Sorrie, but never heard of any places that rent out SM cards.....photography equipments, yes....digital storage media like SM/CF/SD/MMC/MS, no.
A 128MB SM card costing $90 (relatively cheap, IMHO) can easily take up to 250 moderately-compressed JPEG pix @ 1600x100 resolution, more if at lower resolution or higher compression rate.
So unless u r using those 3.3MP/4.1MP DCs and taking ur pix in those high-MP settings or using a very low JPEG compression rate, then u'll need lotsa 128MB SM cards.
If not, my suggestion is to acquire one or 2 more of your own, cos you'll definitely be needing them in future.
sorry for the cross-posting.
i am using the olympus c-40 zoom which is a 4 mega pixal digicam.
1 pic will take up 1 mb.
i have make up my mind to get a 128mb card.
so where to get the cheapest card?
is there any write speed for the sm card?
thank you.
Originally posted by howie sorry for the cross-posting.
i am using the olympus c-40 zoom which is a 4 mega pixal digicam.
1 pic will take up 1 mb.
i have make up my mind to get a 128mb card.
so where to get the cheapest card?
is there any write speed for the sm card?
thank you.
Go to Sim Lim Square......Alan Photo on the ground floor should be selling no-brand 128MB SM for abt $90....most comes with warranty of 1 week to 12 months.
Or if brand is important, go upstairs and ask the pc hardware shops, a 128MB "SANDISK" brand 128MB SM card goes for abt $120 with a 5 yrs warranty.
The writing/reading speed of a SM card is determined by the I/O mechanism on the DC. This is unlike a Compact Flash (CF) card whereby the I/O interface built-into the card itself.
By the way, I'm now using a no-brand 128MB SM, had taken 1000+ pix and reformatted numerous time...still going strong, but I would suggest that u buy at least two 128MB in addition to whatever u have so far....running out of storage capacity when trying to take the pix of ur lifetime can be REALLY painful.
I can lend U a 64m SM card if U want. Wont charge u anything as long as U take good care of it
I live in Tampines, work near Tuas, so any MRT station between Jurong to Tampines can be meeting point(during weekdays).
Add:I also got a 8m MB card which comes with the camera. If u want that as well, I'll be glad to lend it to u...brand new never used b4 one U can be the 1st!
They also rent (IC etc needed) if you're not willing to pay $259+cost of HDD for the kit. Kudoz at SLS is a convenient location.
If you use a 20G laptop HDD (~$180), you can store over 155x128mb SM worth of data... you can even save on having to buy more than one 128mb SM (maybe with a 32/64mb as backup at most).
Highly recommended method for anyone going on a mid-long photo vacation...
Now if only the price can drop to a more reasonable rate for wat is basically a deluxe SM/CF card reader...