Memory Question

[~WinGz~]

I have a Nikon D80, and was just looking at purchasing a Samsung 32 GB SD card.

If I purchased a card that size, would my camera have any issues with it?

[MR_Candyman]

I would think it wouldn't be a problem as SDHC uses Fat32, which should have a limit of 32 gig. I'm not sure if the camera limits it further.

Honestly, I'd probably go for a higher class card so your pictures transfer faster to and from the card rather than getting a ginormous amount of space you'll probably never use. I shoot raw on my D80 and get 82 pics per 1gig. make that 32 gig and that's 2624 pictures. Will you ever use that in one outing?

[giga Veteran]

Use multiple cards instead of storing them into one. If that 32GB card goes, you're SOL.

[crazzy88ss]

32gb? Holy s***. Do you really need that much storage?

And like giga said, go w/ multiple cards. It's safer and cheaper....

[~WinGz~]

I've actually used up 30 gbs on one outting, that was using all 2 and 4gb cards, i can actually get a 32gb for about 100 dollars. so cost wouldn't be an issue for me. I can get a 4gb for about 80 dollars at my local store.

I was also looking at a 16gb card, cause it seemed more cost effective ot me, to either get 32gb rather then a bunch of 4gbs or 8gbs.

I can also shoot up to 5000+ photos on one sitting. When I shoot I normally am not able to carry all my gear, so It was easier to just have one large card, then a bunch of small ones which I would end up losing on my treks through my town.

[crazzy88ss]

So uh... how many hours do you spend sifting through photos after an outing? 30GBs seems over kill unless you're shooting for like 8 hours straight.

[~WinGz~]

Normally 3 - 4 on average. But I usually do that once a month. Im usually out for about 5 - 6 hours and can easily polish that many off.

But back on topic.

So pretty much just stick with a bunch of smaller cards like at least a few 8gbs, instead of the 32gb?

[crazzy88ss]

Yea that's what I would recommend. Imagine if something happened to your single 32gb card. Everything would be gone. If you have 4 8gb cards and something happened to one card, you only lose 25% of what you had.