When someone buys a new digital camera for recreational purposes, they
rarely look at the type of storage media the camera supports. How
important is the storage media, exactly? Well, it's where your pictures
are stored, so it must be pretty important! Someone doesn't want to be in
a another country before they figure out the camera blinks "Memory Low" in
red. A new digital camera usually comes with a means of storage, but the
storage media is, most of the time, not sufficient enough to hold the
slighest amount of pictures. The average stock digital camera may come
with 16MB, 32MB, and maybe even 64MB worth of memory media. A memory card
with at least 512MB-1GB storage is highly recommended to replace the stock
memory card the camera packaging includes. The most common types of
digital camera storage media are CompactFlash, Secure Digital, xD Picture,
Memory Stick, MicroDrive, and SmartMedia.
Most of the current digital cameras use CompactFlash cards. The two types
of CF cards are Type I and Type II(slightly thicker). The Type II
CompactFlash card is also known as MicroDrive, which will be discussed
further down this storage media list. SanDisk describes their CF cards as
"size of a matchbook and only weighs half an ounce". There is a controller
card that allows for faster transfers. These cards are the most popular
because of the decent price and the support throughout many digital
cameras.
Secure Digital Cards are the smallest digital camera media cards in the
storage media market. The cards can store up to 4GB of memory as of now,
but new technology will soon increase the max size to 8GB. A high level of
protection is guaranteed against illegal copying. This means that Secure
Digital Cards offer more data security.
xD Picture Cards can be used in CompactFlash supported cameras with a
CompactFlash adapter. The maximum capacity of xD Picture Cards is a
gigabyte of space. The cards offer fast read and write capabilities for
digital cameras.
Memory Sticks were created by Sony for their Cybershot line of digital
cameras. They aren't supported by brands of digital cameras other than
Sony which decreases their digital camera's support of Memory Sticks
severely. Many of Sony's other products, besides digital cameras, support
Memory Sticks. The Playstation Portable(PSP) uses Sony's Memory Sticks as
well as Sony's Vaio line.
MicroDrives are the hard drives inside of Type II CompactFlash Cards. They
have better value and are better priced than flash memory, but flash
memory has more space and storage. You may have heard that hard drive MP3
players fail over time due to their moving parts. The same concept can be
applied to these cards because they have moving parts as well. This is why
you may have heard that MicroDrives are unreliable and low in quality.
Many of them would break due to the mishandling of the card.
SmartMedia cards are being replaced by the new flash card technology. The
cards are still available, but the modern digital cameras usually don't
support this type of storage media anymore. The card is cheaper than all
the other types of storage media mentioned above.
Storage Media for digital cameras is constantly evolving and improving in
quality and capacity. Years ago, the maximum storage capacity for an
average memory card was 128MB or 256MB at max. They cost way too much,
probably 300% more than they cost right now. The prices of digital camera
storage media gets lower every year as the technology gets better. The
types of storage media provides diversity and choice for the average
consumer with a digital camera.
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