Tips For Memory Cards>>>>

Here I’m gonna give some tips regarding the memory cards, this cards may be called as compact flash cards, but they aren’t really all that compact any more. Memory cards are also going through the trend of miniaturization.

Until now compact flash cards have been especially interesting due to their high processing speed. From the past two or three years SD (Secure Digital) cards and memory sticks have been reaching those same values.

If there is no longer role of speed then the compact size of the SD cards and memory sticks wins out, then we should say goodbye to the compact flash. SD cards and the memory stick Duo are both significantly smaller than CF cards.

CF cards were introduced in 1994, has a storage capacity of up to 128 GB with an online price in this size of 670 euro (903 dollars). But CF cards of this capacity do not make much sense for a lot of uses other than recordings or HD videos.

Many professional photographers prefer to carry more memory cards with smaller or middle capacities rather than one large data carrier, which means the damage, is less with a malfunction. Exterior influences such as moisture or heat or even magnetic fields are enough to make a memory card unreadable.

Magnetic fields for example lurk at security controls at airports. And one thing with photography a high writing speed of memory cards is important. Software which can save accidentally deleted files and correct access problems which can occur through recording errors in the saving of files. Free programs for this include PC Inspector or TestDisk & PhotoRec.

Nowadays SD cards are also replacing more and more the multimedia cards (MMC). The flexible SmartMedia cards and the xD Picture Cards from Olympus and Fuji are nearly obsolete. Many laptop have an SD card reader and smartphones now come standardized with additional memory via a MicroSD card.

These cards are very small at 1.1 cm by 1.5 cm but can save up to 32 GB in the MicroSDHC version. A 16 GB MicroSDHC is available online starting at only 15 euro. So by this, you all came to know about the memory cards, make use of it.