The Chief

Thinking of getting this camera off 'tinternet

Olympus C160 3.2 million pixels 16MB card

The main question is the memory card which is 16mb

how many piccys can i take with this????

or will it depend on the res and will i be able to set the res.

Sorry i know **** all about digital cameras but it is only 80 quid!

Thanks!

gso

yes will depend on the res.... best thing to do is get a 128.... I cant remember but my nikon 3.2 MP takes around 100 pics at 2MP on a 128 card... so wont take many on a 16!

Hope this helps

David Lock

And card prices have dropped steeply I paid £29.99 for 128 meg card which stores around 160 piccies at med resolution (sorry don't know exact setting). DL

The Chief

Thanks guys much appreciated!!



Carl

AndyC_772

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David, you've been had! 128MB should be half that. I can get 256MB online for £22

imlach

Andy, you've been had. I can get 256Mb for almost half that, including FREE shipping £13.14 incl vat and free shipping for 256Mb

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=38650

imlach

Just realised this is XD flash in that camera, so prices not as cheap as CF.
Sorry - maybe £22 is the best price then

At the end of the day, it's just memory. It's the same chips in each moulding. Should be parity across all media types

AndyC_772

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Lol Touché!

It's not at all the same chips in each card, though, they vary enormously in performance and compatibility. £22 was for a Sandisk SD card as an example.

Jye

Test with various media dispute that. I only buy decent fast stuff like Sandisk etc.

imlach

I didn't quite mean it like that. What I meant was that if Sandisk produce a CF card and an XD card, presumably the memory onboard will be the same. The supporting interface may well be different, but the physical memory chip used may be the same. Hence, the price disparity shouldn't be huge.

AndyC_772

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True, especially for the smaller capacity devices. Once you get to high capacities and physically small formats, the number and type of die used and the way they're packaged does vary.

None of this should really affect the UK price, though. Compare and contrast the price of a 1GB SD card in the UK against what the same card sells for in the US and prepare to cry. I nearly did.

imlach

Of course, but we're comparing like with like. It can't be economic for the fabs to be producing all different types of die at the 1Gb level for example. Do you actually know if the die are different at higher capacities for CF & XD for example?

AndyC_772

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To produce the highest capacities, multiple di(c)e are used - but that takes up more space than a single die of the higher capacity. The highest capacity dice are produced on the most technically advanced processes which initially always have yield problems, so a single cutting-edge, high capacity die will cost more than a pair of half the capacity each which are produced on a mature process.

To get the capacity in a small form factor, though, there's no choice but to use the smallest die available, and that means the single one from the cutting-edge process. Physically larger cards can use multiple dice which may be cheaper. That's also why CF cards are always available in the largest capacities first - there's no magic, just more space in which multiple dice will fit.

It's all a bit academic, though. Even if all the chips were the same, people will always pay for convenience. So, small form factors will always attract a premium because they're cute

alcazar

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Yes, but that's the same for salmost EVERYTHING bought over there vs bought in the UK

It's time SOMEONE started a campaign, but I can't get anyone interested..................too busy raking it in from advertising for the rip-off merchants

Alcazar

David Lock

I just KNEW someone was gonna say that

Story of my life mate......

Are we talking about the same thing? I was talking about a memory stick - purple job about 1.5 inches long with gold coloured contacts....

pslewis

Its only going to work when we have the market size of the US ...... many, many, many millions more chavs need to be born FAST!!

Pete