What are you doing with your old memory cards?

13 years 2 weeks ago #50244 by Rawley Photos
Let's talk about memory cards for a minute. I just bought a couple 32GB cards and have a couple 4 GB cards that I've had for a while. Will you keep your older smaller cards or do you toss them?

Speaking of cards, did you see that Sandisk has a 128GB compact flash card?? Seriously what in the world would you do with that much space?!


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13 years 2 weeks ago #50248 by Baydream
I keep mine. I actually prefer the smaller ones (just in case). If you don't want them, check with the local high school. They may have a photo class and could use them.

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13 years 2 weeks ago #50252 by chasrich
I have a library of 1GB and 2GB cards that contain slideshows for my digital frame. The subjects are grouped according to who might be coming to visit us. I'm looking at 32GB cards but have no clue as to what I'll do with the 8GB cards in use now.

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13 years 2 weeks ago #50309 by Stealthy Ninja
sharpen the edges and use them as shurikens.
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13 years 2 weeks ago #50313 by crystal
I keep my old ones, actually I will never get anything bigger then an 8 gig.
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13 years 2 weeks ago #50378 by effron
I have a few one, two and four gb cards, they get rotated and some use in my IR camera. I carry 4-eight gb and 2- twelve gb cards. Honestly, the eights stay in my cameras 99% of the time. I rarely get close to filling one.......B)

Why so serious?
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13 years 2 weeks ago - 13 years 2 weeks ago #50385 by photobod
I would never buy a 32 gb card as that would mean just about getting the majority of the a wedding on that one card, can you imagine me telling the bride and groom on there return from honeymoon, "sorry folks my card corrupted so there are no photos",, I am not sure which of them would get too me first but it would be in the form of a lioness and a lion both with claws and teeth showing, no thankyou, I will stick with my 4gb cards thankyou. :nunu: :nunu: :nunu:

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13 years 2 weeks ago #50468 by Conner
I usually keep them, you never know when you will need them.


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13 years 2 weeks ago #50510 by Ronald McD
I don't have any old cards, I have two 4 gig cards, which I use both of them. Even if I were to buy a bigger card, I would still use my 4 gigs when needed.


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13 years 2 weeks ago #50512 by Ronald McD
How many pictures could one get on a 32 gig card? I know file size plays a part in it, but for the OP, the camera you are using, how many pictures can you get?


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13 years 2 weeks ago #50669 by Man Of Mystery
I keep them, I don't throw away anything unless it's broken.


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13 years 2 weeks ago #50735 by Joves
I keep mine. I never use anything larger than 8 gigs anyhow. I have some older 1 gig cards I like to use when I am slowing myself down to film speed, the limited number of shot will do that for me.


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13 years 2 weeks ago #50922 by Henry Peach
I still use some of my 2 and 4 gb cards in my IR converted 20D.

I've taken some of the 1 and 2gb cards and filled them full of pics of the kids for the grandparents' digital photo frames.
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13 years 2 weeks ago #50924 by Henry Peach

photobod wrote: ...that would mean just about getting the majority of the a wedding on that one card, can you imagine me telling the bride and groom on there return from honeymoon, "sorry folks my card corrupted so there are no photos"


This just depends on where you think the danger is. I'm not as worried about the card being corrupted as I am about losing a card after it's removed from the camera, or even physically damaging damaging it removing it from the camera or after it's out. It's the old eggs a basket dilemma. Personally I think that the less I handle the card or cards the safer they are.
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13 years 2 weeks ago #51024 by Frank The Tank

Ronald McD wrote: How many pictures could one get on a 32 gig card? I know file size plays a part in it, but for the OP, the camera you are using, how many pictures can you get?


That is going to depend on how you are saving the photos? RAW or JPEG


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