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Post by Freddy on Aug 26, 2004 15:03:30 GMT -5
I just recently bought an Olympus D565 and am struggling with figuring out how much memory I should take.  I just bought a 512mb XD memory card and it was $150. I'm a cheapo and it hurt to spend so much on it. What is a realistic amount that I should consider taking? Thanks, Freddy |
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Post by jennifer on Aug 26, 2004 16:11:46 GMT -5
Well, personnally I took 456 pictures on my 2 month trip, considering I take photos with the best quality possible, I'd say I would be okay with 512mo card.
It depends on how many pictures you normally take! I would probably have enough, and worse comes to worst, you can download and burn them onto a cd!
xoxo
Jen
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Post by Kim on Aug 26, 2004 16:36:30 GMT -5
It really depends on the number of pictures you are used to taking and the quality. I would set your camera on Fine rather than High - you will still get great pictures, you will just get more of them.
I'm usually picky about my photos so if say I take 3 or 4 pictures of 1 thing, I check to see which is the best then delete the others that may not be as good.
You'll be fine with a 512 and if you're not, you can always try to find somewhere to burn them, like Jen says. A word of warning though, find a computer after that and look through them to make sure the quality is decent before deleting them.
Also, you can always buy a second card in Europe if it really comes to that. I'd wait and see, if you don't need another you'll save yourself some money.
Kim
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Post by Eagle on Aug 28, 2004 15:24:00 GMT -5
FREDDY, it's difficult to say whether 512 MB will be enough capacity for a one month trip, without having some idea on how many pictures you normally take? In my own experience with digital photography, I've found that it's quite common for one to take many more pictures than if using a 35 mm Camera (since it's so easy to delete undesirable photos at the end of the day). I can appreciate the cost factor in buying an XD card of that capacity (XD is one of the most expensive memory formats, surpassed only by those goofy Sony Memory Sticks in most cases). I use CF cards, as they seem to be the most cost effective right now. Given the factors in your present situation, some things to think about: > Decide which resolution and compression you want to use with your photos. I always use maximum resolution & compression with my travel photos, which results in a fairly large file size with a 5 MP Camera. I prefer this, as if I manage to get a really spectacular picture, I have the option for some good enlargements. I've thought of shooting RAW (even larger file sizes), which I might try once I get set-up with a Portable Hard Drive (probably a 40 GB FlashTrax unit). If you configure your photos for smaller file size, you'll be able to get more photos on your 512 MB card. However, if you do decided to crop or enlarge, you're "stuck" with the image on the card -- pretty much impossible to go back and re-take the photo at higher resolution. > Once you know how many photos you'll be able to store on the Card, divide that by 30 days (the length of your trip) and that way you'll know how many photos you can take per day. You can always delete undesirable photos to free up some capacity. > While you're travelling, you could try and find a photo shop or whatever and get your photos burned to CD, which will allow you to store another set on your memory card. It's not really practical to download these at an Internet Cafe, for a variety of reasons. If you want to read a good description on this topic, check out www.adrianwarren.com as he has a lot of info on this. > If you have the funds available, you could buy a portable CD Burner (such as the Apacer Disk Steno) or a Portable Hard Drive (such as the FlashTrax or other unit) to store photos while you're travelling. You might find it worthwhile to check some of the "Storage & Media" Forums at www.dpreview.com or www.steves-digicams.com to see how others are dealing with this situation. Hope these comments will be of some help. BTW, have you thought of registering on this Board? Good luck with this, and Happy Travels!!! |
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Post by debcsus on Sept 5, 2004 16:31:56 GMT -5
It all comes down to how many photos you usually take. After hanging out with some amateur photographers I've discovered that I take many, many, many, pictures. Knowing this, I took two 512 cards, and 2 256 cards for my two month trip. However, I also accepted the fact that I would be burning these onto cds as I traveled.
In three days for Stonehenge, Avebury, and Bath I took 350 pictures (one 512 card for my settings). Some of these I deleted so it ended up at about 300 photos.
In a week in Ireland I took well over 500 photos, but I have yet to go through them and delete the bad ones or the duplicate ones. Even with that I will still probably have over 400 photos.
I think I am an extreme case of taking too many photos, although part of this is also the knowledge that I do have so much memory available to me.
I will post some info on getting cd's burned on a new thread, since that was the one thing I found lacking in information before I left.
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Post by dougjones on Oct 6, 2004 4:06:43 GMT -5
like everyone else said, it depends on how trigger happy you are. i just got back from a month in europe and ended up with 1200 photos. i used 2 512 cards and 1 256.
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Post by flyingdutchman on Oct 8, 2004 6:38:22 GMT -5
Hi everyone,
What one could do too is if you have an Apple IPOD, just buy the media reader and you can transfer pics to that hard drive !
Just a suggestion.. you'll have ur music and pics all in one !
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Post by dumbdiety on Oct 8, 2004 8:05:30 GMT -5
Good idea with the iPod (but really, why would you WANT an iPod?  ) Anyway, for those with SD memory cards, I finally got my 1gig card in yesterday, and with my HP camera, I can hold 850 images at the highest quality, 1200 at medium, and 12,000 (yes, that's a comma)at lowest quality. Of course, lowest quality is REALLY crappy, so I'd probably use Medium, but still, now I don't need to worry about dumping images onto a CD or anything. If you've got the money to put down, and aren't bringing a mega-sized MP3 player (mine's incredibly small but only has 256 megs), the investment for a large card for your camera is worth it. Doug |
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Post by Patrick on Oct 8, 2004 13:29:49 GMT -5
That's a pretty good deal for the 1GB card! I'm always afraid that right after I buy memory cards the next week they'll be half the price.  I've got 2 256MB cards now and they'll hold about 80 photos each on my camera. |
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Post by jennifer on Oct 8, 2004 19:50:43 GMT -5
Huh? 256 gives you only 80?
Wow, I get about 300 at the best quality size with my camera! I personnally think you should check your settings to get way more out of them, most of the time people take too much of a high quality picture than they actually need, unless they are making a poster out of it heheheh!
Of course, this is only my opinion!
How much does the 1G card cost?
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Post by Patrick on Oct 9, 2004 17:36:30 GMT -5
Jennifer, I think the 1GB cards were $79.99 USD on that site. I've seen them for $149.99 CDN here so that's a pretty good deal.
As for my settings, I shoot at 3072x2048 in case I want to make 8x10's or larger prints. It also allows for better cropping. On the lowest quality my cards will hold about 250-300 photos I think.
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Post by dumbdiety on Oct 9, 2004 20:31:54 GMT -5
How much does the 1G card cost? The gig card was $80 shipped on Newegg.com. I posted the link on another thread for it, should be only 1 or 2 down. I'd re-post it here, but I'm to lazy right now.  Doug |
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Post by gougeAway on Oct 12, 2004 8:21:23 GMT -5
I brought a 512 mb and 128 mb card. I was gone for 24 days and took over 1000 pictures, and looking back at the pictures I don't think I was being overly excessive. I burned the cards to cd whenever they were full and ended up burning 5 cds before I returned home.
Finding places to burn cds was not a problem at all. Internet cafes, computer places, and photo places all do it. Average cost was about 6 euros.
I mailed the cds home whenever I burned one.
Next time I travel I'll probably get an ipod and just copy everything to that - but that's just because I want an excuse to buy an ipod.
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Post by dumbdiety on Oct 12, 2004 13:19:34 GMT -5
iPods are evil! Actually, I just don't like bringing expensive equipment with me anywhere because then I'll worry about losing it. Plus, I never have to charge anything then. ;D
Doug
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Post by jennifer on Oct 13, 2004 17:22:39 GMT -5
I hate having expensive stuff! My camera and passport is enough hassle for me! No way I'm bringing an Ipod!
I'm worried though that my burnt cds won't work in canada, but hey, what can you do?
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) Anyway, for those with SD memory cards, I finally got my 1gig card in yesterday, and with my HP camera, I can hold 850 images at the highest quality, 1200 at medium, and 12,000 (yes, that's a comma)at lowest quality. Of course, lowest quality is REALLY crappy, so I'd probably use Medium, but still, now I don't need to worry about dumping images onto a CD or anything. If you've got the money to put down, and aren't bringing a mega-sized MP3 player (mine's incredibly small but only has 256 megs), the investment for a large card for your camera is worth it.
