Saturday, November 19, 2011

What memory cards work for Canon PowerShot Pro Series S5 IS 8.0MP Digital Camera? are Compact flash?

i am looking for a 4GB card, and wanted to know if compactflash cards work for it. i know for sure that SD, SDHC, and MMC cards do work.

What memory cards work for Canon PowerShot Pro Series S5 IS 8.0MP Digital Camera? are Compact flash?
No, you can not use a Compact Flash card in your camera the Compact Flash card is a lot larger form factor than the SD memory card. You can get a SD memory card up to 16GB and at some good prices.





check them out at this link.


http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory....
Reply:Canon DLSRs use CF.


However, there are various configuration like higher capacity 2- 4 - 6 - 8 gb, low/high speed. Price of flash media is going down fast nowadays that its very tempting to go for the highest capacity and speed.


You will have check the manual or Canon website on the flash media limitation of your camera model. If not supported, it may not function properly, so wasted investment and emotion.
Reply:I looks like the last time Canon made compact digital cameras that used CF cards was in A95 in Aug 2004





Here is a link to some of those cameras.





http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare_...





In an attempt to make compact digital smaller and smaller, the memory cards eventually got smaller too.





Some makers of entry level DSLR's use SD and SDHC cards to make the transition from compact digitals to DSLR less costly ...





Eventually there will be converters available so the consumer can use their old SD's in DSLR's which use CF cards .. there is one made now, but it is quite expensive. It is cheaper just to buy a 4GB CF card for under $40 or a 2-pack of 2GB cards for $28.


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