Question about SD

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Peter wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am about to purchase my first digital camera, and also an extra SD card.
> (It seems that all the cameras I have looked at only include a 16MB card,
> which seems a little small).
>
> It appears there are different "types" of SD - I have seen terms like
> "ULTRA II", "32x", "40x", "66x". I assume these represent some measure of
> the data transfer speed. But what really is the best and what is the
> minimum "acceptable"? What differences would I see with a "Panasonic FZ20"
> camera?
>

Need to know what camera. Most can't actually use the speeds over 40X and
unless it's a large MP camera, even the slower cards work fine.

--

Stacey

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Panasonic FZ20 is 5 MP camera, so 32X write speed would be a good
minimum though 40X may give you a slight edge.
Sandisk is very good, as is Lexar. Because of quality/warranty
concerns, generic brands should be avoided.

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"Stacey" <fotocord@yahoo.com> skrev i en meddelelse
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> Peter wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I am about to purchase my first digital camera, and also an extra SD
card.
> > (It seems that all the cameras I have looked at only include a 16MB
card,
> > which seems a little small).
> >
> > It appears there are different "types" of SD - I have seen terms like
> > "ULTRA II", "32x", "40x", "66x". I assume these represent some measure
of
> > the data transfer speed. But what really is the best and what is the
> > minimum "acceptable"? What differences would I see with a "Panasonic
FZ20"
> > camera?
> >
>
> Need to know what camera. Most can't actually use the speeds over 40X and
> unless it's a large MP camera, even the slower cards work fine.

It's a "Panasonic FZ20".

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I'll bet dimes to dollars that Panasonic has an approved cards list. Better
check that out before buying.

"Peter" <peter@ciber> wrote in message news:420b1d6d$1@news.wineasy.se...
>
> "Stacey" <fotocord@yahoo.com> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:370kbrF57i685U2@individual.net...
>> Peter wrote:
>>
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I am about to purchase my first digital camera, and also an extra SD
> card.
>> > (It seems that all the cameras I have looked at only include a 16MB
> card,
>> > which seems a little small).
>> >
>> > It appears there are different "types" of SD - I have seen terms like
>> > "ULTRA II", "32x", "40x", "66x". I assume these represent some measure
> of
>> > the data transfer speed. But what really is the best and what is the
>> > minimum "acceptable"? What differences would I see with a "Panasonic
> FZ20"
>> > camera?
>> >
>>
>> Need to know what camera. Most can't actually use the speeds over 40X
>> and
>> unless it's a large MP camera, even the slower cards work fine.
>
> It's a "Panasonic FZ20".
>
>