4 Responses to “I Just Bought A A560 Canon Powershot Digital Camera And I Need To Get A Memory Card?”

1. Picture Taker says:

   January 27, 2010 at 9:11 pm

   Sandisk and Lexar are the best known memory cards for digital cameras. I am sure that the cards all pretty much perform the same, but these brands have a lifetime warranty for some of their products, so that makes me think they are built to higher standards. As far as day-to-day use, I have some generic and some of each brand I named and they all work. The contacts on the brand name cameras seem to have the equivalent of the “thunk” that you look for when you shut a car door to check it’s quality, if you know what I mean. You don’t wonder, “Is it in there right?” because it just feels right. I don’t buy generics any more, though. I just end up getting them “with things” somehow.
   Of course, you’ll need a decent memory card and I recommend a genuine Sandisk Ultra II (60X) or Extreme III (133X) of at least 1GB – preferably 2 GB – for your camera. Lexar is another excellent card supplier and they have the “Professional” 133X as well as the Platinum II 80X to choose from. Both Lexar and Sandisk come with image recovery software that you copy onto your computer before you format the card and both have limited lifetime warranties. Nikon recommends these brands, as well as Toshiba and Panasonic. The manual states, “Operation is not guaranteed with other makes of cards.”
   You can get “normal speed” Sandisk and Lexar cards at about $20-25 for 1 GB and you can get “pro speed” cards for about $40 for 1 GB. You don’t NEED a faster card (unless you shoot a lot of video), but check the packaging the the guarantee and to see if the lower speed cards come with the image recovery software. You might want this someday…
   CANON 7 MP CAMERAS (SD750, SD1000…) 1 GB CARD
   LARGE (3072 x 2304 pixels)
   Superfine – 312
   Fine – 502
   Normal – 1,040
   Medium 1 – M1 (2592 x 1944 pixels)
   Superfine – 380
   Fine – 678
   Normal – 1,342
   Medium 2 – M2 (2048 x 1536 pixels)
   Superfine – 590
   Fine – 1,058
   Normal – 2,082
   Medium 3 – M3 (1600 x 1200 pixels)
   Superfine – 942
   Fine – 1,678
   Normal – 3,180
   SMALL (640 x 480 pixels)
   (VGA – useful only for e-mail and small web postings)
   Superfine – 3,554
   Fine – 5,494
   Normal – 8,634
   POSTCARD (1600 x 1200 pixels – allows date imprint)
   Fine – 1,678
   WIDESCREEN (3072 x 1782 pixels)
   Superfine – 414
   Fine – 670
   Normal – 1,372
2. Picture Taker says:

   January 28, 2010 at 4:04 am

   I have the a570 IS and I have a 2gig sandisk ultra 2 The amount of pics depends on the compression rate of your pics, but you will get hundredS with this card. I went with the ultra 2 because it is faster than a standard card, which will help reduce your shutter lag time. Its a great card, plenty of room and fast. It should cost you about 35 bucks online. try amazon or buy.com
3. Anonymous says:

   January 28, 2010 at 5:53 am

   If you have a card that came with the camera use if for a while and see if it works out for you.
   You might want to get an additional battery instead. Our Powershot 410 uses battery power long before the card is filled. especially if you use the flash. the 2nd battery will always come in handy.
   the extra battery is availabel on the Canon website.
4. Anonymous says:

   January 28, 2010 at 11:25 am

   SanDisk.
   At least 1 gig
   The Ultra is fine. But if you buy a SanDisk Extreme you’ll also get their RescuePro software – which is really great if you ever accidentally erase files.