We aren't speaking human memory here - although that kind of memory is important too. We are talking electronic camera memory. Digicam memory is where your image information or pictures are stored in your digital camera.
The majority of the newer digital cameras have quite small amounts of "built-in" memory. Almost all digicams depend on media or memory sticks for storage. A memory card is like re-useable film. Fill it with your pictures, download the photographs, and then fill the card repeatedly. Media cards don't wear out simply.
To utilize a memory card, it must be inserted into the corresponding slot on your digital camera. When you snap, the machine saves the picture info to the memory card. When your memory card is full, it has to be downloaded to your PC's drive. There are several strategies to do that. One way is to insert the card into the matching slot on the computer. Software does the rest. An alternative way is to connect the camera to the computer using USB or Firewire technology. The most recent system is wireless or Wi-Fi technology-no removing the card from the camera or hooking up cables. At that point in time, only the latest camera models use Wi-Fi.
There are several types of media cards available. Your camera will determine which type you must use. Compact Flash, SmartMedia, SecureDigital, Multi-media, Memory Stick and xD Picture cards are the most common. Media cards are available with capacities ranging up to 2 gigabytes (GB).
After your photographs are moved to you computer's drive, remember to back up your pictures to a separate storage device. As reliable as hard drives are, failures do occur. A second internal hard drive, an external disk drive, a Zip disk, a CD or DVD is common back up devices. Web sites are available to store back up pictures for a little fee.
The majority of the newer digital cameras have quite small amounts of "built-in" memory. Almost all digicams depend on media or memory sticks for storage. A memory card is like re-useable film. Fill it with your pictures, download the photographs, and then fill the card repeatedly. Media cards don't wear out simply.
To utilize a memory card, it must be inserted into the corresponding slot on your digital camera. When you snap, the machine saves the picture info to the memory card. When your memory card is full, it has to be downloaded to your PC's drive. There are several strategies to do that. One way is to insert the card into the matching slot on the computer. Software does the rest. An alternative way is to connect the camera to the computer using USB or Firewire technology. The most recent system is wireless or Wi-Fi technology-no removing the card from the camera or hooking up cables. At that point in time, only the latest camera models use Wi-Fi.
There are several types of media cards available. Your camera will determine which type you must use. Compact Flash, SmartMedia, SecureDigital, Multi-media, Memory Stick and xD Picture cards are the most common. Media cards are available with capacities ranging up to 2 gigabytes (GB).
After your photographs are moved to you computer's drive, remember to back up your pictures to a separate storage device. As reliable as hard drives are, failures do occur. A second internal hard drive, an external disk drive, a Zip disk, a CD or DVD is common back up devices. Web sites are available to store back up pictures for a little fee.
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.
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