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*headdesk* (and a question for [livejournal.com profile] cookwitch)

posted by [personal profile] mitchy at 04:38pm on 05/05/2008 under
I r so smart. I appear to have thrown out my English language copy of the instructions for my camera. *eyes lounge* Unless it's lurking somewhere obscure, I shall hunt again in a minute. *shakes head* Such a dim mousey!

In the meantime, [livejournal.com profile] cookwitch and any other camera savvy person - what am I doing wrong? I take 8 pics with my shiny new camera and the memory card says it's full! 8 pics take up 16mb of memory? They appear to be huge pics. Should I have upgraded to a better memory card or is there a setting or two I can tweak or something I should/should not be doing?

Thanks in advance for any helpful advice :)
Mood:: 'confused' confused
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posted by [identity profile] bibliogirl.livejournal.com at 03:51pm on 05/05/2008
You want a bigger memory card. 16Mb is really almost nothing on a modern camera...
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posted by [identity profile] mitchy.livejournal.com at 04:57pm on 05/05/2008
Well thanks to the tweak [livejournal.com profile] cookwitch suggested, I should be able to get a few more pics on there. That'll have to do until I can save up for a new card :)

Thanks!
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posted by [identity profile] bibliogirl.livejournal.com at 06:40pm on 05/05/2008
Yeah, I thought about suggesting looking for a resolution setting, but 16Mb is honestly so small... what type of card does it actually take? If it's SD, I've seen decent sized ones in Tesco or similar for, um, maybe a tenner? Compact Flash runs a little more expensive.
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posted by [identity profile] mitchy.livejournal.com at 08:16pm on 05/05/2008
The specs are here (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-PowerShot-A460-Digital-Camera/dp/B000MRVR8A/ref=pd_bbs_sr_6?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1203027483&sr=8-6) - my French/Spanish/German manual is less than helpful - It doesn't mention compact flash..?
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posted by [identity profile] bibliogirl.livejournal.com at 08:55pm on 05/05/2008
No, but it does say it'll take an SD card -- convenient, since those are the cheapest. Tesco do a 1 GB one for six quid so I hope saving up shouldn't take too long ;)
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posted by [identity profile] mitchy.livejournal.com at 09:08pm on 05/05/2008
Woo hoo! Thanks! :)
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posted by [identity profile] sanba38.livejournal.com at 04:15pm on 05/05/2008
A megapixel and a megabyte are approximately the same measure of information. They are both about as big as an image the size of your computer desktop. Most modern cameras have 5 megapixels or so, so the 16MB card or internal memory is just for show. You're expected to shell out more moolah for a decent memory card.

I've got a 1GB in my 8 megapixel camera, and a 500MB in my 5 megapixel camera. The camera before that, I only had 128 MB, but I also bought a portable hard drive/card reader to take on long trips, or to hula festivals and canoe blessings.
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posted by [identity profile] mitchy.livejournal.com at 04:57pm on 05/05/2008
Sounds like I need to do more saving up. Thanks! :)
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posted by [identity profile] cookwitch.livejournal.com at 04:48pm on 05/05/2008
1. Switch camera on. Turn to SCN setting.
2. Scroll through the functions until you get to the size selection. It should say L M1 M2 S. You can scroll through which size you want for your photos.
3. Buy a bigger card!

I have a 1gb card and my photos are set to the largest size. S just bought me a 2gb card, so I can get even more on there!
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posted by [identity profile] mitchy.livejournal.com at 04:57pm on 05/05/2008
Hee, thanks :)

Well at least I'll be able to take a few more pics now, until I can afford a shiny new card. Thanks hon! :)
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posted by [identity profile] jenni411.livejournal.com at 09:56pm on 05/05/2008
As far as the instructions go, have you tried the mfr's website? You should be able to download 'em there.
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posted by [identity profile] silenttex.livejournal.com at 10:22am on 06/05/2008
Canon don't have manuals on their site. You have to pay for 3rd party manuals. It's a rip-off.
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posted by [identity profile] jenni411.livejournal.com at 01:48pm on 06/05/2008
Well, :-PPPPP to Canon.
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posted by [identity profile] silenttex.livejournal.com at 10:18am on 06/05/2008
Take yourself over to www.7dayshop.com. In the boxes at the top of the page, select Flash Memory -> Secure Digital -> All manufacturers and click search. Their own brand 2Gb card is £4.50. Most of the 2Gb brand name ones are under £6. The more expensive cards have quicker transfer rates, but TBH they won't make that much difference.
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posted by [identity profile] mitchy.livejournal.com at 05:14pm on 06/05/2008
Oooh ta!! I shall definitely investigate :)
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