Camera SLR Guide and Information

The actual device that holds these images is called the memory card. The digital camera memory card is where you store your images until you transfer them to your computer. The unique advantage of the memory card is that it is reusable as images on the memory card can be deleted, unlike films that are not useable anymore once developed, and thus discarded. You will find many different memory cards that have different capacities for holding images. Memory cards also allow you to easily view your pictures by simply transferring the images from the memory card to the computer, whereas films have to undergo a special process to develop the images on the film.Professionals may need the two gigabyte or the four gigabyte memory card by Transcend. Fuji also makes a memory card with 512 megabytes, one gigabyte and two gigabytes. The digital camera memory card will hold so many pictures depending on the size and the resolution you are shooting the images in at the time. The digital camera memory card will hold different amounts of images. For instance, the six megapixel camera with a one gigabyte memory card will hold approximately three hundred images before you have to transfer pictures. The higher the megapixels the less the memory card will hold. There is the multimedia, SmartMedia, xD memory cards, secure Digital, MemoryStick and CompactFlash memory cards to choose from when you are looking for storage. Before deciding on your memory card, check which type of card is compatible with your brand of digital camera.