We're not chatting human memory here - although that type of memory is important too. We are chatting digicam memory. Electronic camera memory is where your image data or stills are stockpiled in your digital camera.
Almost all of the more recent cameras have limited amounts of internal memory. Virtually all digital cameras rely on media or memory cards for storage. A memory card is like re-useable film. Fill it with your photographs, download the pictures, and then fill the card continually. Media cards don't wear out easily.
To use a digital memory card, put it into the equivalent slot on your digital camera. When you snap, the machine saves the picture data to the memory card. If you memory storage device has reached max capacity, it must be backed up to your PC's drive. There are a few techniques to try this. One way is to insert the card into the correspondent slot on the computer. Software does the rest. An alternate way is to connect the camera to the computer using USB or Firewire technology. The newest methodology is wireless or Wi-Fi technology-no removing the card from the camera or hooking up cables. At about that point in time, only the most recent camera models use Wi-Fi.
There are many sorts of memory card on the market. The choice of media is dictated by the camera. Compact Flash, SecureDigital, SmartMedia, Multi media, Memory Stick and xD Picture cards are the most typical. Media cards are available with capacities ranging up to 2 gigs (GB).
When your images are transferred to you computer's hard drive, don't forget to back up your photographs to another storage gadget. As trustworthy as hard drives are, screw ups do happen. A second internal drive, an external drive, a Zip disk, a CD or DVD is common back up devices. Sites are available to store back up images for a small charge.
Almost all of the more recent cameras have limited amounts of internal memory. Virtually all digital cameras rely on media or memory cards for storage. A memory card is like re-useable film. Fill it with your photographs, download the pictures, and then fill the card continually. Media cards don't wear out easily.
To use a digital memory card, put it into the equivalent slot on your digital camera. When you snap, the machine saves the picture data to the memory card. If you memory storage device has reached max capacity, it must be backed up to your PC's drive. There are a few techniques to try this. One way is to insert the card into the correspondent slot on the computer. Software does the rest. An alternate way is to connect the camera to the computer using USB or Firewire technology. The newest methodology is wireless or Wi-Fi technology-no removing the card from the camera or hooking up cables. At about that point in time, only the most recent camera models use Wi-Fi.
There are many sorts of memory card on the market. The choice of media is dictated by the camera. Compact Flash, SecureDigital, SmartMedia, Multi media, Memory Stick and xD Picture cards are the most typical. Media cards are available with capacities ranging up to 2 gigs (GB).
When your images are transferred to you computer's hard drive, don't forget to back up your photographs to another storage gadget. As trustworthy as hard drives are, screw ups do happen. A second internal drive, an external drive, a Zip disk, a CD or DVD is common back up devices. Sites are available to store back up images for a small charge.
About the Author:
Geoffrey Bond is a professional photographer. He writes extensively on all things camera related and specifically on memory cards for digital cameras.
