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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:32:01 +0900, Susan Perkins <deleted@> wrote:
>On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 06:24:52 -0600, in article
><1sa6q09kabd8vblosnfj8uljva1u6ls956@4ax.com>, PJx <dingo@privacy.com> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:53:33 -0600, mallen <mallen10@wi.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm planning on buying the Panasonic FZ20. I'm new to digital, and
>>>will be mostly viewing my shots on my computer monitor at 1024 x 768
>>>res. What size card should I get and at what setting should I shoot?
>>>In other words, how many pictures will I get on say a 256 meg card?
>>>Thanks.
>>
>> Shop for speed too. Some cards are faster than other cards. This
>>becomes more important as the card mem gets larger.
>
>And don't necessarily shop for card size. The cards *will* fail over time.
>The larger the card size, the more potential data at risk, and the larger the
>investment down the drain. Cards are very portable, even a lot of cards.
>
>SP
Misinformation. Cards have an essentially unlimited life, and are not
prone to failure. Although certainly some do fail (generally early),
they will probably outlive you and your next of kin, but will be
obsolete in a couple years in any case.
Speed of cards is a highly overrated factor. The difference in actual
use will be discovered as very slight, although there is likely to be
a considerable difference in price. The reason why "fast" cards
aren't much better than standard types is simply that the internal
processing of the camera is the dominating factor.
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