Memory Cards
A memory card is the recording medium where digital image data is electronically stored. Learn about the types, capacities and speeds of memory cards, card readers and more. Don’t miss the section about memory card care, and how and why memory cards become corrupted.
Erasing and formatting a memory card
Many digital camera owners don’t understand the difference between erasing and formatting a memory card. Here’s why both methods of deleting images should be used.
Memory card capacity
Not quite sure what size memory card you need? Not sure you need one or more cards? Here’s information to help you determine.
High speed memory cards
High speed memory cards boost performance in the right camera, but not all digital cameras benefit from the use
Secure digital high capacity memory cards
What you must know before buying a Secure Digital High Capacity memory card.
Memory card corruption
Understanding the causes of memory card corruption can help prevent it from happening. But when corruption occurs, here are useful suggestions for solving some of the problem.
Permanently delete images from a memory card
When you erase images from a memory card, they aren’t really gone. While this is a generally a good thing, there are times you may want images totally removed from a card.
Memory card readers
Using a card readers has several advantages over using a camera cable to transfer images to a computer.