SD Memory Cards

[ka jowct]

A friend of mine has a PNY 1GB card in his Canon 620, and has shot continuous frames with it. He says it works fine, but he's planning to experiment with a faster card.

[Otto Boners]

The electronics in a Canon 620 can't save data anywhere near as fast as even a slow card can handle.

The only difference getting a faster card will make is in slightly faster writing and reading files to a computer, if he uses a USB 2 or Firewire card reader.

He can save his money.

[pRON aHOLIC]

[quote ka jowct]A friend of mine has a PNY 1GB card in his Canon 620, and has shot continuous frames with it. He says it works fine, but he's planning to experiment with a faster card.

Tell him to save his money. That camera doesn't even come close to what high speed cards would take take advantage of. Even a 32x would be overkill. Your friend will only get faster transfer speeds with a fast reader.

[decocritter]

Thanks for the good info. The pny 2 gig card I used today was fine. I think we paid about 39.00 or so with rebates - maybe less.

We used the camera without really reading the manual, so we need to back up a bit. It did seem to do just fine.