memory cards

[jann1033]

i was going to post this on the photo. board but i think i have reached my "dumb digital questions of the year " limit there so hope someone here knows

i just bought a 2 gb Ultra 133x( like i know what that is )and 512 mb Patriiot memory cards on ecost...they were good prices ($45 and $5) but now i am concerned if they are cheap cards they will mess up my camera...so are they cheap cards and will they mess up my camera

and i got a 12 in 1 card reader ( it was free after rebate ao the price was right ) but i don't exactly know what it is for... to down load memory cards directly to the computer without using the printer or camera?? and what is the benefit other than i got it for free?

 

[netposer]

i was going to post this on the photo. board but i think i have reached my "dumb digital questions of the year " limit there so hope someone here knows

i just bought a 2 gb Ultra 133x( like i know what that is )and 512 mb Patriiot memory cards on ecost...they were good prices ($45 and $5) but now i am concerned if they are cheap cards they will mess up my camera...so are they cheap cards and will they mess up my camera

and i got a 12 in 1 card reader ( it was free after rebate ao the price was right ) but i don't exactly know what it is for... to down load memory cards directly to the computer without using the printer or camera?? and what is the benefit other than i got it for free?

I buy stuff from eCost too because they sell the same brand names as many others and usually cheaper and with rebates. I am still using my Sandisk and Kingston compacflash and SD cards I bought from them 2 years ago and about 10,000 photos later.

The cards won't mess up your camera. The read/write speeds of the memory might be slower than the more expensive cards but that's about it. If you don't have a high-end camera you probably won't notice a difference in the cards.

Your card reader plugs into your PC/laptop and you put your memory into the card reader so you don't have to plug in your camera to your pc. It's more of a convenience than anything else more so on a desktop pc--you don't want to have to crawl under your desk each time you want to download photos.

I hope this helps.

I'm leaving for Orlando in 3 days!!!

 

[jann1033]

thanks so i guess i didn't need the card reader...

anyone ever heard of patriot memory cards?

my daaughter has a kodak easy share 4 mg that the speed is so slow you can't even take a picture of my granddaughter on a slide. she has a kodak memory card and just put in new batteries so i don't know if it is the actual camera or the card making it slow. which made me nervous about the ones i bought.the "take a picture, drink a cup of coffee while the camera gets ready again, take a picture" routine really annoys me.

 

[safetymom]

Lower end digital cameras take awhile to write to the memory card. Most memory cards are fast enough unless you have a higher end digital and then you usually have a larger buffer so speed isn't so important on a memory card.

A memory card won't mess up your camera. It is a good habit though to put your images on several cards when you are out shooting in case something happens. That way you wouldn't lose all your images.

 

[jann1033]

would a canon s2 be lower/slower end?...i know the slr digitals can be thousands so figuring that is the "higher end"