Which memory card technology to go with?


What memory card technology seems the best (long-term)?  

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  1. 1. What memory card technology seems the best (long-term)?

    • Compact Flash Type I
      4
    • Compact Flash Type II
      11
    • SmartMedia
      0
    • Secure Digital
      33
    • MulitMedia Card
      1
    • Memory Stick
      11
    • xD
      3
    • I have no idea / other
      6


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I forgot to add this, Sony Cybetshot T3 supports PictBridge for direct print without PC.

T3 is very thin, but it has 5.1 megapixel and 3X optical zoom.

Here's my review of T3: https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=279714

If you want a nice-looking and tiny camera with a good spec, go for T3 or T33.

  • 8 months later...

i'm guessing CF are best for those higher end DSLR camera like a Nikon/Canon whilst the SD is best for the compacts and the lower DSLR's.

Whichever the case, i picked an SD because they're light, and be used on other devices...eg, mobile phone, etc.

  • 3 weeks later...

I remember using a digi cam which took floppies!

I remember seeing that too! I think it was a sony digital camera of somesort... i've been using kingston's elite pro sd cards, works like a charm...

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my other sd card.

Edited by Lan88

Woh, I remember creating this thread.

I was in a store the other day and I noticed that high speed SD memory now claims 150x speeds (or something like that). And I thought my 66x SD card was the cat's ass. Such is life with technology...

SD is the more widely used camera memory. So youd be more future proof with that. As for SM, yea, alot of it is dead. For high speed SD, its the better choice for SLR cameras that can take various shots every second.

You mean DSLR camera's :p And some DSLR's have dual slots, for both SD and CompactFlash, so you can't really leave them out in the dirt.

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