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capacity rather than an oversized one, the sort that goes into a camera rather than a phone

Which UK outlet does the best price for (say) an 8GB one.

Is there any difference between makes in terms of speed/reliability ?

Is there any compatibility issues when upgrading to a much larger capacity on camers in general (going up from a 128MB unit) and if so, is it likely to be camera specific ?

Thanks in advance.
 
I use 7dayshop.co.uk for memory card usually, but you need to check the maximum your camera can take. This is massive for the money _http://www.mymemory.co.uk/SDHC/MyMemory/MyMemory-32GB-SD-Card-%28SDHC%29---Class-10?origin=Newsletter
 
There's also speed of the card to consider. Unless you're shooting HD movies you won't need a very fast one for simple photography. A slow speed will just limit the number of frames you can shoot per second in burst mode. A class 4 card should be the highest you'd need to go for.
 
When SWMBO upgraded to a Lumix Bridge Camera, I got her an 8GB Sandisk SDHC Card from Amazon for about £8.

Just checked and they are now down to £6.95 inc. free delivery.
 
It is an HD camera I have acquired,

_http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aiptek-PocketDV-AHD-Camcorder-Recorder/dp/tech-data/B001MTIYJM/ref=de_a_smtd/277-0600870-4636046

Discounted to 30 Euros in Chimay as the packaging was open.

From the specifications it can hold up to a 32GB card, but I doubt the battery would last the time required to fill it, so I'll most likely go for the (rather attractive) Amazon 8GB priced unit.

Mind you the Transcend 16GB one is even better value

_http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-16GB-SDHC-Class-Memory/dp/B003VNKNEQ/ref=dp_cp_ob_ce_title_3

Thanks again
 
The brief specs on Amazon don't tell us what speed card it needs but
Channel Hopper said:
_http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-16GB-SDHC-Class-Memory/dp/B003VNKNEQ/ref=dp_cp_ob_ce_title_3
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is a class 10 so that's pleeeeenty fast enough.
 
Just an update, I looked on eBay and found a seller very close by that was selling the Duracell Prophoto 200 that is also class 10. Gave him a quick call and was abe to collect one on my way home for £16.

The whole package works a treat so I'll be boring you all with some short HD movies soon.
 
Just be aware that the class doesn't always match the card, , a youtube user (Skavaen) recently did a test of his cards, and found that the higher classed ones were outperformed by the lower classed ones:

[video=youtube;qpVHOlQD1V4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpVHOlQD1V4[/video]

So don't believe the packaging, test the card for yourself and if it ain't up to scratch, send it back... :)
 
What? You're saying we can't believe the advertising?
 
PaulR said:
What? You're saying we can't believe the advertising?
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'It's the Sun wot dun it!' :-righton

Well even a 30 second recording in HD uses some 25MB of space, so I doubt I'll be posting any more of these, (nor storing them on the laptop as it has around 300MB spare drivespace for day to day operation, compressing/zipping them also makes no difference). Is there a format/process that shrinks them further or is this part and parcel of going to HD?

Additionally, the camera automatically saves them in MP4 format, and Quicktime opens them as the default programme, but playback through it is jerky and 'jumps' each second. When played on the VLC player (Videolan) however the result is smooth and uninterrupted.

Any idea as to why ?
 
PaulR said:
What? You're saying we can't believe the advertising?
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Yep, wouldn't believe the quoted sizes either, those chinese fakers know how to make a 256MB card look like a 32GB card to a computer, until that is you reach the 256MB mark and the card stops working.... :-rofl2


Channel Hopper said:
Well even a 30 second recording in HD uses some 25MB of space, so I doubt I'll be posting any more of these, (nor storing them on the laptop as it has around 300MB spare drivespace for day to day operation, compressing/zipping them also makes no difference). Is there a format/process that shrinks them further or is this part and parcel of going to HD?

Additionally, the camera automatically saves them in MP4 format, and Quicktime opens them as the default programme, but playback through it is jerky and 'jumps' each second. When played on the VLC player (Videolan) however the result is smooth and uninterrupted.

Any idea as to why ?
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Yeah, HD video takes up a lot of MBs, the only way to shrink them is to put them through a video editor (not Windows Movie Maker, that's not an editor, it sucks!!) and try to reduce the file output size, the youtuber above I think did a video on the very subject a while ago, but I can't recall if he showed what he did, but it'd be worth a look though... :)

And Quicktime is a misnamed program, it's pretty slow on Windows and with HD video can cause issues like you mention, things like "Media Player Classic" (Part of the K-lite codec pack) and "QuickTimeLite" (or "QTLite") would be a better option as they're stripped down media players without all the bulk, infact MPC is based on the old Windows media player that was used in Windows98 & ME and I think 2000 too, the only difference is that you get a load more codecs and a better interface, and less lagging... :D
 
You can only get legacy versions of QTLite ................ It and Real Alternative (does what it says on the tin) are subject to litigation, for fairly obvious reasons.


Which is a shame, as they are both very good.


But Media player Classic (which sits at the core of the QT/Real look-alikes) is still available ............. I use it for playing .ts stuff copied to USB from my Foxsat HDR.
 
I haven't used anything to do with "Real" media in a loooooooooong time, it may have been the standard for some websites streaming video before the flash video player came along, but these days, I see little use for it... :D

As for QTLite, it's a shame Apple are suing over that, but frankly it's their own fault for making QuickTime so bluddy awful with it's weighty bloatware and pointless features, and not to mention with it constantly trying to take over the file associations without asking (and after being set to NOT associate itself with said files), people want simplicity, not flabby old software that struggles to lumber itself about a computer... :rolleyes:

But that said, Apple are pretty stuffy about their software, they REALLY don't like people using their OS for making "Hackintosh" systems which I think are based on regular PC hardware, rather than apple hardware... :confused:
 
Refuse to have Realplayer on any of my PCs, I guess a lot of others have made the same decision.
 
Dang. Tried attaching two 23MB zipped files in the post above and they didnt get through. :confused:
 
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