Bought The New Digital Camera... Now What Spare Memory Card To Get??

[Sandy R]

Help again... On the basis of great info from all of you, I bought the Nikon Coolpix 3200 last week-end and it is indeed "cool". Everyone told me to buy a spare memory card. One of you mentioned to go online @ dealram for a 256 memory card. With the camera I bought, I only need a regular 256 card. Well, which one... the cheapest @ $27 or next one up @ $42, or a more expensive memory card. Is one 256 card as good as the next or should I be looking for something in particular?

 

Thanks for all the help for a newbie digital camera user... Sandy

[LARGIN]

Make sure you use the correct memory card. The 3200 uses a Secured Digital (SD) or a MultiMedai (MMC) Card. The SD cards are larger and faster than the MMC cards so I would use those. A 256 memory card will give you 100's of medium resolution pictures..

[stephenandrew]

If I might suggest, go to the nikon website (support.nikontech.com) and take a look for the memory cards that nikon says are supported for use in the 3200. I have been told by many folks that any manufacturer's memory cards will work in my dgital cameras (both nikons) but I think it is penny wise and pound foolish to try and save a few bucks on a memory card that has not been tested for use by the maufacturer in their camera. If you are taking a big time trip (e.g. Alaska), you don't want to lose your pics because of some incompatibility between your memory card and camera. Take some great pics!

[tennlady]

Definitely make sure you use the correct memory card for your specific camera.

 

We recently purchased an Olympus 4.0mp digital camera. Olympus uses only the xD memory cards. I found a wonderful site which is also a walk-in store in New York City and purchased several cards and 2 cameras from them. They sell name brand cards for name brand cameras. Their service and prices have been great.

 

 

They are bhphotovideo.com

 

I have no connection with them other than being a satisfied customer so far.

 

Good luck.