Memory card size & speed? Any recomendations for card size 1gb, 2gb, 4,gb and speed class 2,4, 6?
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Anyone know if the Transcend SDHC 8GB card would pose any problems with this camera? Is it fast enough? It is a class 6 card.Transcend 8 GB Class 6 SDHC Flash Memory Card TS8GSDHC6
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Why does a memory card NOT come with the camera?? I just purchased one from Amazon to give as a gift, and upon opening and inspecting it, there is NO card. Also, the box was not sealed and had some worn edges... I'm thinking Amazon has pulled a fast one and sent me a returned item that is missing components.
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It all really depends on your shooting habits.What I like to do is usually buy a really fast and high end lower capacity card. Say a 2Gb or 1Gb Card. I shoot and once I am in my hotel (after my day trip) I delete the images I don't need. 2Gb would be a good soft spot. Just make sure you get the fastest type.
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I'd say - Depends upon how fast and furious you shoot, and how often you download. I use San Disk Extreme II and III, 1g and 2g cards, and download almost every day. You get about 285 full res pics on a 1g card. I suggest getting the fastest cards you can afford as the speed of the card will partially determine how fast the buffer clears, which in turn, effects how many shots you get on a single burst in burst mode. Personally, I use several smaller cards - 1 and 2 gig - rather than a larger card. Avoids the "all your eggs in one basket" syndrome, plus I'd have to work to hard to fill up those 4 gig things in a day. Just me though. You may want larger cards if you shoot video, which I do not. I'd say - Depends upon how fast and furious you shoot, and how often you download. I use San Disk Extreme II and III, 1g and 2g cards, and download almost every day. You get about 285 full res pics on a 1g card. I suggest getting the fastest cards you can afford as the speed of the card will partially determine how fast the buffer clears, which in turn, effects how many shots you get on a single burst in burst mode. Personally, I use several smaller cards - 1 and 2 gig - rather than a larger card. Avoids the "all your eggs in one basket" syndrome, plus I'd have to work to hard to... » Read More I'd say - Depends upon how fast and furious you shoot, and how often you download. I use San Disk Extreme II and III, 1g and 2g cards, and download almost every day. You get about 285 full res pics on a 1g card. I suggest getting the fastest cards you can afford as the speed of the card will partially determine how fast the buffer clears, which in turn, effects how many shots you get on a single burst in burst mode. Personally, I use several smaller cards - 1 and 2 gig - rather than a larger card. Avoids the "all your eggs in one basket" syndrome, plus I'd have to work to hard to fill up those 4 gig things in a day. Just me though. You may want larger cards if you shoot video, which I do not. « Show Less
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thanks. i download pretty frequently so 2GB is probably fine. i'm a bit of a novice, what is the fastest card? or how do i determine a "fast card"?
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The manual for the lz7 clearly states that if you want to shoot in high res movie mode, you HAVE to have a card that reads/ writes at least 10mb's per second. I believe it is the same for the tz3. At least SD ultra 2 will work. I have the lz7 and it would literally stop in the middle of recording with an error message with a regular card.
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You really need to read everything before you buy. It clearly indicates that it doesn't come with a memory card, and only a small amount of built in memory.Worn edges on boxes is completely normal, especially when shipped via UPS (despite packing materials and an outside box. Amazon did you no wrong here, you just need to keep yourself informed, and read everything before you plop down $250!
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TZ3 Manual recommends a min mem card speed of 10MB/Sec. This is equivalent to 10MB/X where X = 150KB/Sec ~ 60X. That is, a card that is rated at a minimum of 10MB/Sec, or a card rated at a speed of 60X, will meet TZ3s max response capability. San Disk Ultra II cards meet this specification. Of course slower cards can be used. Beware of off-brand cards rated at 60X or higher that in fact do not meet claimed spec. SanDisk, Kingston, Panasonic etc name brand cards are reliable. Anything faster than 60X can also be used, but cost more and will not increase the speed of the camera.
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any high speed SD card....NOT TO EXCEED 2 GB CAMERA WON'T 'SEE' ANYTHING LARGER.
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Thanks,I was planning on buying a 2gb card. You just "saved" my life, Did you try the 1gb card yet?
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Any brand will do, I like Kingston, sandisk and transend. I bought one with an adaptor so I can use my computer card reader to copy/paste movies and music if I want too. I bought a 16G class 6 card. I have 8 movies on the card. My music is on the internal 8G. One word of advice, do not ever do a reset as it resets to chinese.
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User manual page 114 says "SD Speed Class 2 or higher memory cards re recommended".http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/4/0300013934/02/elph150is-ixus155-cu2-en.pdf
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The maximum size SD card it can use is 32 gig. A class 10 card is recommended, I've used a class 4 before successfully, but if the scenery or action is changing quickly, like if you are shooting video while riding a bicycle, you may notice some "Pixelation" or "Artifacts" in the video and the audio could become unsynchronized from the video if you use anything but a class 10. A rarity, but why risk it? Class 10 32 Gig cards are rather inexpensive these days.
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It seems so unintuitive that a *faster* speed class rating would be worse for this product. Can someone explain why a class 4 or 6 would be better than a 10 (which is the most optimal card for video recording).
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I use it with Class 10 and personally I use 32GB. But that depends on how wure you want to be about it playing smoothly your videos (class 10 would be a better bet), and how big and number of videos you want to store in the memory (in my case I do not want to run any risk of getting a full memory signal, so 32GB was my safe bet).
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Any brand of SD card should work. If you mean size, it depends on how much you want to spend. I use a 2 GB card and have never run out of space before I uploaded the pictures on it to my computer.
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Get the fastest MicroSD card you can find, that is usually the limitation, I use a Sandisk UltraPlus 32G HC I card without any trouble. It is rated Class 10 and UHS class 1. They are reasonably priced as well.
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I have a tab 2 and the memory card works in that. The number 6 is the card speed, higher numbers work faster and are required for hd video. The number 6 is good for most applications.
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Class 4 is good enough. I use a class 4, 8G sandisk SD. The result is very satisfied.
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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.
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any brand will work. the recommendation is for 16 mb.that is a lot. i have used 4 mb cards which i prefer.
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oops. I also wnat to get another card for my camera someone suggested a 10 class with at leas 8 gig?not sure what the classes mean?
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I used a class 2 4GB microSD card before switching to a 16 GB class 6 card. No issue with both card. Haven't try with a class 10 card.
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I use a 16GB class 10 card in my XP200, but not sure if its overkill for my typical useage as I very rarely record video. If you're into video its probably a good investment. The class 10 likely helps save single pix faster too though.