Camera Expert? Help!?

Question

I recently bought a Canon Powershot ELPH 300 HS digital point and shoot camera. I did some research but I'm looking for the best memory card for this camera. I know that it supports SD, SDHC, and SDXC cards. Since this camera also takes up to 1080p HD video, I would like a 16g class 10 card but what is the difference between SD, SDHC, and SDXC? What brand should I buy? I was looking at SanDisk but I don't know if they're better than others like PNY or even a generic Amazon memory card. Also, when I looked at different cards, they said something like 45mb/s. What does that mean? I looked that up and it had to do with the speed of something but I'm confused.

What do you recommend I should buy? Please keep in mind that I am not a professional photographer so I don't need a $100 memory card but I would like for the card to be above average. Thank you for taking your time to read my question, even if you can't or don't answer it. Although any answer is appreciated! Thanks again!

Answer 1

The differences between SD, SDHC and SDXC are the maximum capacities that these cards can handle. For example, SD card are electrically limited to 4 GB capacity if memory serves. SDHC is electrically different and this can support capacities to at least 32GB and maybe 64GB (I can't recall for sure) and SDXC higher still. Because each standard is electrically different, you need to know what your camera will work with. Read the owners manual.



As the 45 mb/s, this is the read/write speed of the card. This is particularly important if you are going to use the card to store video. Once again, check the owners manual. SDHC cards are typically marked with a "Class #)", eg. Class 2, ... Class 10. Higher Class number means higher transfer speeds. Note also however that higher class # also means higher cost and, generally lower reliability.



Read the owners manual and by what's spec'd.



As to suppliers, generally SanDisk and Kingston are the quality leaders, other major brands are good too, but perhaps slightly less reliable. I've bought a bleeding edge SanDisk 32GB micro SDHC card 18 months ago and it died after 4 months of use. The good news was SanDisk replaced it. The bad new was it took 3 months to get the replacement and in the mean time, I bought a replacement so I could keep working. If you can, I'd buy a couple of 16GB SDHC cards and download them frequently to your PC to keep them empty for your photo use.



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Answer 2

I agree. I use Sandisk and have never had a failure. But, it can happen any time.



Just a word of advice.



Frequently download your photos, and keep copies of your photos in two places. Hard Drives fail too, not just memory cards. After you lose your photos because you don't have copies, you learn to work with two hard drives.

Answer 3

i could get the Canon. Sony cameras use memory stick, it somewhat is incompatible with the SD memory used in actual each physique else's digital camera. as a results of fact you have an SD450, you may besides shop applying the memory you do have reachable, plus you already like Canon. The Sony is robust, yet so is the Canon.