Best Deal on large Capacity SD cards?

[LI-ghtcycle]

Hello all, I am really not digital camera savvy, and I just learned that you can have up to a 100 Gig or some such crazy size SD card from canon?!

I had a canon SD 300 that died, and I bought a SD 600 to replace it, but I just learned if I get a large SD card, I can take videos that are longer than 20 sec like my 32 MB SD card did.

So, my question is, what is the best price for a large SD card?

I'm probably not going to buy a 100 Gig unless they are really cheap (because I am REALLY cheap! :lol: ) and I have learned that Walgreens sells 1 to 2 Gig SD cards for $10, and this is probably the route I am going to go unless I can see that I can get a much larger one for say less than $50, but I don't know enough about this stuff to even know where to look for the best deals, what brands of SD cards are worth it, what ones are junk, etc, etc.

Anywho ... this is the camera I have now:

http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/canon-powershot-sd600/4505-6501_7-31740583.html

What is the best over-all deal for a decent sized SD card to take some video with, and where should I look to find it?

Thanks!

 

[www.recumbents.com]

The SD 600 is an older model and probably will not support a huge SD card. Look up the max size supported on Google. It will probably support a 4GB card and you can get good deals on those. You should be able to find one for about $10.

-Warren.

 

[liveforphysics]

If you go over 2gb, your camera needs to be capable of SDHC (secure digital high capacity) memory cards. If your camera can read an SDHC card, then you're good to go up to 32gb for sure, but likely can't make use of the 64gb SDHC cards that require a special formatting memory file structure.


I did a tiny bit of searching, and sadly that camera is not capable of SDHC.

So, the largest card you can get is 2gb. The class of card determines the read/write speed limitations of the card itself, but in your case, it's likely the camera that will be the limiter, so you won't need to worry about class, so one is going to be as good as another.


Something like this would be fine:

http://www.amazon.com/2GB-FLASH-MEMORY-CARD-EasyShare/dp/B0012KX6TO

 

[LI-ghtcycle]

Awesome! Thanks!

I just got a 2GB card locally for $8.99 (figured this way if it's bad I can get a replacement easier) so now I am gonna have enough room to do some video!

I wonder who makes a good helmet cam mount. 8)

 

[amberwolf]

Does your helmet have vent holes, especially one right on top? Then it's easy.

Find a carriage bolt at the hardware store (because it has a wide rounded cap) that fits in your camera's threaded mounting hole. Make sure the bolt is about 1/2" longer than needed to fully screw into the mount.

Find a washer that's at least a 1/4" larger radius than the vent hole, with ID that *just* fits over the square part of the carriage bolt under it's head.

Find another washer that has the same ID as the threaded part of the bolt, and at least 1/4" larger radius than the vent hole.

Find an old mouse pad, and cut out three small sections just bigger than the washers, and punch holes in the center of each the size of the bolt's threaded portion.

Pop out the styrofoam from the helmet if it is removable (I always prefer helmets that can do this), as it makes mounting the stuff easier. Otherwise, just slip the washer with the larger ID, with one piece of the mousepad, between the styrofoam and the helmet plastic at the top center hole of the helmet. This piece can stay in there even when not using the camera; if necessary you can glue it in place if you like. Put the styrofoam back in the helmet if you took it out.

Insert carriage bolt from inside the helmet to outside, and keeping a finger on it, slip an other mousepad piece and washer over the bolt's end on the top of the helmet outside.

Thread camera down onto the bolt and spin until it is tight, then rotate it to the direction you want. The mousepad will both protect the helmet from scratching up on the washers, and give friction to prevent rotation of the camera in use.

Turn on camera, put on helmet, and ride.

 

[Harold in CR]

Luke explains my Dimage camera to a "T". I have a 4 Gig card and can't use it. Camera is only 7 years old