What's the best memory card brand/speed to use with this device?
2035676
Technically you can use the slowest memory cards, especially if you copy music to the card through the player (which is USB 2.0). Alternatively, you can copy files using a USB 3.0 card reader, then you benefit from using a faster card. Playback is not affected by the card speed rating.
2035677
Speed doesn't matter for MP3 files, they are very low bandwidth. Think about it - memory cards are measured in Megabytes per second, MP3 files are measured in Kilobytes per second. So even a slow 1MB card is more than 3x fast enough for a very high quality 320Kbps MP3 file. That said, I only use the biggest available, which is 64GB - the only card I use is the "SanDisk SDSDQUA-064G-U46A Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card 30MB/s with Adapter" - conveniently made by the same company that makes the player. I don't care about the other features, but I do care about the 64GB size.
2035678
Speed doesn't matter for MP3 files, they are very low bandwidth. Think about it - memory cards are measured in Megabytes per second, MP3 files are measured in Kilobytes per second. So even a slow 1MB card is more than 3x fast enough for a very high quality 320Kbps MP3 file. That said, I only use the biggest available, which is 64GB - the only card I use is the "SanDisk SDSDQUA-064G-U46A Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card 30MB/s with Adapter" - conveniently made by the same company that makes the player. I don't care about the other features, but I do care about the 64GB size. Speed doesn't matter for MP3 files, they are very low bandwidth. Think about it - memory cards are measured in Megabytes per second, MP3 files are measured in Kilobytes per second. So even a slow 1MB card is more than 3x fast enough for a very high quality 320Kbps MP3 file. That said, I only use the biggest available, which is 64GB - the only card I use is the "SanDisk SDSDQUA-064G-U46A Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card 30MB/s with Adapter" - conveniently made by the same company that makes the player. I don't care about the other features, but I do care about the... » Read More Speed doesn't matter for MP3 files, they are very low bandwidth. Think about it - memory cards are measured in Megabytes per second, MP3 files are measured in Kilobytes per second. So even a slow 1MB card is more than 3x fast enough for a very high quality 320Kbps MP3 file. That said, I only use the biggest available, which is 64GB - the only card I use is the "SanDisk SDSDQUA-064G-U46A Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card 30MB/s with Adapter" - conveniently made by the same company that makes the player. I don't care about the other features, but I do care about the 64GB size. « Show Less
2035679
I don't think it matters. This is a consumer product with very little write speed requirements - not like a camera, you load the songs once and then mostly read the mp3 files. The songs are loaded from a PC that can be very patient while the files are written to the flash memory card. I would go with the least expensive - and I have done that in the past.
2163562
Any of the SD cards and it's newer variants. I have a 32gb SDHC card in it, and it works great.
1358551
any brand will work. the recommendation is for 16 mb.that is a lot. i have used 4 mb cards which i prefer.
922982
commonly available SD Card with reasonably high data transfer rate ( Class 6 and above ) will do. I have used SD cards of SanDisk & Amazon of 4GB as well as 32 GB of class 10. They both worked well.
806090
The memory card is a Sony UHS Class 10 rated at 40 MB/s. It worked quite well for me during a trip I went on. It was able to capture the highest res JPEGs very quickly in burst mode. One item to note: If I was capturing JPEG + RAW, it would do maybe 4-5 images per second. If you're looking to do JPEG + RAW, you may want to look for something a bit faster. The tripod is very small (maybe 4" tall). Unfortunately, I didn't keep the box, so I don't remember the brand of the tripod. In general, the memory card was the only thing where I noticed that it was a well-known name brand. That being said, all of the extras (memory card, case, and extra battery) have worked quite well for me.
106138
Any card should work, micro SD isn't proprietary its a standard so any brand should work just fine. Keep in mind the read write speeds when you make your purchase, regardless of brand shoot for something class six or above. A class ten is the best but six is good ,anything below that is a bit sluggish. Good luck
1523273
I have a 4gb sandisk in mine, it will slow down access times of pics and songs but thats to be expected. I have never seen an 8gb card.
1767006
Use either SD or CF, but I recommend a fast card; at least 600x speeds. Manufacturer does matter, Lexar, Sandisk are two of the approved cards.
1649090
I am using a 64GB SD card ( actually it's a micro-SD with an SD adaptor) and I can say its just the best. Take it on a long trip, go crazy on the pitcures without a care, bring it home and download them to your PC. Even at max resolution of 20MBPS, I am yet to use up anything close to 50% even taking videos.
924782
The type used is called microsd, similar to this one: SanDisk Ultra 32GB MicroSDHC Class 10 UHS Memory Card Speed Up To 30MB/s With Adapter, Frustration-Free Packaging - SDSDQU-032G-AFFP-A [Old Version]
1967873
I bought a very inexpensive 2GB SD card of the Crucial brand. These are almost always on sale somewhere on the Web. It's not rated at a super high speed (40x), but it seems to work fast enough in my A590IS. I contacted Canon Tech support re. what would be the optimum speed chip to get for the 590 and they didn't seem to know. Duuuh..., so I ended up with the Crucial. I don't use the highest res setting, as the lens isn't really up to it, so there's room for plenty O' pix on the 2 Gigger. .bh.
2118842
I bought an 8GB HCSD, because I wanted to have more space. Manufacturer claims is a class 6 card, which is supposedly the fastest (or one of the faster cards). Using it, I found: 1. The RAW shooting, would take about the same time that took my 2G MicroSD with adapter, that is, if you're planning about taking bursts of pictures RAW, that won't do the trick. 2. I found the bigger size of videos is 2GB, and that appears to be limited by the filesystem of the cards it self. That's around 23 minutes in the highest quality mode.
2008655
I am using the SanDisk Ultra 64 GB SDXC Class 10 Flash Memory Card 30MB/s SDSDU-064G-U46 for $46.88 on Amazon. Smaller & larger GB's are available depending on how much storage you need.
1295917
I use the Transcend 32gb cards. This card is all I need, if there is a better choice I won't go looking for it. I tend to stick with what I know and like.
1808346
I use the recommended SanDisk SD cards. I'm a fan of the Ultra version, but you wouldn't necessarily have to buy the Ultra one. Because I take a lot of photos, I buy a 16 GB SD card. I watch for sales on them. I do stay away from brands that you see at Black Friday sales, or similar...you never know what you are getting...and you get what you pay for. Hope this helps.
924784
32GB microSD is the maximum you can go for, depending on your needs, else 16GB will do too. SanDisk Ultra 32GB MicroSDHC Class 10 UHS Memory Card Speed Up To 30MB/s With Adapter, Frustration-Free Packaging - SDSDQU-032G-AFFP-A [Old Version]
786149
I bought the Transcend 32 GB Class 10 SDHC Flash Memory Card (TS32GSDHC10E). I wouldn't go lower than class 10 because you need the speed. I also buy Sandisk brand.