I just bought a PowerShot S2 IS Canon 5 Megapixel camera, I am going on a trip to Ireland next month I plan on taking many pictures. I have a 16Mb SD memory card and have ordered a 1Gig SD card and I was wondering how many pictures on average I can expect to take with the two cards and if I should invest on a new memory card as well because I do not know how available a computer will be. Thank you.
2006-09-02 14:28:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
I have a 1Gig card with a 6megapixel camera and I've gotten as many as 900 on there... but it also had about 30 minutes of video and sound on there as well... you should be pretty set between the 2 cards ! Have fun on your trip !
2006-09-02 14:35:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 16 MB is a throw in and you be able to store more than a few hi-res images.
I quite a few cards in large sizes (1 gig +) for long sessions and high resolution and several in 512 or 256 for short downloads or specific subjects. If you shoot at lower resolutions, you can stretch the # of pix you can take, but don't forget extras just in case. Hope you find this info and the charts as helpful as I do!
Approximate number of shots on a Memory Card
(This won't format here, so cut text, save to .txt or csv, and open in a spreadsheet to view)
ResSize 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB
----- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
2 MP 900 KB 142 384 568 1137
3 MP 1.2 MB 106 212 426 853
4 MP 2.0 MB 64 128 256 512
5 MP 2.5 MB 51 102 204 409
6 MP 3.5 MB 40 80 160 320
Recommended minimum card sizes
128 MB or higher for a 3 megapixel digicam
256 MB or higher for a 4 megapixel digicam
512 MB or higher for a 5 megapixel digicam
One GB or higher for a 6 megapixel digicam
Two GB or higher for an 8 megapixel digicam
2006-09-02 20:34:34 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Athena 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have a Canon, it's easy to answer. Once you load your 1GB memory card in, make sure the display is showing the number of pictures available for the card. Depending on your size and quality you should get around 600 or so. My PowerShot A80 gets just shy of 300 with a 512MB memory card and it is a 4 Megapixel. I have my ISO set on 50, the largest picture size and Super Fine picture quality. All of these setting affect my file size. My average picture ranges from 1.2MB to 2.5MB.
By the way, the 16MB memory card is useless. You can get 5-10 pictures on it. Not worth loading it. Also, format the memory card before you first use it. This makes writing faster for those burst pictures.
2006-09-02 18:15:58 · answer #3 · answered by mda2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have the Sony H1 5 MP camera and a 1 GB card.
When set to the highest quality images, I can hold almost 400 still pics. If you take any high quality video clips, the camera uses up memory card space very quickly.
If you use a lower quality/resolution setting, you can hold lots more, but with less print size flexibility.
To ensure against loss or damage while on your trip, you might want to consider getting the memory card images copied to CD at a photo center. Then you would have both the card and the CD's.
Have Fun!
2006-09-02 16:35:54 · answer #4 · answered by fredshelp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look in your manual,it will tell you. Should be around 400+ at your highest resolution setting. I know that sounds like a lot, but take it from an old 35mm SLR guy,when i finally went digital i couldn't believe how many pictures i take. On a 9 day trip to Italy i filled up a 1 gb card, a 512 mb card and put 112 pics on another 512 mb card.
2006-09-02 18:55:26 · answer #5 · answered by stan l 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
listed under are some figures for a Canon 7 MP digicam with a a million GB card. for 2 GB, in basic terms double it. If that's not a Canon, it is going to nevertheless be somewhat close to to those numbers. CANON 7 MP CAMERAS (SD750, SD1000...) a million GB CARD super (3072 x 2304 pixels) Superfine - 312 positive - 502 customary - a million,040 Medium a million - M1 (2592 x 1944 pixels) Superfine - 380 positive - 678 customary - a million,342 Medium 2 - M2 (2048 x 1536 pixels) Superfine - 590 positive - a million,058 customary - 2,082 Medium 3 - M3 (1600 x 1200 pixels) Superfine - 942 positive - a million,678 customary - 3,one hundred eighty SMALL (640 x 480 pixels) (VGA - useful purely for digital mail and small information superhighway postings) Superfine - 3,554 positive - 5,494 customary - 8,634 POSTCARD (1600 x 1200 pixels - helps date imprint) positive - a million,678 WIDESCREEN (3072 x 1782 pixels) Superfine - 414 positive - 670 customary - a million,372
2016-11-06 07:41:55 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, I recommand you to try google picasa.
picasa is a Google's photo software. It's what should've come with your camera.
It can Edit , organise and Share you picture and small video flips.
It's very easy to use and is free, just like Google
Download it free in here:
http://www.adcenter.net.cn/google-picasa/
Good Luck!
2006-09-03 03:46:41 · answer #7 · answered by good.picasa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A couple hundred, if not more. It really depends on the compression setting.
2006-09-02 14:35:22 · answer #8 · answered by CyberTootie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋