camera memory sticks available at gift shops?

[praline3001]

I am in the middle of planning the photo part of our trip :banana:
I would call myself a low end amature photographer ...meaning I love taking pics and editing them on the computer and making video/ paper scrapbooks. I always have my camera with me haha everyone always LOVES the pics I take even though I have never taken classes =)
As of now I have a sony cybershot 7.2
I am thinking of getting the cybershot 12.0 (dsc-w200 i think is the model)

Anyway... I have a 4gig memory card in my camera and IF I get the newer cybershot I will get the 8gig memory card (as I said I take tons of candid shots as I always find those are my BEST shots once I get rid of the messed up ones...)

IF I run out of space on my memory stick do any of the gift shops carry memorystick duos (sony)?
I would think 8gig would be enough but.....

[holcomb-mania]

Won't you still have a 4gb card?

[Terk-1]

They should have them at each of the camera spots at the parks, but please keep in mind that they are going to be pretty expensive compared to your local Target, Best Buy, etc. I have a Sony H1 and have 4 2gb memory sticks. Each of the sticks hold over 800 pictures in the best level. I get nervous of too high level of sticks, as if they fail, there is so many pictures that would be lost.

[CheshireVal]

I'd buy an extra before you leave, just in case.

[praline3001]

Won't you still have a 4gb card?

Not really... see my older camera uses a memory stick pro
recently Sony went to memory stick pro duo which is a smaller stick.
The dsc-w200 only takes the pro duo

[Shorty82]

I have over 450 pictures taken at 5 MP on my 1GB Pro Duo. I would think that an 8GB would be enough, especially if you go through the pictures every so often and clear out the bad pictures.

[kaybird]

Remember that even if they carry them, the price will come dear. I would pick up an extra at WalMart, or online before you go. I can usually fit 800-1000 on my Cybershot, which is pretty much shooting constantly. :)

[Day Dreamer]

I'm sure they have them but you are going to pay a premium price for it. I seriously suggest taking care of potential camera needs BEFORE you leave home. I you do have a unexpected camera problem never buy anything in the parks. There are plenty of camera shops on International Drive and other local areas.

[shani1243]

I just bought the sony dsc t200 camera, and it is wonderful!

I got a 4gb card and it holds soooo many pics!

We are also bringing our laptop and downloading to it every couple days.

shani

[CanadianGuy]

Since nobody on this board has answered definitively, I'm moving this over to the Photography board in hopes of getting a firm answer for you.

My memory is that they sell these.. but I'm not 100%.

Knox

[praline3001]

Since nobody on this board has answered definitively, I'm moving this over to the Photography board in hopes of getting a firm answer for you.

My memory is that they sell these.. but I'm not 100%.

Knox

where is the photography board? I looked for it first but since I didn't see where it could be I posted that there... could you please post a link to that forum? thanks:grouphug:

[AndrewWG]

Well, now you are on the Photography Board! Welcome. We are a nice, fun loving group that are here to help.

That being said, I will tell you 2 things that you will probably hear:

Upgrading one point and shoot camera at 7.2 MP to one that is 12 MP may result in dissapointing photos for you. Especially in lower light situations. More MP does not always add up to better pictures. This is especially the case if the sensor size is the same between the two cameras. This is not too hard to find out. Let me look:

I think the sensor on the 12MP may be slightly larger than that of the 7MP, however, the following webiste (http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/sony-cyber-shot-dsc/4505-6501_7-32329617.html)says this (as I suspected).

"However, when it comes to image-related performance and image quality, the W200 tanks, mostly because of that unnecessary 12-megapixel sensor. Though it's physically larger than the 8-megapixel sensor in the W90, the pixels still must be insanely small. That's the only reason I can think of for the W200 to be such a light vampire, simply incapable of exposing shots at ISO 100 that most snapshot cameras can handle without problem. I too often found it necessary to boost the ISO setting to at least ISO 400 in order to use a reasonable shutter speed--even with SteadyShot enabled--while shooting in very bright sunshine."

That would be enough to make me stick with the 7MP. If it ain't broke, don't buy a new one.


As for the second question, I cannot answer if they carry sony sticks in WDW. However, I can say (as the others have) that if they do, they will be insanely expensive compared to what you can get them for elsewhere. I paid over 5X the price (compared to newegg prices) for a 500MB SD card 3 years ago. It is not something that I wanted to do, but I HAD to at the time. Oh well. Live and learn.

Anyways, I am sure that others on here will also give good advice. Keep asking questions. There really aren't any questions that won't get answered on here. Heck, we had a couple page dscussion about pies a little while ago and I won't even mention the 5 page discussion we had a couple months ago! :rotfl2:

[Master Mason]

What ever you do with your camera situation, don't put all your pictures on a single card. If you were going for say a week, and left all your pictures on the same card, and on day 7 your card fails, you have no memories of your trip left, and no time to go back and try and recapture any of them.

Get yourself a couple of smaller cards, and better yet, transfer them to something safer every evening. I take my laptop and burn dvds.

Your just asking for heartbreak working with a single stick.

[AndrewWG]

What ever you do with your camera situation, don't put all your pictures on a single card. If you were going for say a week, and left all your pictures on the same card, and on day 7 your card fails, you have no memories of your trip left, and no time to go back and try and recapture any of them.

Get yourself a couple of smaller cards, and better yet, transfer them to something safer every evening. I take my laptop and burn dvds.

Your just asking for heartbreak working with a single stick.

Yep, what MM said. I meant to say this as well, but got caught up in the sensor size vs MP thing! :lmao:

[handicap18]

You can have pics transfered to CD in the parks for like $15 or so (if that's incorrect, please correct me). I do believe that you will not get all your pics from your card on the CD, but it will clear out 120-150 or so.

Best bet. Go on newegg.com, buy.com or some place local to you and buy a new card, even if it is just a 2GB card. You can never have enough memory. Better to have to much than not enough. Prices on media cards have been coming down a lot. I recently bough 2 2GB SanDisk Ultra II cards for $20 each. If you look enough you'll find a good deal.

[praline3001]

Yep, what MM said. I meant to say this as well, but got caught up in the sensor size vs MP thing! :lmao:

I did research all day on digital cameras... I did read about the sensor thing.
I really like my cybershot 7.1m .. I really do. The only reason I was thinking of the newer cybershot was because the memory stick pro's are harder and harder to find as Sony went with the memory stick duos. I know there is a converter but I don't trust it with my family vacations. :scared1:

I did find an online store that sells the memory stick pro's so I am going to stick with my old camera.

I also see some good advice here are having several smaller cards than 1 large card. I think I am going to get 4-5 2 gig cards (I like to take small video clips of the kids as well as pics) for our 6 day trip.

Now I am off to read about the tips on getting better shots in those "hard to shoot" areas. :rotfl:

[AndrewWG]

Be careful! The knowledge on this board is endless and hopelessly addicting! Soon you will be buying a (hopefully Canon) DSLR with a bunch of lenses and other accessories. If nothing else, we are all good at helping you spend your money!

Andy

[praline3001]

Be careful! The knowledge on this board is endless and hopelessly addicting! Soon you will be buying a (hopefully Canon) DSLR with a bunch of lenses and other accessories. If nothing else, we are all good at helping you spend your money!

Andy

I can see DH now :rotfl: you spent more on the camera than our trip cost?:rotfl:

I have always wanted one so it wouldn't be that far of a stretch ... maybe santa will think I have been good and leave one under the tree for me right before our trip:rotfl:

[AndrewWG]

I can see DH now :rotfl: you spent more on the camera than our trip cost?:rotfl:

I have always wanted one so it wouldn't be that far of a stretch ... maybe santa will think I have been good and leave one under the tree for me right before our trip:rotfl:

Of course, I'm just kidding about Canon. I personally like them, but there are quite a few great brands out there. Canon, Nikon and Pentax are the most popular (not necessarily in that order) but there are also Sony's (I think) and others that do a GREAT job as well.

Have fun shopping someday! ;)

[Master Mason]

I can see DH now :rotfl: you spent more on the camera than our trip cost?:rotfl:

I have always wanted one so it wouldn't be that far of a stretch ... maybe santa will think I have been good and leave one under the tree for me right before our trip:rotfl:

If your seriously concidering a dSLR, I would not wait untill just before your trip. There is a pretty good learning curve if you want to get the most out of what is a pretty expensive purchase. The entry level dSLRs do have preset modes, but they are limited in their ability to use the full functionality of the camera.

[Shorty82]

I really like my cybershot 7.1m .. I really do. The only reason I was thinking of the newer cybershot was because the memory stick pro's are harder and harder to find as Sony went with the memory stick duos. I know there is a converter but I don't trust it with my family vacations. :scared1:

I have a Pro Duo card that I use with an adapter. I had no problems at all from it on my trip a few months back. It is getting harder to find regular Memory Sticks anymore, I looked all over before finally giving in and buying the Pro Duo.

Looking at the adapter there's not much to it. It's just lengthens and thickens the Duo card and has conductors to extend the conductors on the card to the ones in the camera. There's no computer chip or anything to go wrong. As long as you push the card all the way in the adapter you shouldn't have any problems.

I even dropped the camera onto concrete one time causing the card w/ adapter to pop out of the camera and the card and adapter to separate. Got a little panicky for a minute that I lost the card as it is so small but my brother saw it. I was afraid something might have messed up on my camera or the card but nothing did, just a few scratches on the bezel around the lens. If the camera had been on I might have damaged the lens as it sticks out past the bezel but thankfully it was off. If something had happened to the card I would have been really upset as this happened on the fifth day of my trip and was the only card I was using at the time. I would have lost over 280 pictures if it had gone bad.

Somy makes their Cypershots tough, that's for sure. It survived an over 3 foot drop onto hard concrete, a hard enough drop to cause the door on the side to open and the Memory Stick to pop out.

[praline3001]

I have to totally agree with you on the cybershots being tough!
My DH is a boy scout leader and I have 2 boys in boy scouts ... they take my camera all the time on hiking and camping trips:scared1:

We are a rough and tumble crew and I can't count the times my camera has been dropped! If it can survive a week of boy scout summer camp I think its indestructable :rotfl:

I did pull out my owners manual and it talks about the duo cards being very easy to use and blah blah blah... I saw the small 254 duo card at walmart SUPER cheap. I am thinking of picking it up the next time I am there just to test the adapter. If it works to my satisfaction I will get a few of the 4 gigs. I like to take a lot of video clips to add to my video scrapbooks so I can easily see me using 3-4 4 gigs in a week:rotfl:

[polkadotladybug]

Now see - I'm cheap - If I thought I MIGHT need a card or two, I would buy them at home - NOT Open them - Keep the RECEIPT - and take them with me - and if I didn't need to use them (ie open them) - I would take them unopened and unused back when I got home.

I'll never forget when we went on the Wonder several years ago - I left my brand new 8 mm videotape for my camcorder sitting on the kitchen table (so I had NO video!) - I had to suck it up and buy a tape from the gift shop - it was 17 bucks for ONE tape - and I had TWO sitting at home - just bought - I had them out to label - They are probably more expensive from them now (or maybe no one uses 8 mm LOL) - but that's when I decided I'd rather have it from home, than buy it at "Disney cost".

[MICKEY88]

Well, now you are on the Photography Board! Welcome. We are a nice, fun loving group that are here to help.

That being said, I will tell you 2 things that you will probably hear:

Upgrading one point and shoot camera at 7.2 MP to one that is 12 MP may result in dissapointing photos for you. Especially in lower light situations. More MP does not always add up to better pictures. This is especially the case if the sensor size is the same between the two cameras. This is not too hard to find out. Let me look:

I think the sensor on the 12MP may be slightly larger than that of the 7MP, however, the following webiste (http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/sony-cyber-shot-dsc/4505-6501_7-32329617.html)says this (as I suspected).

"However, when it comes to image-related performance and image quality, the W200 tanks, mostly because of that unnecessary 12-megapixel sensor. Though it's physically larger than the 8-megapixel sensor in the W90, the pixels still must be insanely small. That's the only reason I can think of for the W200 to be such a light vampire, simply incapable of exposing shots at ISO 100 that most snapshot cameras can handle without problem. I too often found it necessary to boost the ISO setting to at least ISO 400 in order to use a reasonable shutter speed--even with SteadyShot enabled--while shooting in very bright sunshine."

That would be enough to make me stick with the 7MP. If it ain't broke, don't buy a new one.


:rotfl2:

this doesn't make sense, 2 cameras using the same aperture, in the same light, should get the same shutterspeed regardless of sensor size..

[MICKEY88]

What ever you do with your camera situation, don't put all your pictures on a single card. If you were going for say a week, and left all your pictures on the same card, and on day 7 your card fails, you have no memories of your trip left, and no time to go back and try and recapture any of them.

Get yourself a couple of smaller cards, and better yet, transfer them to something safer every evening. I take my laptop and burn dvds.

Your just asking for heartbreak working with a single stick.

as always, I'll be the one to counter this thought, the more you insert and remove cards from your camera, the more you increase the chance of card failure..,

I shoot daily with an 8 gig card, with no problems,,, I'm about to buy a 16 gig card.....:thumbsup2

[Master Mason]

as always, I'll be the one to counter this thought, the more you insert and remove cards from your camera, the more you increase the chance of card failure..,

I shoot daily with an 8 gig card, with no problems,,, I'm about to buy a 16 gig card.....:thumbsup2

But would you trust your entire weeks vacation to a single card? I bet you back them up at least every other day don't you?

[MICKEY88]

But would you trust your entire weeks vacation to a single card? I bet you back them up at least every other day don't you?

an entire week of vacation wouldn't fit on one card...LOL

my standard routine after a day of shooting, is upload to pc if at home, when on vacation, copy to one of my portable storage units.., then format the card in camera, then recharge camera batteries.

I also tend to buy a new card every 6-12 months, making the new card my primary card and the others become secondary ...

the 16 gig card will actually probably stay in the package until march or april when I get my new dslr...

[Master Mason]

And that was more my point, you could get by with a single card, I went for almost 2 years with a 4g and 2-1g back ups, the 1g very seldom ever entered the camera, but I downloaded each day.

But a lot of folks don't download till they reach home, and then I would be very concerned if everything was on a single large stick.