SD Card Q

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Doesn't look like the first attempt went through, my apologies if this
appears twice.

I recently received a cheap-ish underwater camera for SCUBA diving from
the GF. It takes SD cards, and in the instructions is says that I can
upgrade to 512meg SD, which I was under the impression was the maximum
size SD cards could be.

Any way's, I noticed at the store that SD cards upto 4GB are available -
do you need a special camera to use these larger cards, or are they
compatible with all SD-compatible cameras? I'd ask the manufacturer,
except that they are in Taiwan (where the GF got it), and they don't
seem to have a distributer in N. America.

I should mention that the camera itself is an older 3.3megapixel camera,
and I image is probably a cheap, older camera the housing company got
their hands on.

Thanx

Bryan

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I don't know about your camera, but mine (an HP) definitely doesn't take all
sizes of SD. When I contacted HP, they said I could try other cards at my
own expense, but they weren't guaranteeing anything. I now own some cards I
can't use.

I suggest you stay with 512, which is a lot of pictures anyway.

L.
"Bryan Heit" <bjheit@nospamucalgary.ca> wrote in message
news2mrot$k81$1@news.ucalgary.ca...
> Doesn't look like the first attempt went through, my apologies if this
> appears twice.
>
> I recently received a cheap-ish underwater camera for SCUBA diving from
> the GF. It takes SD cards, and in the instructions is says that I can
> upgrade to 512meg SD, which I was under the impression was the maximum
> size SD cards could be.
>
> Any way's, I noticed at the store that SD cards upto 4GB are available -
> do you need a special camera to use these larger cards, or are they
> compatible with all SD-compatible cameras? I'd ask the manufacturer,
> except that they are in Taiwan (where the GF got it), and they don't seem
> to have a distributer in N. America.
>
> I should mention that the camera itself is an older 3.3megapixel camera,
> and I image is probably a cheap, older camera the housing company got
> their hands on.
>
> Thanx
>
> Bryan

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"Bryan Heit" <bjheit@nospamucalgary.ca> wrote in message
news2mrot$k81$1@news.ucalgary.ca...
> Doesn't look like the first attempt went through, my apologies if this
> appears twice.
>
> I recently received a cheap-ish underwater camera for SCUBA diving from
> the GF. It takes SD cards, and in the instructions is says that I can
> upgrade to 512meg SD, which I was under the impression was the maximum
> size SD cards could be.
>
> Any way's, I noticed at the store that SD cards upto 4GB are available -
> do you need a special camera to use these larger cards, or are they
> compatible with all SD-compatible cameras? I'd ask the manufacturer,
> except that they are in Taiwan (where the GF got it), and they don't
> seem to have a distributer in N. America.
>
> I should mention that the camera itself is an older 3.3megapixel camera,
> and I image is probably a cheap, older camera the housing company got
> their hands on.
>
> Thanx
>
> Bryan

Above 2GB requires the use of FAT32, and being an older camera, it's
unlikely to support it.

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Thanx everyone for your help. I actually managed to get an e-mail
through to the company (not easy, seeing as I don't know a word of
Mandarin), and got a reply from them. Turns out the camera can hold a
max of 512meg, and not a drop more. I wonder if this means the camera
is using something more primitive then FAT?

Bryan