Does My Digital Camera Support Write Accelerated Media Cards?
Digital Photography Tip: Write-Accelerated (AKA:WA) cards may increase speed during photo shoots in some circumstances. Newer CompactFlash cards come with a feature known as WA, or Write Acceleration technology. WA - enabled media cards are a bit more costly than other slower media cards. If you plan on spending extra money on these media cards, be sure your digital camera supports WA technology. If your digital camera supports this type of WA technology (high speed write), the extra costs may be worth it. If not, then you are paying more for nothing. - Digital Photography Tip by eProvided
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Buy Extra Digital Media Cards - Digital Storage - USB Storage
Digital Photography Tip: Plan against running out of digital camera media when taking many photos.
Many digital cameras today only come with enough digital film media to take a few digital photos before having to transfer the images to your computer.
Plan ahead; have enough digital memory cards so
you can take many more digital photos. USB storage devices are getting larger, plan ahead for your vacation or business trip, have plenty of storage incase your media fills to the limit or becomes corrupted.
Faster Camera Media May Not Equate To Faster Media Performance
Digital Photography Tip: Faster digital camera film or media cards do not always produce faster photo reads and writes.
Today there are many different types of flash memory cards and flash memory sticks for your digital cameras such as xD Cards, SD Media, CompactFlash, SmartMedia, and Memory Sticks. Today,
memory comes in many different speeds and sizes.
Your digital camera system must support the faster read & write mode of your memory card in order to better handle advantages of these speed increases.
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Formatting Memory Stick Media After File Transfers
Digital Photography Tip: When you are finished copying images from your digital camera to your computer, you should zero out the media card memory. Most all USB media card readers, (most well known: USB Compact Flash readers), let you adjust or alter Compact Flash images on your desktop or notebook just as if the digital media was an external hard disk. Many of our customers start performing other operations on the media, such as deleting images or renaming files. All digital cameras expect your files on your media to be placed or organized a certain way. When you are finished copying your digital photographs from your Compact Flash or memory card you will want to format your media. By not formatting properly you will end up with corrupt files, lost images and "Card Error", "Card not found", "Media is not formatted" or "Media not formatted" error messages. - Digital Photography Tip by eProvided
Using a Card Reader
Digital Photography Tip: Using a media card reader for your digital camera is a good idea.
Avoid loosing your cords or having to many; purchase an external USB card reader. These readers allow you to move your
CompactFlash, Secure Digital, MicroDrive, or other type of media directly to and from other devices. When these USB devices are connected to your machine, usually via USB or Firewire your photo card looks like another disk drive on your computer or laptop.
With external media card readers, drag and drop files directly from your digital media cards to your disk drive. Digital Imaging Resource - eProvided
PCMCIA Adapter - A Better Way To Transfer Files
Digital Photograph Tip:
If you travel use a digital camera PCMCIA adapter and bring along a laptop to transfer digital images, consider purchasing a PCMCIA memory card reader. Place this device into your laptop
and insert your digital camera memory stick into the device carefully. Once connected your digital camera card acts as a hard drive for faster and safer photo transfers into your
laptop drive. Yay, no messy wires to trip over.
CompactFlash Card Versus MicroDrive
Digital Photograph Tip: Pros and cons of using a MicroDrive versus CompactFlash for digital camera photography. MicroDrives tend to get corrupted easily. MicroDrives make a wining noise and many times may break. These media cards are like a miniature hard drive. Although Micro Drives are sometimes less expensive, they may be slower and more risky than CompactFlash cards. Also, MicroDrives suffer from shock damage easily, Compact Flash drives do not, if you drop a
MicroDrive, it may erase or destroy files or damage the drive as it has mechanical arms inside.
If you need more storage space on your digital camera buy a high speed WA card. (Write acceleration digital media)
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Can an Airport X-Ray Machine Damage a Memory Stick?
Digital Imaging Resource: Airport scanners could destroy your digital camera memory cards? Reports in the media tend to proclaim this to be a non issue but we have seen a few examples when recovering images.
When you travel with your digital camera memory sticks, you may be worried airport x-ray machines may damage digital photographs on your digital camera memory cards.
Archive your digital camera images or photos to save space and prevent headaches when returning home. Backing up media should ease your fears.
The I3A (International Imaging Industry Association, AKA:IIIA) placed a press release on 12-15-04 regarding tests on digital film
media by the imaging industry and United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The IIIA mentions x-ray machines should not cause damage to digital media devices.
A quote from Miss Walker, the I3A president, " ... memories won't be
damaged in transit." I3A - http://www.i3a.org
Transferring Images & Data Between Cameras May Fail
Digital Photography Tips: Digital cameras cannot trade media cards with each one another without a card reformat.
You may end up with a "Card Error". Digital cameras
format media cards quite differently then one another by using different folder formats and file names, some create their own preview folder with smaller .JPG files. Most digital cameras will not allow you to swap memory cards to view photos, unless both cameras are the same model and version. Digital Imaging Resource - eprovided.com
Buying a USB 2.0 Card Reader - Is This A Good Idea?
Digital Photography Tip: Advantages and disadvantages of a USB 2.0 card reader.
Be sure your computer supports USB 2.0 and not just USB 1.0. A USB 2.0 memory card reader should still work on a USB 1.0 machine at lower speeds. USB 2.0 is faster for sure, but not enough to break the bank. Cost for a decent computer card reader should be less then $18.00, check Froogle.
Consider Buying a Media Storage Unit Device
Digital Camera Tip: Protect your digital camera memory from heat, water and salt water.
Many people get annoyed with dealing with numerous camera media cards. Get a digital media wallet holder.
Protect media from mother nature, a digital media wallet allows you to maintain all your CompactFlash or other media photo cards into one place. Get a media wallet with plenty of spots to hold media so you can separate used media & unused empty cards.
Find a digital media wallet at your local camera store, Ritz Camera locations or Wolf Camera Store locations. - Digital Imaging Resource by eProvided
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Turn Off Your Digital Camera When Switching Digital Media
Digital Photography Tip: Switching media when digital cameras are on may cause lost or damaged media to occur. Turn off your camera while changing media devices such as CompactFlash cards, Memory Sticks, SD, xD, etc. Be sure your camera is
off completely before removing used media and inserting new cards. Newer cameras have been produced that may not have this issue, but be cautious.
Older Digital Cameras & Higher MB Memory Cards
Digital Image Tip: Old digital cameras may not recognize new memory devices.
Before purchasing a high capacity memory card for your digital camera, make sure it actually
supports the larger media. Some cameras will not support a 4 gigabyte card. Be sure to check your digital camera's specifications - check your digital camera manual or your manufacturer's web-site for specifics. Digital Imaging Resource by eProvided
Memory Cards - Digital Imaging and Cold Weather
Photography Tips: Digital camera memory sticks work well in cold temperatures.
When taking photos in extremely cold weather conditions, you should not have to worry about your digital camera memory. Although not guaranteed research shows most digital camera memory types, such as SD cards, CompactFlash, Memory Stick, Mini SD, and xD, should handle colder temperatures with few if any issues. Except for MicroDrives as they are smaller versions of hard drives, and contain moving parts that may error or stick in
cold temperatures.
Insert Media Cards Carefully
Digital Imaging Resource: Digital media only fits in one direction; insert your digital camera media carefully, whether a digital camera or USB memory reader. Insert the media stick as mentioned in the manufacturer's
manual. You should never have to force memory into a digital camera. Forcing memory in a camera could break digital memory and fail to allow you to properly extract your images, you will need to recover photos stored on the card with our image recovery services. Digital Imaging Resource by eProvided
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