Digital Camera Memory Cards

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A quick search on the internet and I found over 20 different styles of digital camera memory cards. With that many different types available it’s tough to figure out what is the best digital camera memory card for your camera and if it will even fit in your camera. Hopefully this guide will help you better figure out exactly what type of memory card you need.

  • PC Card
  • Compact Flash I
  • Compact Flash II
  • SmartMedia
  • Memory Stick
  • Memory Stick Duo
  • Memory Stick PRO Duo
  • Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo
  • Memory Stick Micro M2
  • Miniature Card
  • Reduced Size Multimedia Card
  • MMCmicro Card
  • Secure Digital Card (SD)
  • SxS
  • Universal Flash Storage
  • miniSD
  • microSD
  • xD-Picture Card
  • Intelligent Stick

SD Digital Camera Memory Cards
SD digital camera memory cards are becoming one of the most adopted and well known memory cards available today. A lot of entry level and even midrange camera will use this type of card. Some good places to try and get good deal on these is at online retailers such as New Egg or Amazon.

Canon Digital Camera Memory Cards
There really isn’t any specific Canon digital camera memory cards, but the Canon cameras do typically take one of two kinds of cards. The SD digital camera memory cards that I mentioned above or if it’s one of the higher end Canon cameras like the Canon 5D than it will take the Compact Flash style. Both types of memory cards are very good and I can’t really recommend one brand over another. Make sure you watch to see how fast the write speed is though. That term refers to how fast the camera can actually write data (photos) to the card. If it’s a slower card you will be waiting before you can take another series of photos.

Here is a list of Canon’s current like of EOS digital SLR cameras.

  • EOS-1Ds Mark III – Compact Flash
  • EOS-1D Mark IV – Compact Flash
  • EOS-1D Mark II I- Compact Flash
  • EOS 5D Mark II – Compact Flash
  • EOS 7D – Compact Flash
  • EOS 50D – Compact Flash
  • EOS Rebel T1i – SD
  • EOS Rebel XSi – SD
  • EOS Rebel XS – SD

All of Canon’s power shot models including the G11 and G10 will take a SD digital camera memory card.

Memory cards for digital cameras are no different than any other memory card. They can be swapped between any camera that takes that type of card. With camera’s being developed and released with larger sensors and more megapixels it’s important to get a card big enough to take a decent amount of photos before you’ll have to put the memory card for digital camera into your computer and clear the card off. Because the cost has dropped so much in recent years it’s a good idea to get a card that is at least 8GB. Digital camera memory cards can be found at many online retailers for under $20.

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