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[pinkcloud]

I bought a Panasonic Lumix fx 150 camera which I am embarrassed to say I have still not taken out of  the box.

Can someone please tell me the best memory card to buy for this.

I know nothing about them

pinkcloud

[neonwizard]

Anyone of these http://www.lowpricememory.co.uk/memory-cards/sd-memory-cards well do since the camera can do video and shoot raw + jpeg I would start at 4GB, 8Gb, 16GB least but if you think you'll just be doing the odd photo now and them a 2Gb would be good enough.

[pinkcloud]

Thanks neonwizard

The cards on offer to me are Sandisk and there is a whole collection of them:-

SD Card
SDHC Card  class 4
SanDisk 8GB ULTRA SD Card (SDHC) - Class 4
Sandisk 16GB Extreme SD Card (SDHC) 20MB/s - Class 6
Sandisk 4GB Eye-Fi Wireless SD Card (SDHC) - Class 4
Sandisk 8GB Extreme HD Video SD Card (SDHC) 30MB/s - Class 10


What is the difference between SD and SDHC please?

What are the benefits of Extreme, Ultra and Wireless?

Do I need a Video card?

I am not looking for the cheapest.

Thanks for help

pinkcloud

[Paul.bd]

SDHC - the HC stands for High Capacity (They're bigger). Older cameras can't use SDHC cards - yours does.

Extreme and Ultra are (I suspect) nothing more than advertising buzz-words. And (again I suspect) that Video simply means it's a higher capacity card that will hold more data.

Your camera is capable of recording video. Whether you will use that capability only you know.

We use a 4gb card in our camera. It will hold a couple of hundred pretty high quality photos. If you're going to shoot video, go bigger.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2008/7/21/panasonicfx150

[pinkcloud]

Paul that's very clear and helpful thank you.

Here is the link with the Sandisks with the Extreme, Ultra, Video and Wireless descriptions.

http://www.mymemory.co.uk/SanDisk/SD-Cards

Thanks for help
pinkcloud

[Paul.bd]

It seems Extreme and Ultra refer to differences in read and write speed - probably more important to professionals than home users (OK, I'm making an assumption there). Personally, I'd probably go Ultra (Extreme would be a bit...well...extreme), but the standard cards are fine.

Interesting (but irrelevant) that a twin pack of standard 4gb cards is more expensive @ ?11.89 than two single cards @ ?4.97 each.

It's not an altogether bad idea to have a spare card with the camera on the off chance that you fill one while shooting.

[pinkcloud]

Thanks Paul

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[pinkcloud]

...........and a couple more things.

Would you need the video card if you wanted to do video or does it do video with the ordinary card?

Why would you want the wireless card?

Thanks again for help

pinkcloud

[Paul.bd]

1. No. It'll do video on any card, but I suspect a higher write speed would give better quality results (that's just a guess, though)

2. No idea. Possibly you can transfer photos to your PC wirelessly (again, just a guess), but for the extra cost I wouldn't bother.

We've had a couple of Lumix cameras. They're pretty good.

[pinkcloud]

Thanks Paul but oh dear!

I decided on a 16Gb straightforward SDHC no whistles and bells.

Then I saw there are two on that link- a red one class 2 for £14.97 and a blue one class 4 for £15.79.

I looked at the red one first and it says its a netbook one. The blue one says nothing but SDHC.

Aren't they all for PCs and netbooks?

Yes, it was reckoned to be a good camera. I've never had anything to do with cameras so always perceived it to be a bit time consuming getting it out of the box and finding out what to do. As I said above, a bit embarrassing really.

Thanks for help
pinkcloud

[Paul.bd]

@ 80p difference I'd go with the blue one - just a gut feeling.

I suspect the red one isn't designed to handle camera speeds. It doesn't matter how long it takes to move a file from a netbook drive to a memory card, but a camera needs a respectable minimum write speed.

[macca]

Pinkcloud,
Just to back-up Paul's advice to always carry a spare card, based on my Bro-in-law's experience on his last trip to Australia. For no apparent reason, and with absolutely no forewarning, his card simply "died", and he lost a whole stack of photos he had taken on his various stopping points along the way. He took it to camera experts but they couldn't retrieve a single photo. A completely blank card that couldn't be revived.
The only advice they gave him was to always carry a spare. I do.

[pinkcloud]

Thank macca

I still haven't got the camera out of the box yet............................

[Dayko]

For what it's worth, I down load my camera every day to the laptop. That way I have at least two copies of photos while I'm on a walkabout.
 

[pinkcloud]

For what it's worth, I down load my camera every day to the laptop. That way I have at least two copies of photos while I'm on a walkabout.
 

Thanks Dayko.

Good thought.

pinkcloud

[pinkcloud]

Thanks everybody.

Paul for the interest I bought this one

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sandisk-Ultra-15MB-SDHC-Card/dp/B000QUUFRM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322887789&sr=8-1

pinkcloud