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Buying advice.

What Kind of Memory Does a Camera Need?

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Buying advice

Digital cameras
Product group
Digital cameras
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Date
22. 05. 2012
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Digital Cameras often have internal storage. This memory is limited to a few pictures. High quality photos however need a lot of memory. That is why you definitely need a big memory card. The higher the resolution provided by the camera the bigger the memory has to be. When you buy a digital camera always look for the memory card slot!

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Glossary

Compact Flash Card

"Compact Flash Card" is the English term for a storage card with Flash Memory technique. It can be connected to a pc-card-drive via an adapter.

Internal Storage

A storage built into a digital camera, which can function by itself or in adition to a removable storage medium. Is usually stated in Megabytes (MB).

Secure Digital Card

The "Secure Digital Card" is a digital storage card and saves data on the basis of flash-storage. SD-storage cards are often used as storage devices in digital cameras.