Whats the best memory card for my Canon Powershot SD 1100???

Question

i was looking at memory cards on amazon.com and i was wondering which one was the best i was looking at the Sandisk SDSDB-4096-A11 4 GB Secure Digital High Capacity Flash Card and how many pics does it hold if u know that would be great lol and its 4gb thanx!!!

Answer 1

Sandisk is an excellent brand, however the (blue coloured) card you are looking at is a very slow and standard speed card (Class 2), which is more suitable for a mobile phone, and not a digital camera.

You need to buy a faster card (Class 4 or 6) for a digital camera if you want speedy camera performance, and especially when shooting movies. Using a slow card while recording a movie, will make the camera struggle.

That's why I recommend either the Sandisk Ultra II (Class 4) or Extreme III (Class 6) SDHC card instead. Most reviewers use and recommend the Extreme III in their camera review tests, but the Ultra II should be perfectly ok.

Each 1GB will allow up to 278 high quality images (Large/Superfine). The camera's default is most likely, Large/Fine, so you will need to change it in the Menu if you want to shoot in the best quality offered by your camera.

Format the card before you use it, and also everytime you need to delete all images in one go. Check your user manual on formatting if you don't know how to do it...