Digital Camera Question

nortonrider · #1 08-07-2008, 07:50 PM

My ol' lady just bought a Canon 8 megapixel camera. It came with a 4 GB card.
My question is: Is 4 GB a lot? Does this size card hold a bunch of pics?

Hellbastard · #2 08-07-2008, 07:53 PM

Is a lot, generally a 4GB card will hold pretty much a thousand pics of the camera's highests resolution ones

WickedPissah · #3 08-07-2008, 08:08 PM

yeah, my 2 gig holds so damn many, 4 sounds great.

gold_member_321 · #4 08-07-2008, 08:10 PM

Its the biggest SD card you can buy, until you get into SDHC cards which have a maximum of 2 terabytes.

I have a 4gig for my 10 megapixel camera and I've never had to buy another one for extra storage.

Stumbo · #5 08-07-2008, 08:13 PM

4gb will hold plenty (more than enough pics). If your camera does video, video takes can take up more space on the card than pics.

I suggest copying pics to your computer on a regular basis because usually the card reader is a fairly slow device. I copy by date range and leave the pics on the card as a backup. I empty the card about every 3 months or so. Obviously, this depends on how many pics you take during a time period.

nortonrider · #6 08-07-2008, 08:18 PM

Got It!
It holds a bunch of pics
Thanks

gold_member_321 · #7 08-07-2008, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by nortonrider

Got It!
It holds a bunch of pics
Thanks

Actually, when you turn your camera on there should be a rather large number somewhere on the viewing screen. That would be the number of pictures you can hold.