Memory Cards - Not All Are Equal

It is critical to recognize that not all memory cards are equal. They alter by their format "SD, SDHC, Compact Flash, etc; memory capacity "how much information they can hold; and by their speed "how quickly the info can be transferred from your camera/telephone/video recorder and stored on the card.

One effect of these different factors is we have a massive range of different cards. Choosing which card is most suited to our wants can be daunting to even those who would consider themselves to be "techies." Therefore what's the shopper to do?

First identify which format of card your equipment accommodates. The instruction manual is the best place to find this info. This will help you to reduce the list of possible formats to hopefully just one, say for example, SDHC.

SDHC cards "their memory capacity goes from 4GB to 32GB and The speed of a card of any memory capacity can range from Class 2 to Class 10. So , we have SDHC 4GB Class 2, 4GB Class 4, 4GB Class 6 32GB Class 10. That is at least 20 different options and then all of the various makers offering their cards as the best.

Your budget will most likely help you cut down the leftover list of possible cards. Put it this way "you can pick up an SDHC 4GB Class 2 for a bit less than $10, while an SDHC 32GB Class 10 will set you back around $200.

From this point it's a matter of balancing your budget with the largest memory capacity it is easy to get and the speediest read/write speed. For most users the Gbs. are far more of an argument than The speed, but it much depends on your need. If your using this in an HD camcorder you'll possibly want at least an 8GB Class 6 card while a camera will get by with lower GBs and speed isn't such a real issue, Class 2 may serve.

Not to sow seeds of doubt, but whilst you can be pretty guaranteed that the card does have the memory capacity stated on the label, the cards do not always measure up to the Class number. In studies Class 2 cards have outperformed Class 6 and so on.

Geoffrey Bond is nuts about phototography and Memory Cards for Digital Cameras is one of his specialities. He writes for various online blogs on the subject of Memory Cards. Memory Cards - Not All Are Equal