The Secret Life of Memory Cards

Your camera and new memory card might be keeping a secret from you.

That secret is that they are incompatible.

Cameras come in all sizes of Megapixels

0.3
1
2
3
4
5
etc...

Memory cards come in different sizes of memory capacity:

256MB
512MB
1GB
2GB
4GB
8GB
etc...

Megapixels + Megabytes/Gigabytes = how many pictures your card can hold


ex: 8MP + 2GB = 600+ pictures 

A not so well known bit of information though is that cameras 7 MP or less are more often than not incompatible with memory cards larger than 2GB

In fact some cameras 3 and 4 MP or less might not be able to take more than a 1GB card.

So while that shiny new 4GB card is a great deal at $8 on Black Friday - you need to take a look at the Megapixels of your camera first - or it might be an $8 better spent on something else.

If your camera is 8 Megapixels and higher then you should be okay with up to a 4GB

As for an 8GB or more? That's usually reserved for the 10 MP and higher cameras.

If you have any questions please feel free to leave them in the comments and I will answer them to the best of my ability.