Forums - SD Card Size

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Britlady

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Age: 30

#340 2007-07-04 20:39 GMT

When buying memory, what is your preference-one large card or several smaller ones?

I have a large card that I use for such things as taking video. But my fear is that if something should happen to make the card fail, and it were full of photos, I would lose a LOT. So for photos I prefer to use several 512s instead.

How do you work it?

Tet

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Age: 26

#351 2007-07-05 14:17 GMT

When travelin.. i use 256 card first to see when i get it full.. snapping shots like a a japanese tourist..
Then i punch in 1 or 2gb card n adjust to what i got.. .

Britlady

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#365 2007-07-10 01:29 GMT

Do you never fear losing stuff to card failure? I am not sure how common it is, I am just basing my fears on my PC experience (since that is where my academic training lies).

fotog

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#440 2007-07-18 01:17 GMT

I have two 128MB, and two higher ones, I think about 256, but not sure. I need some sleep now, but I will check tomorrow and get back with you. I have no issues running out of room, most of the time if that is even close I will pop the SD in my laptop download real quick and then I'm ready to go again. The only reason I keep about four with my camera at a time is they use alot of space for the videos I end up taking.

Tet

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#441 2007-07-18 15:46 GMT

i dont really think about loosing stuff.. unless the card gets burned or something drastic.. . cause deleted pics are like deleted files... ;)

fotog

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Age: 22

#447 2007-07-20 09:00 GMT

I always worry about losing things. Alot of the shots I take are of nature settings that may only come around once a year - so the last thing I want to do is lost it then wait a year (by then I will have forgotten), and also pictures of my family - those are the best, I can NOT lose them.

Nikaroo22

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Age: 27

#483 2007-08-06 21:16 GMT

I have 2 larger cards. (2GB and 4GB) I do not fear something happening to my card before I can get it home... minus me physically loosing them. I do consistently worry about something happening to my computer before I have wrote my pics to a disk.

fstopsteve

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Age: 58

#490 2007-08-14 21:01 GMT

A friend of mine owns a photo shop and he says he is making a lucrative business from re-claiming images from customer's larger memory cards. His advice to me prior to heading to Europe this year was to download them to my laptop on a daily basis. I did that and had no problems. I have a 512, 2 1G and a 4G card.
I always shoot the largest size possible because I can always change it once it's safely in the computer.

"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. ~Lewis Hine"