buying large capacity memory, will it take it?

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"noname" <willnotwork@sorry.com> writes:

> Hi
> I'm new to digital photo. I just bought a Minolta dimage S414. When I look
> at the spec for this camera memory this is what I get:
>
> MINOLTA RM series Type I 8/16/32MB
> SanDisk SDCFB series Type I 32/64/128/512MB
> SDCFH series Type I 128/256MB
> Lexar Media 4X USB series Type I 32/64MB
> 8X USB series Type I 48/80MB
> 10X USB series Type I 160MB
> 12X USB series Type I 128MB
> 16X USB series Type I 192MB
> 24X USB series Type I 256MB
>
> Since I'm new to the digital world, does it makes sense to buy the larger
> capacity memory available nowadays? like a 1 Go ? will the camera use it to
> its full capacity?

Generally 2GB is where you have to start worrying about compatibility (most
cameras in the past used the FAT16 filesystem which typically is limited to 2GB
or smaller -- newer cameras also support FAT32 for > 2GB support).

One thought about memory sizes -- if you are the type that burns all originals
to CD, you might want to consider using multiple 512MB cards since a CD only
holds 700MB. On the other hand, if you only have a few memory cards, it might
be useful to get a big one so that in general you don't have to switch cards.

> also what about the speed of the memory. I see now memory with 80X speed ,
> will this speed be usable for my camera ( on the spec for this camera from
> Minolta website , they spot the speed at 24X )

Once the camera is writing as fast as it can, any additional speed of memory
will not gain you anything. On the other hand, if you use a USB 2.0 or
firewire card reader, additional speed memory will speed up your transfer to
the computer. Typically only the high end DSLRs are fast enough to use 40x and
80x memory at full speed. I am not familar with the S414 to be able to comment
on specifics.

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"noname" <willnotwork@sorry.com> wrote:

>Hi
>I'm new to digital photo. I just bought a Minolta dimage S414. When I look
>at the spec for this camera memory this is what I get:

I don't have a minolta so I can't tell you if it can take bigger
memory. The other day, my Sony DSC-p32's flash died at a family
birthday party. My sisters (birthday girls mom) Sony camera was full
and the computer was down so we couldn't offload. I thought, no
problem, use my 512M memory stick. Didn't work. Could not format.

Last Christmas, I could stick my 128M card into my sisters camera and
it accepted it so her older Sony has a memory size limit.

I'd groups google around for S414 and 1G | 512M | 256M memory to see
if someone can positively say I have a S414 and it works. Failing
that, find someone that is a camera buff and see if they have a CF in
a size you are interested in and try it out. As long as they don't
have pictures on it, formatting shouldn't be an issue afaik.

My bud's at work has a camera S230??? and we were able to groups
google search to find that 512M works for sure.

HTH,

Wes

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thanks for your help sir

stef.


"Dan Wojciechowski" <too.much@spam.com> wrote in message
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> > "noname" <willnotwork@sorry.com> wrote:
> ...
> > I don't have a minolta so I can't tell you if it can take bigger
> > memory. The other day, my Sony DSC-p32's flash died at a family
> > birthday party. My sisters (birthday girls mom) Sony camera was full
> > and the computer was down so we couldn't offload. I thought, no
> > problem, use my 512M memory stick. Didn't work. Could not format.
>
> There are two possible issues with the Sony Technology. Memory Sticks
> use a controler in the camera, unlike Compact Flash, where the controler
> is in the card. The problem with "controler in the camera" is that an
older
> camera can be incompatible with a memory card size/design that was
> created after the controler in the camera. Second: Sony has gone through
> a series of Memory Stick designs (Memory Stick, Duo, Pro, Duo-Pro?)
> that aren't mutually compatible.
>
> >
> > Last Christmas, I could stick my 128M card into my sisters camera and
> > it accepted it so her older Sony has a memory size limit.
> >
> > I'd groups google around for S414 and 1G | 512M | 256M memory to see
> > if someone can positively say I have a S414 and it works. Failing
> > that, find someone that is a camera buff and see if they have a CF in
> > a size you are interested in and try it out. As long as they don't
> > have pictures on it, formatting shouldn't be an issue afaik.
>
> I've got the slightly older S404, and it uses 512MB cards (as would be
> expected) without an issue. I would think that 1GB and 2GB cards would
> work as well, since CF designs put the controler in the card, so the card
> is always compatible with the controler. Cards bigger than 2.1GB won't
> work, since the camera uses FAT16 which can only address 2.1GB of
> disk space.
>
> ...
>
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