Advice on memory card

[Peduk]

Hu All

I had suprise today my good lady brought me a CannonEOS 450D , but it came without a memory card, the book says a SD or SDHC card is needed,

as a complete rookie, can someone kindly explain the difference please, and also recommend what would be best size card to get for camera.

thanks
steve

[glsammy]

The SDHC is the newer format, enabling higher capcilty cards. As for size, if you intend to shoot in RAW format then the higher the capacity the better.
If not, a 4gb should be ample.
They come in different classes, class 2 is standard, class 4 high speed and class 6 Very High Speed. So class 6 sounds about right, especially as they're now quite cheap. 7 dayshop are doing a class 6 8GB card for only £9.99, no doubt other suppliers will offer similar.

[Peduk]

Originally Posted by glsammy

The SDHC is the newer format, enabling higher capcilty cards. As for size, if you intend to shoot in RAW format then the higher the capacity the better.
If not, a 4gb should be ample.
They come in different classes, class 2 is standard, class 4 high speed and class 6 Very High Speed. So class 6 sounds about right, especially as they're now quite cheap. 7 dayshop are doing a class 6 8GB card for only £9.99, no doubt other suppliers will offer similar.

very much appriciated for reply

regards
steve

[nightshade]

Also worth a look are Play.com some good offers there on occasion

[Vectisbirder]

If you get an SDHC card, make sure that your computer card reader is compatible. Some won't read SDHC cards, but Jessops (and other suppliers) do ones that read all cards. I had that problem when I had a Nikon D80 which took SD/SDHC cards.
4GB is a good size card but, depending on how much photography you do, you'll more than likely need more than just one.

[cosmicma]

as far as SDHC card readers go get yourself into your local pound shop they do one that reads / writes to SDHC cards for a quid
their usually white in colour and have a look of a usb memory stick

i use one quite happily with an 8gig SDHC card

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by nightshade

Also worth a look are Play.com some good offers there on occasion

7dayshop is also good for memory cards. Also, under £18 you don't pay V.A.T.. because they're in Guernsey.

Jim

[squishy]

a complete beginner with an EOS 450D? you lucky thing

[kiltoncomp]

Originally Posted by Vectisbirder

If you get an SDHC card, make sure that your computer card reader is compatible. Some won't read SDHC cards, but Jessops (and other suppliers) do ones that read all cards. I had that problem when I had a Nikon D80 which took SD/SDHC cards.
4GB is a good size card but, depending on how much photography you do, you'll more than likely need more than just one.

thats just saved me from throwing a 4gb sdhc card in the bin!, as i thought it must be faulty!, it came with my new Fuji S1000fd camera, but i could not read it in the built in card reader on my computer, no problems with the xd cards that it also takes though, time to upgrade the card reader i think,

many thanks for that info,

Brian.

[NickCantle]

I thought most DSLRs used CF cards rather than SD. Is it just the entry level ones?