Comments on: I Am Buying A Canon Powershot, So Do I Need To Buy A Memory Card Seperately?

By: David M

David M — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:46:08 +0000

Yes you do and they are pretty cheap. You can get an 2gig SD card for about $10 on sale.

By: hipp5

hipp5 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:35:17 +0000

The camera will come with one but it probably won’t be larger than 32mb – about enough for 10 pictures. Buy an SD or SDHC card for $10-$20.

By: Polly is Polly again.

Polly is Polly again. — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:23:29 +0000

The actual CAMERA comes with a reallycrappy512mb card,soif youJUST get the camera, I would recomend buying a card, AT LEAST 2GB.
I may depend on where youre buying from, a larger card may be packaged with the camera.

By: Petra_au

Petra_au — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:43:24 +0000

Yes, you will have to buy a memory card because the free one (16-32mb) that Canon ‘so generously’ gives you, is completely useless because it will only allow you to shoot a few images.
I recommend you buy a 2GB SD card at the very least. Make sure it’s a fairly fast card (Class 4-6 minimum…and not Class 2, which is too slow). Sandisk Ultra II ( Class 4) or Extreme III (Class 6) are excellent.
Make sure you always Format your brand new card before you use it (in the camera Menu)…and everytime you need to delete ALL images/movies in one go.
Read your User Guide thoroughly and refer to it often if you have any queries…

By: Reba

Reba — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:13:25 +0000

Check with the seller to see if it comes with a card or not. Some do. Some do not. But the memory cards are not at all expensive and you’d probably want to have an extra one anyway, so it wouldn’t hurt to buy one.