Meeru Island Resort Forum Index » Photography » Memory cards...    View previous topic :: View next topic  Memory cards...   Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:05 pm madmalteaser Joined: 13 Mar 2010 Posts: 89 Location: Essex I'm considering shooting everything in RAW for the first time when I go to the Maldives but I'm guessing I'm going to need some considerable memory to do this. Any ideas how many GB's I should get? _________________   Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:07 pm Jonny_T Joined: 04 Oct 2009 Posts: 138 Location: Huddersfield i took 6 2GB cards with me plus 1 8GB. i did this so i only used 1 particular card for more than 3 days just in case i had a card failure. that way if i lost any pics i wouldn't lose my whole holiday pics they were only class 2 cards and weren't expensive. i'm not sure what camera you have but in the manual it will suggest which card manufacturer you 'should' use and what class it should be My new camera i am using 8GB cards and i have 3 hope this helps Jon _________________ [url=http://www.TickerFactory.com/] [/url]   Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:10 pm Casey Jones Joined: 30 May 2008 Posts: 1468 Location: Cumbria Book a fortnight off work for the post processing I would usually take around 1000 to 1500 photos (although not entirely RAW) and I think my Sony Alpha can only take a 4GB max I would think around 3 x 4GB would suffice, but of course if your trigger happy then maybe extra? If you think you are getting low on memory I suppose you could always switch back to JPEG. Looking forward to seeing some of your photos madmalteaser, you seem to be a keen amateur looking at some of your pics on this forum. Casey _________________ Meeru 08/09, Kuramathi 2010, Vilamendhoo 2011, Maafushivaru 2013/2018 Kandolhu 2014, Seychelles 2016, Mauritius 2017   Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:23 am madmalteaser Joined: 13 Mar 2010 Posts: 89 Location: Essex That's great guys, thanks very much. I shall be on ebay now, in a memory card purchasing frenzy!!! And thanks Casey! Still very much an amateur but hoping I get some worthwhile shots while in Meeru! _________________   Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:14 pm Alicia and Paul Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 144 Location: Sheffield If it is SD cards you are using you cant go wrong with these http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-SDHC-Class-Memory-Card/dp/B002WE6D44/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top Reviews suggest not much (if any) improvement over the class 6 versions Transcend do but I have found the class 6 ones to be great! _________________ I wanna go back...   Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:43 pm madmalteaser Joined: 13 Mar 2010 Posts: 89 Location: Essex Alicia and Paul wrote: If it is SD cards you are using you cant go wrong with these http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-SDHC-Class-Memory-Card/dp/B002WE6D44/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top Reviews suggest not much (if any) improvement over the class 6 versions Transcend do but I have found the class 6 ones to be great! Thanks for that although I actually needed Compact Flash cards. Ended up going in to Tesco's today and scanning the barcode of the ones I wanted with my iphone and finding them half price on play.com!!!! The joys of modern technology!!! _________________ Memory cards...     Meeru Island Resort Forum Index » Photography You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum All times are GMT   Page 1 of 1   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First  Select a forum Meeru Island Resort----------------AnnouncementsGeneral Meeru DiscussionTrip ReportsTrip Reports from anywhere else in the world!Diving and SnorkellingPhotographyFAQLinksSay Hello!"The Lounge"   Powered by phpBB© 2001-2004 phpBB Group Designed by Vjacheslav Trushkin