have so much fun with it. Just would like to know a good card to get that I could grow into if need be.Thanks Rich Best Memroy Card for the Kodak Zi8 I was wondering what is he best SDHC memory card to purchase for my Kodak Zi8? I would like to get at least a 16gb one. I do not imagine that my videos would be... » Read More Best Memroy Card for the Kodak Zi8 I was wondering what is he best SDHC memory card to purchase for my Kodak Zi8? I would like to get at least a 16gb one. I do not imagine that my videos would be more that 10 minutes long apiece, but I don't know until I get it, I may have a blast with it, so that is why I am looking at 16gb just in case I have so much fun with it. Just would like to know a good card to get that I could grow into if need be.Thanks Rich « Show Less
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I ordered the Transcend 16 GB SDHC Class 6 Flash Memory Card TS16GSDHC6 from Amazon and have great videos with my new Zi8. Amazon has a good price on this size Memory and free shipping.
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Your welcome, I'm just now learning how to use my new Zi8. I think I'm really going to like it. I also bought an extra battery for it, from Amazon. A Kodak KLIC-7004, just like the one that came with it. I would hate to be taking videos and have my battery run out. I'm checking into buying another battery charger too.
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I also purchased the Transcend 16GB Class 6 card. As a previous poster mentioned, the card is a good price on Amazon. I originally purchased a 32GB Transcend Class 4 card. Reading posts on the internet I discovered Class 6 was the way to go. I returned the 32GB card to Amazon. Unfortunately 32GB seem to be a bit more pricey. I purchase 2 16GB Class 6 Transcend cards. They basically equaled the price of te 32GB Class 4.
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a class 10 card is ideal to take advantage of the high speed movie modes. An 8 GB card will store over 1000 photos, you can use that as a capacity gauge. I think the Extreme cards are overkill for this camera, so I'd $ave with an Ultra.
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I did a lot of research and reviewing and determined the best was the latest high speed versions, specifically this one at Lexar Professional 400x 16GB SDHC UHS-I Flash Memory Card LSD16GCTBNA400 . I am happy to say the choice was on the money as this card is amazingly fast, and greatly improves the use and experience with this camera. Hopefully this helpful, good luck!
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About the only reason for MOST PEOPLE to get more than a 2 GB SD card is because they intend to take movie clips. It would take an awful lot of still photos to fill up a 2 GB card! If you intend to take a lot of movies, go for a larger card.With any of these cameras, if you intend to take long movie clips, use either a high speed SD card or a fast SDHD card. I have to be honest. I am somewhat ignorant of the real world speeds of the SDHD cards, compared to the high speed SD cards, though there are websites that do comparisons of such things.
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SDHC works like a champ, I believe it can handle up to a 16Gb card...Fred Dagg seems to have provided the thorough answer below.
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It depends on the size of the card you put in it. I put a 16gb microSD in it and I'll never run out of recording time. This model has the lower quality camera so a 1 minute video is about 30MB. If you upgrade to the 2MP camera model, it will be about 150MB for a 1 minute video but the video quality is worth it.
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I'm sure you got it figured out by now, but to anyone else, I use a CLASS 10 SDHC 8GB card with no problems. Key is that it is CLASS 10. And the video length can be changed in settings.
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Mine did NOT come with an SD card. I use an 8 gig Micro SD card I had laying around and it works fine. The video files get big in a short amount of time so I recommend a class 6 or higher Micro SD card. Class 10 would be even better. They can be found fairly cheap here on Amazon.
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Which SD memory card have you had better experience with? The 2GB Kingston Elite Pro or the 2GB Sandisk Ultra II? I'm looking into memory cards now and I have not read the best things about Kingston products.
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the cheapest price for the biggest memory makes sense. In terms of manufacturers of cards, I don't know of any big differences - SanDisk is pretty common. In terms of size, it depends on your shooting habits. I transfer the files on my card monthly - the Canon makes monthly folders. I use an 8 gig card, and if I shoot more than 300 pictures, or have more than 20 minutes of movies, it fills up. It might make sense for me to go to 16 gigs, but it's rare with my shooting load that I surpass 8 gigs. If you're someone who NEVER backs up the card, then it may be a better to use a smaller card in order to FORCE YOU into better archiving habits. My wife's camera has files on it dating back three years to various holidays and vacations - she shoots about 25 pictures per year. But if something happened to the card - theft, loss, gets dumped in water - then that's three years' worth of stuff that gets lost if it isn't backed up somewhere else. Short answer - whatever your shooting load is, make sure you regularly back it up and have copies elsewhere. Oh yeah, and you don't have to take every single picture off - you can select some to leave on the card, so that you can have them on your camera for playback. I've got puppy pictures on my camera that are three years old, but I've taken off thousands of pics since. When you copy the whole folder to your computer, you then go back and delete what you want from the card. You don't have to delete everything off the card you've saved to computer. Just delete files you don't want on the card and keep the ones you do. If you don't shoot a lot, you may never fill up the card, but back it up regularly anyway. Enjoy!
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It takes a standard SDHC card which you can buy anywhere, such as Wal-Mart, Target or cheaper on line at Amazon, these cards come in memory sizes of 8gb, 16gb, 32gb or 64gb. I have a 16gb card which will hold well over a 1,000+ pictures. A 16gb card purchased online at Amazon will cost around $15.
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I bought a 2 GB Sandisk Extreme III (20 MB/s write rate). It works fantastically. I was able to continuously record video until I completely filled the card (over 18 minutes) with 480x640 resolution at 30 frames per second (like a standard digital camcorder). It costs a bit more than standard SD memory cards, but if you are shooting video it is well worth it. I ordered mine from Jowow through Amazon for under $40 delivered.
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Micro SD. I purchased a SanDisc Ultra 16 GB MicroSDHC for less than $15 through Amazon when I bought the camera and it works great. Even at the highest image quality setting, the card can hold more than 1,000 photos (which is far more than you should ever keep on a memory card without backing it up to another source).
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Before I purchased this camera, I checked many sites regarding which card to use-Internal memory of only 52MB was not enough for my use-the end result was purchasing a SanDisk 16GB Ultra card. There are 32GB Ultra cards also available. Bottom line: Internal memory is very limiting, and the use of an Ultra card (recommended over a basic SD card) will add peace of mind while shooting "extra" pictures or extended-video. Great camera, by the way!
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I bought a 32MB mini SD card and took it on vacation. I took over 1800 pictures and maybe 40+ videos and I still had room for another 3000+ pictures. 16MB might be plenty but for the small price difference the 32MB will serve you well.
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Looks like the new Zi8 is going to be the best low cost HD camcorder.Kodak Zi8 HD Pocket Video Camera (Black)$179.95 on Pre-Order and it does 1080P or 720P at 60fps, image stabilization, replaceable battery and it has HDMI out and it has an EXTERNAL MICROPHONE JACK so you can record audio with a decent mic. Maybe use a mic with a wind guard so you can record outside without all that annoying wind buffeting noise.Some of the Aipteks can do these things plus zoom, but the Aipteks are so clunky, not slick and pocketable like this.You also need to buy a case and SD card since it doesn't come with a case and only has 128MB onboard storage. Looks like the new Zi8 is going to be the best low cost HD camcorder.Kodak Zi8 HD Pocket Video Camera (Black)$179.95 on Pre-Order and it does 1080P or 720P at 60fps, image stabilization, replaceable battery and it has HDMI out and it has an EXTERNAL MICROPHONE JACK so you can record audio with a decent mic. Maybe use a mic with a wind guard so you can record outside without all that annoying wind buffeting noise.Some of the Aipteks can do these things plus zoom, but the Aipteks are so clunky, not slick... » Read More Looks like the new Zi8 is going to be the best low cost HD camcorder.Kodak Zi8 HD Pocket Video Camera (Black)$179.95 on Pre-Order and it does 1080P or 720P at 60fps, image stabilization, replaceable battery and it has HDMI out and it has an EXTERNAL MICROPHONE JACK so you can record audio with a decent mic. Maybe use a mic with a wind guard so you can record outside without all that annoying wind buffeting noise.Some of the Aipteks can do these things plus zoom, but the Aipteks are so clunky, not slick and pocketable like this.You also need to buy a case and SD card since it doesn't come with a case and only has 128MB onboard storage. « Show Less
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I have been using a Sandisk 4GB SDHC (class 2 speed), and a Sandisk 8GB SDHC Extreme III (class 6 speed) with this camera and both seem to work fine. I've noticed that some retailers claim in their "specifications" sections that this camera can only use cards up to 2GB (not SDHC), but I haven't found this to be the case. I'm not sure if I'll actually be able to get the full 4-8GB storage capacity out of my cards, but compatibility hasn't been a problem. Hope this info helps.