*headdesk* (and a question for cookwitch)

[mitchy]

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, 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 :)

Comments

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

You want a bigger memory card. 16Mb is really almost nothing on a modern camera...

[sanba38.livejournal.com]

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.

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

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!

[jenni411.livejournal.com]

As far as the instructions go, have you tried the mfr's website? You should be able to download 'em there.

[silenttex.livejournal.com]

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.