What Size Memory Card Do You Have in Your Camera Now? [POLL]
Two weeks ago we asked readers to share with us the brand of memory card that they use in their cameras in a reader poll. This week we’re running a followup poll – this one asks what SIZE memory card you’ve got in your camera right now.
So grab your camera, eject the card and check out what size card you’ve got loaded:
We’ve had this poll running for a day or two in our sidebar and already it looks like 4GB is the size of choice but I’m looking forward to seeing what the spread of results will look like once everyone has voted.
PS: out of interest, tell us in comments below what your first memory card was.
I remember my first memory card was actually a 3.5 inch floppy disk with a capacity of 1.44MB which was used in a Sony Mavica (from memory it could hold 20-30 images on it at normal resolution – I remember marveling at the convenience of being able to use floppy disks and carrying around about 30 of them when I went on holiday) – we’ve come a long way haven’t we!?
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July 22nd, 2009 at 6:28 am
I too started with a sony mavica, but it was my father’s. My first digicam was a canon 300D, so I already started “for real” on CF cards. my first one was 258Mb.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:31 am
My first card was 512mb SD about 3 years ago, my camera, a small, chunky 3MP Kodak.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:31 am
My first Digital camera was under 1mpix and used SmartMedia cards.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:33 am
I can’t remember my first card. It was quite awhile ago. It was probably something like 8meg or less. I’ve graduated to 8gig and 16gig cards. Right now, I have a 16gig SDHC and a 8gig CompactFlash in my 1D. In my G9, I have a 8gig SDHC.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:34 am
My first digital camera (a Kodak DC215) came with a 4MB CF card.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:39 am
*lol* That’s awesome! My first digital camera was also a Sony Mavica (which I still have and it still works!), so my first “memory card” was also a floppy drive… :)
I now use a Canon SX1 with a 16GB SDHC card. :) How time flies and technology advances!
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:42 am
My first digital camera was a Canon PowerShot SD400 (I know I started late in the game), which came with a 16MB SD card.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:44 am
My first memory card was a Compact Flash 15M (yep – that is Megabytes people) card. I bought it to go with the Kodak DC50
Still have it on the side of the computer desk next to the film scanner to remind me of how things have changed now that I am using a 8G card (well in reality 3-8G cards and 2-4G cards) and the resolution on the camera was less than what you get now with a $10 USB webcam
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:46 am
256MB SD in Konica Minolta DiMAGE X31
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:46 am
Sandisk 8MB Compact Flash !!
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:50 am
My first digital camera was an Olympus point and shoot, it was a 1.3 MP camera and came with a 256 MB card.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:51 am
I like the idea of 4 gig cards. In my 40D, I can store around 300 RAW files. If I were ever on a vacation where I needed more memory, I’d rather use a lot of cards than one big one. I’d hate to see my one large card get corrupted and end up losing my photos… Especially if I were shooting professionally.
Granted, I’ve never had a card go bad on me, but my wife did. It was a Lexar 2 gig 80x CF card in a 30D. I read on the internet somewhere that for some reason Canon 30D’s and that specific model of Lexar card doesn’t get along very well. We were able to get all the photos off the card, but she was out shooting and the camera suddenly started throwing errors. Not fun.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:52 am
I have a 4gb card but I am thinking to get a couple 16gb cards and maybe someday a 32gb card if it works with my camera.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:54 am
The first camera I used did not have removable memory, it was a Casio qv10 with 2MB built in and a resolution of 320 x 240 and cost £780.00, from 1996.
The first card was a Smartmedia card with 2mb.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:54 am
My first digital camera was a Kodac DC50. It had a resolution of 0.38 Megapixels and if I remember correctly I had a 4MB card for it.
I’ve come a long way now with my 12 Megapixel camera and 8gb card.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:56 am
First card was 256MB for my Canon 10D.
I now use multiple 8GB cards for my 5DmkII.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:56 am
My Canon 5D Mark II shoots full res HD video and 21MP files. 16GB is the way to go. I keep a 4GB in my 40D and XSi. I have a handful of 1 and 2GB cards in my bag from the past when I had a G2 then an XT but never use them. Still I can’t seem to part with them though.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:59 am
First “memory card” was a 1.44″ floppy drive…dual density mind you.
Now I use 2-4GB for my 40D and 8GB for the 5D MKII. My reasoning is the same as when I chose 24 frame film (back in the day). 24 exposures was usually enough to capture a given project without risk of having the film sit in the camera or just shooting off pictures to use up the 36 frames. With the digital I worry a bit about having a large card with many images die and then losing my work. The relatively smaller cards mean I unload them more often so there is less risk.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:59 am
My first memory card was a 4GB, but then I started shooting RAW+JPEG, so I went bought an 8GB and a portable Hard Drive (PhotoSafe II).
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:59 am
I had a Sony Mavica too. Loved being able to save images directly to floppy. Only got rid of it when I couldn’t find a PC to use conveniently which had a floppy disk drive in it!
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:59 am
I’ve used the Mavica also. It was a popular camera for schools since every kid could have their own floppy and computers didn’t need to have drivers downloaded and installed.
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:00 am
I bought the camera with the 4 Gb and already had a 1 Gb, I carry both all the time, just in case. Only once had to use the little backup, in a big party where I was doing the “backup official photographer” for my family, and just because I did many videos.
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:05 am
My first digital was an Apple QuickTake that had only internal memory. It could hold 8, count ‘em, 8 low res jpegs before you had to download to your computer.
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:09 am
My first memory card was a 8MB Smart Media Card, in a 2.1 MegaPixel Samsung camera. Now I shoot on 4GB Sandisk SD cards in a DSLR. Man have times changed.
I must say that I am glad Smart Media didn’t make the cut, it was a very flimsy media. SD looks to be gaining the upper hand on CF though, I think due to the mini and micro SD formats that are now so popular in cell phones. My Blackberry takes microSD (2GB card installed), and I keep an adapter for it in my camera bag so I can use it in my DSLR in a pinch, it’s pretty handy.
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:10 am
8 meg. Canon Compactflash card that came with a Digital Elph 110.
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:12 am
I have multiple cards between 1 and 8 GB, but the trusty 2GB that I bought with the camera is convenient: it is the fastest card I have (almost capable of keeping my D80 going at full speed), and my card reader will read it without converter.
My first reliable portable digital memory was a probably ~200kB Single Sided Single Density 8″ floppy around 1982….
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:15 am
4Gb x 2…
great! i’m looking the poll results and this is the most usage card size
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:16 am
First was a 16 MB card for a Canon Powershot. Quickly upgraded to 1GB.
Currently have a 4GB in my D60.
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:23 am
I bought my first CF card with my original Digital Rebel. It was a 1 gig Kingston that cost me abut $300.00. Times have changed. I just gave that original card and the rebel to my daughter. She started with a film SLR in the ’90s. She knows something about manual operations now.
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:25 am
The first CF card I bought was 48MB for a Nikon Coolpix 950. It cost me about $260.
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:27 am
Technically, my very first digital camera didn’t come with a memory card — but 8 mb of built in memory! The 2 mp Sony Cybershot that replaced it came with a 8 mb memory stick that I quickly upgraded to a 128 mb memory stick!
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:37 am
I have 3 8gb cards for my Pentax K20D, its something like 380 RAW shots per card. I also have 3 2gb cards for the K100D, or if I somehow run out of room with the 8gbs.
My first was a 16mb CF card for a Canon 2mp point & shoot. I remember getting a 256mb card later and marveling at how many pictures I could take.
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:39 am
512mb SanDisk CF in my Canon Powershot S45, Then 1 and 2GB SD’s in D50 and now an array of 4’s and 8’s in the D200.
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:39 am
I think it was a 32mg SD card…it was the greatest thing out there for me…
Now I own a KINGSTON 32GIG for my D90, and two EXTREME III 8GIG CompactFlash cards for my D300…very convenient for all kinds of photography…
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:42 am
I remember the Sony it was a great camera. At the time I was doing accident photography and the insurance companies were thrilled to get a photo of the scene with in an hour or so. As for memory card size I believe a 4GB is enough photos on one card. I never put all my photos on one card just in case there is a problem. That way I will not loose everything.
Take Care and Enjoy
Chuck
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:59 am
Which camera, total memory for my camera would of been a bit more fun… :)
1GB in phone
2GB in my “drunk proof” camera
8GB in my G9 (with backup 8GB)
8GB in my 1Ds with (about 64GB of backup cards)
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:01 am
16 MB Fuji XD that came as a bundle with my first digital. Wow, it was only six years ago!
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:22 am
Hm, trying to remember. I think it was 16MB and was for a Fuji something-or-other. It was a pretty cool looking camera, which is why my husband bought it at the time. Great reason, right? Currently I’m using a 4GB card in my Nikon D80.
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:23 am
3x 4GB sandisk extreme III and 1 8GB sandisk extreme III looking to buy 1 more 8GB especially when I use raw on 5D Mrk II.
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:24 am
I have an 8GB in the camera and a 4GB in my bag. The 8GB is an Extreme 4 from Sandisk which has a faster transfer rate than my 4GB Extreme 3.
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:25 am
3.5 in floppy in a Mavica. I think the resolution was 640 x 480
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:25 am
HA! My first “memory card” was a floppy disk!
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:33 am
Right now (and any time I am not on a paid shoot), I keep an 8gig card in my D200.
On paid shoots, I prefer to stick to a small stack of 2gig cards. That way if a card goes bad or gets damaged, I am not losing as much.
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:35 am
My first memory card was a 32meg for my 1.2meg Casio. Now I carry 8 cards ranging from 1 to 4 gig and the Epson P3000 for viewing and storing images.
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:35 am
my first camera was a 1.4 megapixel sony that used floppy disks. vintage indeed!
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:44 am
My first card was 64MB Compact flash for my Canon A70, it cost me £65 (Currently $106). I remember taking my first 40 ish photos and thinking wow I haven’t changed film yet. How could it get better than this! Four cameras later and I now have a 4GB Sandisk Extreme III and a recently bought budget 8GB card (for £20 ish ($33)) in reserve for my 40D. Huge change.
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:55 am
I keep 2GB cards in my cameras for every day use. When I think I’m going to do more than just casual shooting, I pull out an 8GB card or two.
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:59 am
Then:
4 mb Smart Media card in an olympus D-600L (1.4 Megapixel)
Now:
4 GB Compact Flash
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:59 am
On boxing day I bought 3 16GB Kingston SD cards for only $20 each..turns out I really only need one!
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:01 am
My first camera was Canon IxusV2, 2 megapixels and 8Mb CF card. In full resolution (1600×1200) this card could hold up to 7 pictures.
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:09 am
I have one 32GB card in each of the two slots on both my D3 bodies.
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:32 am
32MB Compact Flash was the first memory card I had and it blew my mind. However I remember my parents having a camera that used floppy disks when I was a kid, I just wasn’t allowed to touch it.
Four days ago I got my first 8GB CF card.
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:35 am
My first digital camera was a Nikon Coolpix P5000 and I had a 1GB Sandisk SD card in it. I now use Integral 4GB Ultima Pro SD Card (SDHC) – Class 6 in my Canon DSLR.
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:57 am
First card was a 1GB SanDisk Ultra II SD. Now I mostly use Lexar 300x CFs in 4 or 8 GB.
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:00 am
I think our first digital camera (Canon Elph) had a 256 MB card. My first card in my Canon Digital Rebel was a 1 GB. I now have an 8 GB card.
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:21 am
My first Digital Camera had built in memory. From memory it was about 8MB. Then I upgraded to a massive 32MB.
I did have a camera that i took so many photos on that it broke and I got a brand new one cause it was under 1 year old.
My first Canon came with a 16MB Compact Flash Card. I splurged and bought a 128MB Card.
Now i have a 4GB SDHC in my Lumix Camera and a 8GB Micro SDHC in my Olympus.
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:21 am
I also started with a Sony Mavica. I thought it was so cool that I could stick 5-10 floppy disks in my butt pocket and be set for shooting all day.
I’ve upgraded to an Alpha a300 and have a 4GB CF card…….probably almost full, so I should download the pics
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:45 am
FLOPPIES!! In a Sony Mavica… That I paid $999.00 plux tax new from Wolf Camera.. 15x Zoom… Those were the days… and not even 1 Megapixel.
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:54 am
I have a 128KB in my Canon Powershot G2 (4MP), a 512KB in a Contax i4R (4MP), a 1GB in my Nikon D300 (my first “large” card which was originally for my earlier D70). I download to the PC frequently and i have spares in the bag for the DSLR so im not too worried.
My earlier cards for PnS were 8, 16 and 32KB! Imagine that…. :)
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:57 am
Tuesday 21 July 2009
In September 2000 I bought an Olympus D470 Z 1.3 mp point shoot digital camera. It came with a 32mp Smart Media card. I quickly bought a 64 mp card and then stocked up on the largest Smart Cards: 128mp.
I now shoot with a Canon EOS 5D and use a San Disk Extreme III 16 GB as my main card. I carry two 4 and two 8 GB Extreme III cards as back up. I have used San Disk cards since I began shooting digitally and have had no problems with any of my memory cards.
Barry Nelson
San Francisco, CA, USA
bpnelso2@pacbell.net
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:05 am
I was gifted with an 8GB card a few months ago. I also have a 1GB in my bag. I’m grateful for all the space, but I personally prefer to have multiple smaller cards.
Sometimes after a shoot, you don’t always have the time to upload your photos. And instead of having multiple shoots on one card, I think it’s rather convenient to just pop in a new chip. =)
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:34 am
floppy disks in cameras??
the thought just seems horrifying. lol.
July 22nd, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Sony mavica that took floppy disks.
July 22nd, 2009 at 12:01 pm
My first memory card? Might have been either 8MB or 16MB tha came with some cheapo digital camera I had. Then when I upgraded to the Canon Powershot A60 I bought 512MB CF cards.
With my Canon XSi I have 2x 4GB, 2x 8GB and one 16GB SDHC.
I don’t think i would go over 16GB. That currently gives me around 900 photos while shooing in RAW at full resolution at 12MP. I know some people dont shoot with that much storage because if a part becomes corrupted, thats a lot of photos to loose if you are unable to fix the issue.
Though I am always looking for new, faster cards :) Thing my 16GB is Class4 and the other ones are Class6
July 22nd, 2009 at 12:03 pm
My first memory card was a 2MB card in my AGFA ePhoto 780. Still have the camera and an additional 8MB card, think they both still work :)
July 22nd, 2009 at 12:35 pm
First memory card? A 16 MEGA byte compact flash for an early Canon Powershot.
July 22nd, 2009 at 1:03 pm
128mb for my first kodak 3mp. was about $35
about 3 yrs ago, nearly froze standing in line for a doorbuster special $50 4gb cf.
picked up an extremine II last week at wallyworld for around $20
July 22nd, 2009 at 1:13 pm
I have an 8GB and it was the first card I bought for my Canon Rebel XSI which I received yesterday.
July 22nd, 2009 at 1:31 pm
My first data card was a 512MB and it was HUGE at the time. I paid a fortune for it: $90. I just bought a 1GB card on close-out for $20. Crazy.
July 22nd, 2009 at 1:36 pm
I have 6 x 4 Gig CF cards and 4 x 2 Gig cards for my Nikon D700.
Too many cards for the type of shooting I do. Need to invest in a couple of big cards.
July 22nd, 2009 at 1:42 pm
My first card was 64MB on an HP 2.3 MP camera. Graduated to 128MB and it’s been onward and upward since. I now have a 2GB Lexar Professional and 4GB SDHC…More than enough for what I do…Camera is a Canon Digital Rebel XTi…
July 22nd, 2009 at 2:08 pm
I agree with the floppy disk in the Mavica. But from there I went to the memory sticks in the following various Sony cameras. I am on my 5th Sony camera and 4 gig cards now. Tried an 8 gig card but it was corrupted so went back to the 4.
July 22nd, 2009 at 3:01 pm
8 gig sandisk extreme 3 is in my d60 right now. i have a 4 gig patriot backup.
my first memory card i think was a 256mb patriot for my old kodak point and shoot.
July 22nd, 2009 at 3:06 pm
I have a couple of cards (Toshiba and Sandisk) in 2GB and 4GB. Better to have a few cards with smaller GBs than using large ones and losing the data in one go. At least with smaller memory cards, you have backup in the event you lose one card.
July 22nd, 2009 at 3:07 pm
No one remembers the IBM microdrives?
Also known as CF Type 1 (as opposed to Type 2 which are the now common solid state ones), it was literally a tiny harddisk (moving parts and all) the size of a stamp. I had a whopping 512mb for my Canon G1.
Now I use a 16gb CF on the 5Dm2.
July 22nd, 2009 at 3:08 pm
My Canon 1Ds Mark III has capacity for two cards; one 16GB CF card and one 16GB SD card. I also carry four 8GB CF cards.
July 22nd, 2009 at 3:54 pm
My first card had 32Mb, was an SD card in a 2MP Kodak. At the moment I am using 4 Gb CF cards, which are ok to me from the point of view of RAW images I can get from the 40D and I don’t risk to loose too many images because I need to change it.
July 22nd, 2009 at 4:39 pm
I got my 8gb SD in my camera now, but i always bring two other 2gbs SD for backups just in case the 8gb got full. Fortunately that only happened once (during a soccer match)
July 22nd, 2009 at 5:14 pm
16MB xD memory card by Fujifilm…….using two 8GB SD with my Canon EOS500D now :)
July 22nd, 2009 at 5:21 pm
I had a 4MB CF card in my first digital camera, to complement the 1MB of internal memory that the camera included, I also had a 170MB PCMCIA type III hard drive that I never did fill up. The camera was only 570K pixels and didn’t have an LCD screen.
July 22nd, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Hi,
first card of my own Canon G5 was 256MB and a 1GB Microdrive.
Used other smartmedia cards before in a digital microscope though.
These were like 16MB and the adapter to read them was a floppy disk.
Cheers,
Jens
July 22nd, 2009 at 5:51 pm
I bough a sandisk 8go extreme III, and .. it’s too slow, if this card is good in 4Go, 8go spend man time to import photos.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:17 pm
My first one was a 128MB. At that time I used to take photos in a 1MB size… The most of the time I’ve been with a 2GB, and shooting in 6MB… But now I’ve discovered my 4GB HD Class 6 …. And I can’t live without it!!! (In fact, I’ve recently achieved another one…). Now I shoot in RAW…..
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:36 pm
My first one was a floppy disk. Now for the Canon G9 I use 2 cards both 4 GB.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:46 pm
I have a handfull of Sandisk 4gb CF cards… One card lasts me about 2.5 songs at a concert (I’m a music photographer) I’d like a 5gb card so I could fit three songs (the norm) but I’m not a fan of super huge cards – many eggs, one basket.
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:17 pm
People, stop saying, your first memory card was a floppy disk if said floppy disk wasn’t used in a camera. Otherwise everyone’s first memory card would propably be a floppy disk which can’t even be called a memory card since it’s a completely different technology.
My first card was a 1 GB SD card for a Canon Powershot A540 which I still use from time to time. For my DSLR (Canon Eos 400D) I’m using a 2 GB CF Card.
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:23 pm
My first digital camera was a Canon Powershot 350 (actually a Konica model, but identical except for the lens), which I think came with 1Mbytes of Compact Flash. I purchased it in March 1997 when I was living in Japan.
Now I have an EOS40D, with 2×32Gb, 1×8Gb, 2×4Gb, 2×2Gb cards, which still isn’t quite enough for taking dancesport photos at Blackpool in one day – I could do with one more 32Gb card. The 32Gb cards are Transcend 133X Compact Flash Cards, and I’ve found them to be very reliable.
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:27 pm
My first card is SmartMedia 16M which can store around 60 shots!!!
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:38 pm
My first digital camera was a Canon G2 in 2002. It was supposed to come with a 32MB card, but somehow I got an upgrade to a 64MB card. I still have the card – although I no longer use it. It would hold just three images from my 50D.
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:02 pm
A 256MB for Canon G3 ( It was comes with 32MB but I also bought this).
The I bought 1GB card for more capacity and carry it to D200.
Currently a 8GB card is always in the D200.
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:32 pm
My first memory card was an 8MB Smart Media card for an Olympus C2040 Zooom
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:43 pm
I had a 32MB Compact Flash with my Canon A75. When I bought my next camera, a Panasonic, I upgraded to a 2GB. Currently, a 4GB is in my D80.
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:47 pm
started with 256MB cards in Sony Cybershot .. now run almost average of 2Gb and when on a shoot .. 4GB .. need that much space while shooting RAW ..
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:55 pm
a 3 and a half inch floppy in a Sony digital camera first
next was a 256 MB in my rebel digital camera .. now mostly a 2 gig
with my 10 MP camera I’m thinking of a 4 gig :)
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:58 pm
My first mem card was 32 MB and I could fit something like 200-300 photos on there!
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:05 pm
LOL I had that sony Mavica too I loved it until those floppies would go bad abd I would lose the pics It was actually my 1st digital camera. :( and I thought the mem. stick was the greatest thing when it was less than 150MB. Now I am with8GB for my nikon.. I did have a 4 but it didn’t work and the store was out of them.
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Even if I could use bigger cards (and I usually shoot in RAW), I prefer to have more than one card and use more than one when shooting a lot of images to the same subject: if something goes wrong with the card, I can at leats save some picture and not having alla lost! :-)
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:09 pm
I started off with a 8mb SD card.. that’d probably fetch me 400shots then .. and maybe.. 3shots now? Used it with my first digi cam Panasonic Lumix DMC FX1. Which I felt was the nicest sleekiest camera back then.
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:11 pm
I am also in the Sony Mavica camp. I loved how AOL would send me free “film” several times a week :-)
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:12 pm
My first digital camera (Nikon Coolpix 5700) had a SD Ultra 128MB memory card in it.
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:26 pm
My first digital camera came with 48MB. I then got a 64MB with next camera. Since then I have purchased 1G then 2 and 4. My latest purchase was an 8G
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:32 pm
I remember my first digital camera was a Canon with a docking station in order to connect it to my computer, forgot the type. It didn’t use any memorycard, but had build in memory.
I’m wondering now why I ever bought a digital camera with a docking station….
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:55 pm
I think 4GB is a good size because it’s more or less a DVD full of images.
My first card… well, it was in a format I never found a card reader for, a pretty large but thin thing.
The camera it belonged to had 0.8 MP and was connected to the PC with a serial connection.
At work at had to use a 32MB card for a few weeks, the colleage who orded the cam didn’t get why I’d need another memory card when there was one in the box…
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:56 pm
I remember my first memory card coming with an Olympus P&S of some description – 16mb MMC. I then splashed out to upgrade to a whopping 32gb. That was about 7 years ago.
I found in my Amazon account history a 256mb CF card I bought for one of my IXUS P&S in 2003 at a cost of £36!!!
My how times have changed and how old do I feel. Every time I have to buy memory I marvel at how cheap it is compared to only a few years ago.
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:05 am
Class 6 Transcend 16Gb cards were around $30 at Xmas, now around $40. Excellent choice if your camera does video, handles multiple RAW shots without problem either.
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:11 am
I remember my 1st hard drive which was 15meg and cost me over $300. I believe my 1st camera memory was 512mb and I bet it cost me about $20-40 on sale. Now if I could only increase my personal internal memory.
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:14 am
32K, came with my Cannon S500 point and shoot. I upgraded to a 1GB card.
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:22 am
My first with my current camera was a 4gb CF. However, my very first digital camera also took CF cards and I think I bought a 32mb card for it. It was a Kodak 4mp camera that cost A LOT when most were only 1 or 2mp.
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:31 am
256 mb and 1 thought it was HUGE!
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:35 am
My first digital camera was also a Sony Maciva which held a 1.44 mb floppy disk. I still have it and it still works.
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:47 am
Although I have 16GB cards right now, I could use a couple 32GB cards for one of my D3 bodies. That would allow me to shoot an entire 10-hour wedding using RAW without changing a card (using two bodies).
July 23rd, 2009 at 1:00 am
My fist digital camera was a Canon Point and Shoot and it came with an 8MB card. That seemed like so much then!
July 23rd, 2009 at 1:10 am
I’ve been shooting just RAW, but found that saving in RAW+JPG is convenient. For the first time I filled up my card, likely more due in part that I haven’t downloaded pics between shoots. But, I think I’d better get an 8GB card. Time to keep up and get a faster card, anyway.
http://store.lexar.com/?productid=CF8GB-300-381
http://store.lexar.com/?productid=LCF8GBDRBNA233
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:00 am
My 1st camera was Olympus FE-100 (no longer in market) and it came with a 128MB XD card.
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:00 am
My first digital camera was an Olympus … don’t remember the model. But they used Smartmedia cards back then and I had a 128MB card for it, up from the 16MB card that came with the camera. Now I keep an 8 MB in my D80 and 2 MB in my D50 (so I can format it in the camera).
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 am
my first “memory card” was a floppy disc!
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:22 am
Actually I have Sandisks 32Gb CF Extreme III (and 8Gb MS Extreme III as a spare) in a Sony ?900, which together allow for about 1.000 RAW pictures. I entered the reflex world long time ago with a Minolta 7000i registering mainly on Kodachrome and Velvia, and the digital era with a 5Mpix Mavica writing 56 pictures on a rewritable (!) miniCD…
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:26 am
My first was a 32mb smart media card in a brick 1.3 MP Olympus camera. I have to say, I loved the quality of the lens on that simple point and shoot!
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:31 am
My first digital camera was an Apple with some type of memory that fit into a PCMICA adapter. Pretty basic.
Then I graduated to the Mavica. No view finder made it almost impossible to see what you were outside in bright sunlight. The floppies were a great idea, until Apple came out with the G3 with no floppy. I had to download them on a Dell, burn them on a CDRW and transfer them to my Mac.
In my Canon XT I used a 2GB and 1GB CF cards that came with the camera. Then I bought a couple of 4GB cards. I choose 4GB cards, because I couldn’t see losing more images than that.
I just brought a refurbished XTi from Adorama, (bad idea, because it came out of the box with the sensor out of alignment and I can’t even get their tech guys on the phone. I will never buy anything from them again.), rather than XSi, because it used CF cards and the same battery as my XT. Was supposed to save from buying more CF cards and batteries.
I am waiting for the software to allow me to download and view images on on my 16GB iPod Touch.
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:45 am
Heh, I’m with ya, Tony! My first camera was an Olympus with SmartMedia as well. I still have most of the cards laying around – I started with a 16MB and bought a few extra 32MB cards. Good times. =)
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:53 am
First card was a 256mb. Now I’m using 8gb
July 23rd, 2009 at 3:26 am
My first camera is Kodak Z700, it’s and awesome model and loved shooting with it and I had a 64MB card with it initially..
now I own a Canon 350D with mostly 2.0GB card in it all the time..
July 23rd, 2009 at 3:37 am
Gosh….a Sony Mavica. I remember using it for school back in the day. I had to have ALOT of floppy disks around when taking pictures for the drama club, football games and the like.
July 23rd, 2009 at 3:38 am
I choose 8 gb for the poll, because that’s what’s in both my camera’s right now. Usually I have a 4 gb card in my main camera because I’ve found that’s just the right size for a couple hours of shooting. I got 2 8gb cards recently when B & H had a great rebate on the Lexar 300x cards.
My first digital camera came with a 16k card (can’t remember the type) and I upgraded to 256k.
July 23rd, 2009 at 3:44 am
My first digital camera was a Canon PowerShot S1 IS. I also had the world’s smallest CF card, left over and passed down to me from my dad’s older digital camera. This thing didn’t even have its capacity written on it, and could fit about 20 shots at the S1’s largest image size setting. About 16MB, I think.
Now I use 4GB cards, which my XTi gobbles up and spits back out before I have time to reflect on the advances of technology.
July 23rd, 2009 at 4:02 am
My first memory card was a 128MB SD card for a Samsung camera that I bought. I remember I could only take a small amount of pictures. I use a 4GB card now and I’ve only been able to fill it up once in almost a year, and it was on a trip where I was refusing to download the pictures to my laptop, which I ended up doing anyways.
July 23rd, 2009 at 4:17 am
My first card was 2 GB SDHC in my casio exilim.
Now I have 4GB CF in my Canon 40D, but it fills up quickly shooting in raw. So might be time for something bigger. Size is everything ofc :)
Think 16GB wil be enough for my needs.
July 23rd, 2009 at 4:39 am
my first [still own it] digital was a sonypc[whatever] and the card in it is I think a 256 mp….
hope to up grade soon to a kodak z980,,, don’t want to change lenses every time I want to take a closse up or a far away sceinic…. joe
July 23rd, 2009 at 5:08 am
My first CF card was a 256mb card. I thought. This is Huge! Then I got a t1i and have a 16gb card. You need it for reals!
July 23rd, 2009 at 5:32 am
Like you my first memory card wasn’t even a memory card, it was a floppy disk. Good old Sony. I thought I was so cool, I could shoot pics of events and put them on the computer so quickly and even store them away for future. Like you I carried a case full of floppy disks, and hated that crc error. We have moved on, of course, I have Nikon 40 but that little Sony is still a decent snapshot camera and it occasionally even get used.
July 23rd, 2009 at 5:33 am
my first memory card was a Lexar (SD of course) 64MB (and I still got it)
July 23rd, 2009 at 6:43 am
I use 4gb sandisk cards. When i do motorcycle calander shoots i use one card for each bike and model. I don’t like to put all three shoots on one card.
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:03 am
In my D100, at 6MP, my current 4G card will hold 400+ photos. This was not quite enough on July 4, when I was taking pictures of a performing group in two back-to-back parades. Of course, I didn’t bring along my “backup” — the 2G card I used to use. The camera came with a 512M card, but when I bought it (used), I immediately switched up to 2G.
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:04 am
Forgot to say: I always shoot RAW.
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:24 am
I keep an 8GB SanDisk CF Extreme III in the camera along with the 256mg Memory Stick that came with it. I like to take pictures in RAW format, so memory can go fast. I also have a 4GB that I keep in my camera case. I can’t even remember what the puny memory was in my first Casio digital (when 3 mega pixels seemed like a big deal)
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:37 am
My first camera was a 7MP Sony point and shoot with a 512MB memory card. I remember thinking the 1GB was a little too much. I mean who would really take all those photos?! LOL
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:44 am
I started with a 2GB and then I passed to 4GB… Then I got one 8GB and then a second one… Now I have a 16GB one…
July 23rd, 2009 at 8:32 am
I also had a Sony Mavika, I was very impressed at the short time it took for the digital industry to explode. Although I never lost passion for the film process, I do love the time digital saves me in the post process.
Fausto Hernandez, faustohernandez.blogspot.com
July 23rd, 2009 at 9:20 am
my maid card is a 2G but i have a 4G and 1G back up.
with my 2G it holds roughly 600 pics. and my 4G over 1k.
July 23rd, 2009 at 9:34 am
20 Sandisk Ultra III 8GB cards between my 50D and 5D Mk II’s. I started with a Rebel XTi and a 1GB Lexar card and before that a small canon powershot with a 128mb CF card hahaha
July 23rd, 2009 at 10:01 am
My first digital was a Nikon P80 which my son usually uses now with a 16GB SD card. I have a Sony a350 with a 2Gb CF card. I have a 275Mb card as a spare
July 23rd, 2009 at 10:50 am
How can you forget your first?! Mine was the Sony Mavica!!! What wonderful memories! I still have all the pictures from my Mavica and the slideshow that I created using the 10 discs that I rotated during our family trip to France.
July 23rd, 2009 at 11:05 am
mine was a 128mb in some tiny 0.5 mp camera. i still have a few of the photos for memories sake – they are awful!
July 23rd, 2009 at 11:31 am
Officially it was a 8MB CF Card that came with my first digital camera (Canon’s A70), but when I bought it, it came bundle with a 128MB Sandisk, so I never managed to use the 8MB canon card…
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:46 pm
16MB. It came with my first digital, an HP M407
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:51 pm
YES! Sony Mavica FTW! Mine, as well. When I upgraded to a Sony DSC-V1 in 2003, I got a whopping 128 MB memory stick for it. ooOOoo, jump back!
July 23rd, 2009 at 1:13 pm
I guess officially it was a 256mb sd card with my kodak c series camera in college. My sister had the sony mavica with the floppy. Still has it. She cant let go. :D
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:01 pm
my first contact with a digital camera was with my boyfriend’s, a sony… something that was writing on small size cd’s. my first personal… an sd in my panasonic dmc fz10
July 23rd, 2009 at 9:43 pm
In my Canon 350D I have 4GB CF + 2 or 3 spares. In my Canon G9 I have 2GB SD + 2 or 3 spares.
July 23rd, 2009 at 10:34 pm
1st memory card was 8MB on a 1MP HP point-and-shoot (which I still own). At the time, I foolishly shot at lowest resolution so I could jam a whole200 or so pictures onto that one card. The only one I owned at the time.
July 23rd, 2009 at 10:34 pm
My first memory was also a three and a half inch disk in a Sony. I passed that camera to one of my sons who is still using it today. For his uses, the camera is still sufficient.
July 23rd, 2009 at 10:51 pm
The first digital camera in our house was a Canon G2. We ordered a 256 MB CF card for $100 from a RiTek / RiData vendor out of Australia because it was the only way to get these cheap, high-speed cards.
A couple of years ago we bought a 2 GB CF card from NewEgg that was much faster than the old RiData card, for $50. It was amazing how much faster that old G2 could save images with on the new card.
A couple of months ago we bought a SanDisk Extreme III 8 GB card for our 5D Mark II at a local store’s sale. Cost? $60. After realizing that it holds “only” 300 images, we’re waiting for 32 GB cards to drop in price a bit. :-)
July 24th, 2009 at 1:39 am
I use a 32 GB Compact Flash in my Nikon D200 for aerial photography.
July 24th, 2009 at 1:52 am
My first CF card was a 256MB. My first 1GB CF was a microdrive. I then purchased a few 2GBs, and now several 4GBs. My D700 is on the way so who knows – I may be looking for a deal on some 8GBs before long!
July 24th, 2009 at 2:00 am
my first was an olympus point and shoot, 1.2mp, it used SmartMedia 4MB cards.
July 24th, 2009 at 2:03 am
4GB Sandisc Ultra IV was my first. Well, my first two memory cards that came with the camera.
July 24th, 2009 at 2:10 am
My first digital camera was a Toshiba 2MP camera (can’t remember the model). It used SmartMedia card. The maker was probably DanElec or someone like that. Its bigger than the SD cards, maybe comparable to CF card size. In the age of MicroSD and xD cards, these cards look huge! It was a 128MB card, and was more than sufficient in those ages. I carried 2 cards, just so that I did not run out of memory on the road. Next was a SD card used on Minolta Dimage2 2MP. I used to use the Sandisk 256MB versions, 2 of those, because I used to capture video on the cards. Next came, 256MB Lexar CF cards for my Canon G2 4MP. I tried PNY versions, but was not happy with those. I also bought some A-DATA Micro SD cards for my cellphone, they also work great. For my current Canon 40D 10MP, I use a Sandisk Extreme III 8GB card and works fab! Recently bought a Nikon Coolpix L18 for my wife and it has a PNY SDHC 4GB (NatGeo version) card… work’s great!
July 24th, 2009 at 2:10 am
I have a D40, but I don’t use that camera much. It has a 4gb card – I have 4 that I rotate thru that camera. The camera I use all the time, my D50, only takes up to a 2gb card. I have 3 that I rotate thru it….
July 24th, 2009 at 2:14 am
My first memory card for my current camera (Rebel XTi) was 2 GB.
July 24th, 2009 at 2:15 am
I recently got a 8Gb CF card for my 50d. But my first digital camera was a sony point and shoot which took a memory stick duo or a memory stick…can’t remember. i remember when a 1Gb card was on sale for $19.99 and I was super excited and bought two.
July 24th, 2009 at 2:15 am
256 mb SD card in a 4mp camera held about 50 photo’s … couldn’t do it now :P
July 24th, 2009 at 2:20 am
Hmm… My first digital cam didn’t even have a card slot.
But the second used SD cards. First card was 32 MByte IIRC.
With “pro” equipment (i.e. Canon EOS 350D/Rebel and CF cards) first one was 2 GByte.
In the meantime, I mainly use 4 GByte cards and one 8 GByte card for holiday trips…
Common shooting gives the 4 GByte an average use of max 50%. Then it’s swapped and the pics saved to the PC…
July 24th, 2009 at 2:22 am
Sony Mavica (job related)
July 24th, 2009 at 2:23 am
I have a roll of 36 in mine… ;-)
July 24th, 2009 at 2:24 am
My first card in a Nikon CP 990 was 16MBs.
July 24th, 2009 at 2:25 am
My first digital was a Fuji Finepix2600, it used smart media and I had a 128MB card. I now have a Sony DSC H-1 with a 2 gig MSPro, a fuji Finepix S9000 generally loaded with a 1 gig xD, an Olympus E-500 with a 2 gig xD, a Nikon D-40 with a neat 4gig SD that also doubles as a udb thumb drive and my work horse Cannon 40-D which I keep loaded with a high speed 16 gig Kingston CF. I also keep a slew of 2 gig SD cards an 1 gig CF cards for small jobs.
July 24th, 2009 at 2:30 am
I use a 1 GB and a 2 GB for my Canon XTI. While I love technology and its capabilities, technology does fail and sometimes when you use a LARGE GB card, you get lazy and don’t upload right away. This way if I have a card that fails, while I will lose some pics, I at least haven’t lost as many as would be on a 16GB at any given time.
July 24th, 2009 at 2:39 am
My first memory card was a CF 254MB, then 512MB, then 1GB, then 2GB, now 4GB. Notice a pattern here?
Thanks for the site.
July 24th, 2009 at 2:41 am
First digital camera was a Casio QV-5000SX bought in 1999, something like 1.2MP, had 8MB built in memory with no card slot and file transfer via the serial port (no USB). I handed that camera down to my mother and as far as I know it still works.
I’m still shooting regularly with the Olympus C4000Z that replaced the Casio in 2002. It uses SmartMedia cards which turned out to have a maximum size limit of 128MB. I have the 16MB that came with the camera, plus a 128MB. This is why I’ll never buy another camera that doesn’t use CF or SD media. The funny thing is, the Toshiba laptop I owned at the time had a SmartMedia slot built in!
I’m looking to upgrade to a dSLR later this year or early next year, will probably stick to having multiple 2GB or 4GB cards, less to lose if a card should fail.
July 24th, 2009 at 3:02 am
My first camera I used four 128 Mb SD cards and at 3Mpixels high I got about 90 shots.
July 24th, 2009 at 3:04 am
First memory card I used was a SanDisk 128MB came with the HP point and shoot camera
July 24th, 2009 at 3:06 am
I bought 16GB card last week and it is in my camera right now. The first digicam I ever used was Casio QV-7000sx and it had 8MB card. BTW, that camera already had a 2,5 inch lcd screen, so in that sense we haven’t come too long way…
July 24th, 2009 at 3:09 am
My first memory card was 1GB………..but as the cameras come with more and more detailed memory the 1 GB doesn’t go far these days. My D300 only has 12.3mb but I have a friend (or several) with cameras with 23mb sensors and they need the 18GB cards………..I’m happy with the 8…..
July 24th, 2009 at 3:13 am
My first non-film camera was a Canon Ion and it held 50 images on a 2.5 inch mini diskette. After that I used a Nikon Coolpix 4600 with a 512, and later a 1MB card. Now I use a Nikon D40X with 4GB, Never had any failing memory cards (cross my fingers and knock them on wood)
July 24th, 2009 at 3:18 am
My first digital camera was a second user Kodak DC280 Zoom; still have it and lend it to my children if they’ve forgotten their phone. My D200 has three Extreme IV Sandisk cards 1 x 2Gb, 2 x 4Gb and my D50 has a 2Gb SD card and spare. I use Extreme IV as I shoot sports and can dump a lot of Nefs quite quickly with the trnasfer speed offered by the card.
July 24th, 2009 at 3:30 am
My first memory card was 125 MB and it was included with my first digital camera, I think it was an obscure brand of camera…(medion) but good enough for the first one.
When I bought my second digital camera, I chose a Canon ixus and it included a 2 GB memory card. I bought another two 2 GB memory cards.
Now I own a Nikon D80. I still use those three sd cards of 2 GB but my main card is the lexar 60x. It was a christmas present….
July 24th, 2009 at 3:31 am
1 GB
July 24th, 2009 at 3:32 am
I have two 4 gb cards in my Olympus 510. We also had a Mavica, but after that we had a 216 – just sent it to my father to use in old Olympus super zoom. I carry 4 or 5 2 gb. cards with me in case of card failure, which I learned the hard way does happen. I love the fact that the 510 takes a XD and Compact Flash at the same time. Very convenient.
July 24th, 2009 at 3:35 am
I am sure I had that same Sony Mavica! It was a giveaway. I took it on a family European vacation in 2004 along with Pentax.SLR. Digital really set me free! I love everything about it, unobtrusive size, manipulation of images, cheap, everything!
July 24th, 2009 at 3:36 am
My first memory card was a 32MB Sony Memory Stick. I still have it, and use it in my printer.
I shoot on 4GB and 8GB cards now so that when I get back to the computer I can immediately burn them to DVDs or DVD-DLs and don’t have to bother with worrying about spanning discs.
July 24th, 2009 at 3:41 am
I too started with a sony mavica, it was a floppy disk. In its time it was a very cool camera and is still going strong. I don’t use it too much, I have it at work as a back up.
July 24th, 2009 at 4:09 am
Darren,
I too had a Mavica and used 3.5 inch floppies. I took several boxes of disks with me on a trip along highway 50 through the American west. My two young children fought over the use of that Mavica. I can’t believe how many disks we went through on that trip!
God’s love to all,
chris
July 24th, 2009 at 4:20 am
My first digital camera was a Logitec (spelling?, I think later sold to Kodak) with built in memory, My second was a the Sony Mavica with the floppy drive. I performed real estate appraisals full time back in those days, and the reduction in cost of running to the 1 hour photo store 5 or more times a day, to process a 35mm roll with 3 photos on it for an appraisal, quickly paid for the digital cameras.
July 24th, 2009 at 4:26 am
My first memory card was a 16mb Sd that came with my 3.1mp Kodak camera. That would fit 1 RAW image today!
July 24th, 2009 at 4:29 am
I use an 8GB card but I have decided to invest in 2- 4GB cards as that is the size of most DVD’s which I back up onto It would save a lot of sorting out when backing up.
July 24th, 2009 at 4:31 am
First I guess was 256Mb CF; then into SD for a while, 256Mb to 1Gb.
Now I have a CF card camera again (Nikon D300), currently have 1Gb and 4Gb cards
July 24th, 2009 at 4:36 am
It was a 64K Memory stick in a Sony P&S camera. I could get about 20 whole pictures on one stick, how convenient!
Now I can get 8GB cards for the same price as the 64K, and have about 10 that I carry with my Canon 30D DSLR.
How the times they are a’changin’
July 24th, 2009 at 4:37 am
first card brought together with my first dlsr – Canon D60, 1GB IBM Microdrive (CF).
current choice san disk extreme IV 8GB (5D MkII)
July 24th, 2009 at 4:47 am
My first digital was some off brand less than 1MB point and shoot. It came with a 32MB card….woo-hoo!
I shoot RAW now and use a 4GB card for events and an 8GB when I’m off shooting wildlife.
July 24th, 2009 at 4:55 am
I also started with a Sony Mavica and a pile of floppy discs. But my first real memory card was a 64MB Sony memory stick for a 3 MP Sony point and shoot. It cost me $90 (I just got three 4GB Sandisc Ultra III for $60, and they had a $60 mail in rebate).
July 24th, 2009 at 5:12 am
My 1st card: a Smartmedia 16K on an Oly 3020 p & s. I’m now using 4G & 8G CF cards in a dslr.
July 24th, 2009 at 5:49 am
My very first digital camera had a 124mb sd card in it…I just got my first DSLR and I have started it out with a 4gb cf card. I’ll need to buy a couple more when I take it on vacation, but it’s great for now.
July 24th, 2009 at 5:49 am
256 meg – and I paid HEAPS for it! lol It was the biggest memory card I could get and could take 2000 pics on my 3.2 megapixel Olympus C560, which at the time was top of the range of digicams, packing the most features into the smallest package. I still love the way that camera sees the macro world…
July 24th, 2009 at 5:50 am
My first card was 16mb. It didn’t hold as many photos as I wanted, but it was expensive for my budget back then. I currently can’t use any higher than 2G because I have a Nikon D50 and it wont accept anything higher.
July 24th, 2009 at 5:54 am
Canon S50 and a 16Mb card that came with it was my first. The first I bought without being in a camera kit was 256Mb.
I currently have a 32Gb card in a Nikon D300 and 4Gb one in the D200.
32Gb CF becuase I don’t like changing cards durng the day a that is the time they are most likely to go astray. I back it up every evening on days I have been using the camera. I get around 2000 loss-less compressed Raw files on the card. I only delete when I have 1 copy on home computer, 1 on local backup and 1 on remote backup.
If I am not at home I back up onto a netbook with an 160Gb 2.5″ HDD attached and also 16Gb usb memory sticks so at the end of the day I have two copies + the original. If it is an important shoot I take the network with me and back-up more frequently. This is one time the spread of Starbucks is great becuase they usually have power points you can use. The netbook also has ACDsee on it to convert Raw files if necessary.
It works for me and the way I like to work. I realise it wouldn’t for everyone.
July 24th, 2009 at 6:06 am
I carry three SD cards for my Canon Rebel XSi; an 8GB, 4GB and a Ultra II 2 GB, all of them are made by San Disk.
The first digital camera that my family bought used a CF card, I believe it was like 256 MB, but probably less. My first digital camera was bought in 2005, and it was an Olympus and used an XD card. I believe we had a 1 GB for it.
July 24th, 2009 at 6:32 am
Mine was a Sony Mavica with a 3.5″ floppy. I loved it and still have it. I like it because it actually can take continuous photo relatively quickly and the colors are pretty damned accurate.
July 24th, 2009 at 7:09 am
First digital camera was a Sony CyberShot DSC-S30, 1.3 megapixels and a *gasp* 270-degree swiveling screen! It actually took damn good shots but the flash was awful. It is STILL in operating condition, except that the battery will not hold a charge anymore.
Came with an 8mb Memory Stick which a quickly upgraded to a “giant” 128mb “MagicGate” Memory Stick, the technology that they claimed would crossover between digital cameras and portable music devices. I paid over $100 for it.
July 24th, 2009 at 7:29 am
I too started with a sony mavica and a 1.44 floppy. Moved “up” to a sony 1.3 megapixel in 1999 with 16 meg stick but bought a 128 megger soon after…. From a 1.44 meg floppy to an 8 gig SD in just 10 years. From 1.3 megapixels to an affordable 12.2 in just 10 years. What will be be playing with in 2019?
July 24th, 2009 at 8:01 am
Darren,
My first card was a floppy disc also, Sony Mavica. I now have a 4gb and a fantastic Canon camera what a difference oh and by the way I so look forward to my Thursday email from you!
July 24th, 2009 at 8:09 am
My first digital camera was a Panasonic palmcorder that came with a 64mb card for still pics. I have used 1GB since then. They have more than enough memory for me. Like some others, I don’t like to have too much on any one card in case of malfunction. Even then, if the pics are important to me, I can’t rest until I have them backed up.
July 24th, 2009 at 8:23 am
128MB xD card that went in my Fuji Finepix S2000. Great little camera!
July 24th, 2009 at 8:36 am
My first memory card that came with my first digital camera Canon Powershot was a 16MB. Those were the days!
July 24th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Uhhmm, I have a 6gb card. Why is that not an option? :___;
Haha oh well.
July 24th, 2009 at 9:02 am
I started with a 2g class 6 card. It seemed that 2g wasn’t going to be engouh to shoot untill I ran out of power so I went to the extreme other end of the spectrum with an 8g card. I always shoot in raw file format and then convert to DNG when I download to my laptop.
July 24th, 2009 at 9:39 am
My first camera memory was a 8 MB SmartMedia Card. It was huge! Even better it was so small. I could carry a dozen of them in about the space of one roll of film. So much for huge, when the 16 MB card came out, I upgraded. I have also used various x-D, CF and SD Cards. Currently I mostly use 4GB SD cards even though I have larger. I prefer 2MB and even 1MB cards to 16MB. I find they are usually large enough for most shoots and help keep sessions discrete. Much more important than size is speed. I choose to use small extremely fast cards or larger slow cards every time. There are always pauses when I can change cards; rarely can you make up for slow processing when the action is afoot.
July 24th, 2009 at 9:45 am
(the following is a corrected comment)
My first camera memory was an 8 MB SmartMedia Card. It was huge! Even better it was so small. I could carry a dozen of them in about the space of one roll of film. So much for huge, when the 16 MB card came out, I upgraded. I have also used various x-D, CF and SD Cards. I mostly use 4GB SD cards even though I have larger. I prefer 2MB and even 1MB cards to 16MB. I find they are usually large enough for most shoots and help keep sessions discrete. Much more important than size is speed. I choose to use extremely fast smaller cards over larger slow cards every time. There are always pauses when I can exchange cards; rarely can you make up for slow processing when the action is afoot.
Read more: http://digital-photography-school.com/what-size-memory-card-do-you-have-in-your-camera-now-poll/comment-page-5#comment-57773#ixzz0M83gkwIX
July 24th, 2009 at 9:47 am
I have 3 Lexar 300X 2GB cards that I use for important stuff, and 2 Sandisk 4GB Extreme VI cards for less important stuff. I’ve got a 4GB card in now because I’m at work.
My first memory card wasn’t for a camera, but a PDA. I have an 8 MB CF card for my Sharp Zaurus. I just started with digital photography, so my first camera memory card is one of the 2GB Lexar cards.
Interesting poll.
July 24th, 2009 at 10:01 am
My first camera memory card was a miserly 32Mb. Thought an upgrade to 512 would satisfy me for a while. Upgraded camera, upgrade in memory … now I have 2 2gb SD memory cards at all times.
July 24th, 2009 at 10:08 am
My first is 8gb as I bought my first camera in Dec 2008
July 24th, 2009 at 10:09 am
My first card must have been a whopping 16MB with a 3MP-ish no-name camera… IIRC
Oh, and I only voted 2GB because I _just_ swapped the “main” 4GB out to download the pics… *g*
July 24th, 2009 at 10:54 am
My first card was a 256MB CF. The funny thing is I still remember when a friend brought home a brand new 486 computer with a 40MB hard dirve. I told him that he would never fill up that hard drive. WOW!!
July 24th, 2009 at 11:06 am
I used 1GB memory card for my Panasonic Lumix FZ-18, 2 years ago.
then a have been using 8GB memory card for my EOS 450D
July 24th, 2009 at 11:31 am
First digital? Olympus d300 or d320? Don’t recall. Still have it somewhere with my Motorola 5watt bag phone. Came with a 2mb card, upgraded to an 8mb for about $50 bucks. I remember spending about $400 on that camera. I was thinking of making a technology museum wall somewhere.
Don’t laugh, someday your iphone, htc diamond, or canon1d will be in the same boat.
July 24th, 2009 at 11:47 am
My highest mem card is now 16Gb. Consistantly over the years, I have been paying about the same amount of $$ for a card (from the 16mb CF card in 2001, to the 16Gb today). With 16Gb, and at max 10MP + superfine mode shots, it could fill more than 3500 shots. More than what I can do within a week of trigger happy vacation. Still with memory cards, better more capacity than to run out of it in the middle of a trip.
July 24th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
I had (still do) a Sony Mavica. I also marvelled at the convenience of having removable media. It was not so convenient having that “huge” camera to lug around. I drooled when the next gen Sony came out with a cd media drive. I am currently dropping hints for Christmas and Sony figures in the hints. The days of my Nikon collection are long long behind me. Divorce attorneys are so rapacious that they had to go to keep them at bay. While I miss my Nikons and appreciated them as fine machines, I have gone over to the “dark side” and will stay with digital.
July 24th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Very 1st was a 256mb SD card in a BenQ 2 mega pixel digital camera which was a bundled free gift (together with a HP printer) with our local ISP cable internet sign up promotion. That was also our family’s very first digital camera and had been with us for quite a while before losing its place to a 5mp Casio Exilim and a 1Gb SD card.
The BenQ & 256mb SD card was finally donated to the Salvation Army’s Thrift Store for a chance to help the less fortunate have a go at digital photography : )
July 24th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
My first digital camera was a SONY (can’t remember the model #) – ione end of it was curved along with the contour of the lens. I think it came with a 16MB card and I also picked up a 512MB card.
July 24th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
First one with my SONY DSC F-717 was an 8MB (SONY memory stick). Then we bought the highest at that time, 256 MB. Now, I own a D-SLR Canon 450 D and I bought a 4 GB (SD) to go with that ;)
It is great, as I can shoot in RAW!
July 24th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
i remember when we got our first digital camera, a Kodak easy-share something or other. and we got a 64MB (SD)card to go with it, and then we were going on holidays at one stage, and i said, mum we better get a bigger card so we can take plenty of photos whilst we are away so we got a 128MB card (SD). Then a few years later, (last year) we bought a new camera (Panasonic Lumix TZ15) and we got a 16GB (SDHC extreme II). somewhat of a jump… and now i am planning on putting a 2TB internal HDD in my new computer when i build it, and leave my 1TB external in the cupboard for backups.. i guess
July 24th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
My first memory card was a 16meg XD card which came with the Olympus 750 Ultra Zoom, I very soon upgraded to a 256mb card which I remember cost $75 at the time. I loved that camera and was very sad when my kids killed it by leaving it outside in the rain. I had since moved up to a Canon DSLR but I still liked to use the Olympus when I didn’t want to pack around a big bag full of gear. I now use a 4gig Sandisc ultra III CF card with about a dozen 1gig cards as backup.
July 24th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
My latest CF memory card is a Ridata 8GB 133x Lightning series which I purchased for my trip to Beijing City last March 2009. Additionally I have a Kingston1GB, Ridata 1GB and Kinston 2GB memory. I look forward to buying another 8GB CF card
July 24th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
My first card (32Mb) came with my brand new Canon G2 (4Mp) in fall 2001. It was a big card then!
Now both are still working: the card in my digital photoframe and the camera as a backup for the 40D that currently holds a 4Gb card.
July 24th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
My first digicam, a casio qv-3000ex (3.3 megpix), has this week expired. Gone, met it’s maker, dead. I bougth with it an IBM microdrive (that’s a very small harddisk) 340mb. Currently using Pentax K10D with 16 gig card.
July 24th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
FIRST CARD WAS 1 GB CARD, NOW WITH MY NIKON D-80 I AM USING A 4 GB CARD. THANKS.
July 24th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
My first memory card was 16 MB which came with the camera and can take about 20 pics. I then bought a 125mb and later a 512 MB and thought thats the biggest! Now I have a Canon Powershot sxis10 with 4 GB card. I also have a 8 GB as a reserve!
Yes we have come a long way in photography and wonder what the future holds for us. Its awesome!
Your photography tips are very useful and i wait for Thursdays!
July 24th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Kodak DC120 with a 10MB Compact Flash. The price paid for it was higher than what I paid for a Rebel XSi and a 17-55mm lens. I still remember with horror the KDC file format and the horribly compressed JPEGs that at the time seemed unreal (best pictures I had seen).
July 24th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Got my first camera (Pentax k200dand memory card last month, (but previously i’d been using a hired nikon SLR)
July 24th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
My first memory card was a 64 MB CF card in a Nikon Coolpix 880.
My current camera, a Pentax ist DS usually contains a 2 GB SD card (bur there is a 1 GB and a 512 MB card also used in the camera when the two 2 GB cards are full and awaiting to be uploaded into my Wolverine Flashpack).
July 24th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
My first memory card was 256 MB – I have a couple of 4 GB that I use when I go on vacation but normally I use a 2 GB for everyday shooting.
July 24th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
I have a Fuji s5800 I have a 4GB card in the camera but I also have a 2GB spare but so far have not had to use it, I also have a 8GB memory stick and when away every 100 pics or so I down load them to the stick
July 24th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
My first memory card was a Sony memory stick that came with my Sony PC100 camcorder that could also shoot 1 million pixels photos. I think it was only 16 megabytes.
July 24th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
My first digicam was a Canon S1IS and i think I’ve had than a 1Gb CF card that costed a lot of money !
July 24th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
I’ve still got my 1st memory card – 1Gb, but I’ve had it fill up a couple of times and had to delete photos to make room for more; once during an airshow :(
I will be upgrading soon to the largest monster I can wrap my wallet around.
Good thing about memory cards is that they add up; if I now get a 16Gb thingy, I still have the 1Gb, which gives me a total 17Gb
My camera – EOS 400D
July 24th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
My first digital camera was an Epson PhotoPC500. High resolution was 640 X 480. It had 1MB internal, or 30 high res shots. You could get the 2 MB or 4 MB memory modules ( yes, Modules kinda memory cards without shells)………….. LOL Now mostly use 2 GB and a couple 4 GB. We have come a long way………..
July 25th, 2009 at 1:34 am
My first camera was a miserable 3mp Toshiba, I think. It took OK pictures in the light, but was worthless in any kind of darkness. I have a couple of old 16mb Compact Flash cards here so that must’ve been the first ones I got. After a half dozen camera from 5mp to 8mp range, mostly Canons, I got a Kodak ZX980, a magnificent thing. That one rates an 8 Gb card
July 25th, 2009 at 5:00 am
My first memory card was a SD 32MB and it was in my the first a Canon Powershot camera.
Now I have Canon 450d with 4 GB sandisk memory card and 1 GB for reserve.
Your photography site is very useful and interesting for reading ;)
July 25th, 2009 at 6:05 am
My first card was a 360M IBM micro drive that after about 2 weeks was upgraded to a 1G IBM micro drive.
July 25th, 2009 at 6:20 am
I had a massive 512MB for my old Kodak z740. When I got my Rebel Xsi, I got 2 4Gig cards to be sure I was prepared. I took over 200 pics at my daughter’s wedding and never had to change cards!
July 25th, 2009 at 6:23 am
16MB that came with the Kodak Easy share, given to me by a Kodak salesman as a goodbye present when i move to the US on December 2002… haha!!
July 25th, 2009 at 7:05 am
I must be getting old!! My first digital recording device ( not for camera) was a two 51/4 floppies in a computer
(8088) processor that I built in the 80’s. My first digital camera was a Sony with, I believe a 720 mb floppy and then they came out with the 1.44 MB floppy. I now have two 4 GB SDHC, one 2 GB Compact Flash.
July 25th, 2009 at 10:32 am
I started with a Sony Digital 8 camcorder with a 1mp still option and used it for quite a while 16mb card. Used a 256mb for quite a while in my Canon A80 and now I have an 8g high speed card in Canon SX10.
July 25th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
My first ‘card’ was also a 1.44mb floppy for my Sony Mavica. Now I have multiple 8G cards for my 2 EOS 40Ds…
July 25th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
My first digital camera was about 10 years ago– got it for a gift and wow, no would could believe it had a little screen where you could SEE the picture! It had no memory card, just internal memory- probably less than 256. Then I didn’t go back to digital until a few years ago when I bought an Olympus and was happy with a 1GB card. Now I use 8GB with a Canon.
July 25th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
My first card was a LEXAR 1GB professional grade. Then I bought a 2GB LEXAR and then the newest one i have is a PNY 2GB 233X
July 26th, 2009 at 12:46 am
My first memory card was a Sony MemoryStick with 16 MB capacity that came along with my 3.1 megapixel camera (my first digital camera) back in 2004. That amounted to barely 10 shots at full resolution! I had to buy a 256 MB stick later on, which was still somehow lacking for long vacation trips.
July 26th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
My first digital was the latest and greatest 3mp Nikon 995 Coolpix. It came with a 16MB CF card and my first purchase was for a 48mb card. A year later while preparing for a holiday to Europe I paid NZ$450 (around US$300) for a HUGE 256mb CF card! That was a serious amount of space. My latest purchase was an 8GB Sandisk Extreme III for about US$70. I just love the fact that my hobby gets cheaper and cheaper every year, and even while the capabilities spiral upward! ;-)
July 26th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
My first camera in December 1999. It was 1 MP, cost me over $1,000 and came with an 8 MB card. I then bought a 16 MB and later a 24MB card. The other day I was looking in the kids toy catalogue and found a 1.3 MP camera with similar features for $40.
What I laugh at is that my first laptop (chunky thing) about 10 years ago had a 4 GB hard drive; now I carry an 8 GB USB drive in my purse.
July 27th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
My first memory card was a 128MB (with a Nikon CoolPix). Today, I use only 4GB Compact Flash cards – usually carry 2, for my Sony Alpha 350 DSLR.
July 28th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
first memory card used was a 512Mb card. i still have this card and it does come in handy sometimes to have it in my camera bag. always pays to carry backup or extra capacity.
July 30th, 2009 at 5:55 am
My first digital camera (Sony DSC-S85) came with an 8Mb memory stick, but I figured I’d need something bigger so I bought a whopping 128Mb memory stick when I bought the camera. :-)
August 4th, 2009 at 8:14 am
My first camera was the HP PhotoSmart 215 which came with a compact flash card with a whopping 4MB of space! When I upgraded to the HP PhotoSmart 318 and the 16MB card I was high-flying, lol. Now I don’t go anywhere without my 16GB card for my Canon Rebel. Oh how times have changed.
August 5th, 2009 at 11:30 am
My camera came with a 256 mb card but I upgraded to a 512 at purchase. After spending a weekend in San Francisco where I bought it, I was clearing the card at least once a day. When I got home, I purchased a 2 gb card, then recently upgraded to an 8 gb when I came across one for $60 at a liquidation sale when Circuit City closed down.
August 11th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
My 1st card was 2G. I run a canon 5D using RAW……I only got 100 shots on the 2G card……..for full frame sensors You have to go larger………that’s why I now use 8G
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