3 Responses to “What Memory Card Is Needed For The Canon Powershot Sd850 Is Elph?”

1. Picture Taker says:

   January 11, 2010 at 6:42 pm

   You can buy ANY “SD” memory card. I’d suggest a Sandisk or Lexar medium-to-high speed card (like 60X, 66X, 80X or up to 133X) with at least 1 GB capacity, if not more.
   You can use the newer SDHC cards and get up to 4 GB, too, but that’s a whole lot of pictures to keep on the card. If you travel and want to put your whole trip on one card before you download to your computer, then okay.
   For a single recommendation, if that’s what you need, get a Sandisk Ultra II 2 GB SD memory card. There. It will cost $35-40 most places and it will serve you for the rest of your life.
   Here’s my stock answer:
   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.
2. Picture Taker says:

   January 12, 2010 at 12:58 am

   Any SD memory card, get at least a Gigabyte. They are quite inexpensive. When in doubt take the camera to the place where you buy it and install it there. There is a front and back to these devices, don’t force it in.
3. Robert D says:

   January 12, 2010 at 1:27 am

   You can get any SD (secure digital) or SDHC (secure digital high capacity) card in your Canon.
   It won’t take any other type of card other than those.
   As for brands, the best is the SanDisk Ultra II or SanDisk Extreme, but you can use other brands like Kingston, Delkin, Hoodman, Lexar, etc. Avoid cheaper ones, which may not be fully compatible or slower in operation. Avoid buying off eBay; stick to a reputable store and a reputable brand.