Can anyone recommend a 8 GB SDHC card for SD 780 IS? I am not sure whether to a get a scandisk or some other 8 GB SDHC card. Can someone please recommend a 8 GB SDHC card for SD 780 IS?
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I had the same question so I spoke with a Canon rep today. He recommended SanDisk but noted that the sd780is only writes up to 18-19 MB/sec. So it's essentially a waste of money to purchase a card that writes any faster than 20 MB/sec. Check this one out: Sandisk 8GB EXTREME SDHC SD Card Class 6 (SDSDX3-8192 Bulk Package) However, faster cards are likely to write and read faster through a card reader or on your computer.
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Class 4 is good enough. I use a class 4, 8G sandisk SD. The result is very satisfied.
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i don't understand the20 mb/sec. http://www.sdcard.org/developers/tech/sdhc says class 2, 4, 6 only do 2, 4, and 6 mb/sec. the link to the sandisk card shows class 6 but does say 20mb
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It is rather confusing. On the link I provided, scroll down to the "Technical Details" part of the page. It reads "Minimum 20MB/ sec sequential read/write speeds." Best of luck!
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Get the fastest MicroSD card you can find, that is usually the limitation, I use a Sandisk UltraPlus 32G HC I card without any trouble. It is rated Class 10 and UHS class 1. They are reasonably priced as well.
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I am using an 8 gb lexan memory card. It seems to working be working well. You also get about 1226 shots with this card at maximum resolution. I don't know if it will take a sd card with more memory or not. Thank you, T.P. Rose I am using an 8 gb lexan memory card. It seems to working be working well. You also get about 1226 shots with this card at maximum resolution. I don't know if it will take a sd card with more memory or not. Thank you, T.P. Rose
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To work with full HD, you probably need a card with speed of 17Mbps or more. Only Sandisk and Panasonic make such card (most Class 6 cards are too slow). The fastest San Disk are below 8GB (their Extreme III). Panasonic's 32GB (a shade faster than San Disk) is prohibitively expensive and sells for over $400. For HD the more important issue is speed (rather than storage). My suggestion is to buy in 8GB San Disk versions. Not only are they low cost but you will not be putting all eggs in one basket. The cards can get damaged or lost. Imagine 4 hours of video footage lost (which is the capacity of 32GB). Carrying stamp sized SDHC cards is not as painful as the miniDV. Just my 2 cents.
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Micro SDHC is what I bought to use in it. Make sure it is a MICRO. I accidentally bought a regular one. I got mine at Wal Mart . Made by PNY 16GB Hope this helps!
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Yup- need to have some data on there...it helps!Too bad the SD card reader is limited to SD and won't play the newer SDHC. So the card reader is limited to 2 gigs. Somewhat useful but not supe-useful for video as many of those files or folders are well over 2 gigs.
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Thanks Tech Guy. I see that it takes SDHC, and the video size limitation is fine by me. I'll have to see if I can get an a solid answer from Canon's tech support on if the 790 can take advantage of the faster in-camera processing Class 6 cards have (the upload to computer speed advantage doesn't mean much to me), and if it varies by brand. I also am wondering if I'll need to replace my current SD card reader if I do buy and use any of these higher capacity / faster SD cards.
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We use a ScanDisk 16GB SD card. I would think that a ScanDisk 64GB card would work in it as well, but don't know for sure.
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I agree with Daniel's response completely. 32GB SDHC cards are fairly cheap these days.
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Yes, it's an excellent choice. It can handle up to a 128 GB SDHC card. It's very portable and pretty robust. I've had one for several months and really like it!
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Guy - Thank you for your response. Is it possible that it was the size (64G) as opposed to it being an SDHC? I read that it will only support up to 32G. Also I believe it needs to be formatted to FAT, but I could be wrong. It seems somewhat pointless if it only works with SD cards without the High Capacity as almost all of them are SDHC these days.
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Mind did come with an 8GB SD Card. That is not very much space for a 12 mp camera. Oh, it isn't a micro card. I also purchased a SanDisk Ultra 32GB 30mb per second card. Here is the Amazon link for the card: SanDisk Ultra 32GB SDHC Class 10/UHS-1 Flash Memory Card Speed Up To 30MB/s- SDSDU-032G-U46 (Label May Change) [Old Version]
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Thanks, Kurts. I just ordered a 16 GB SDHC card and hope it will work when it arrives. Here are the maximum size for other types of memory cards to be used for Canon Powershot SD 780 IS according to www.usa.canon.com:SD: Secure Digital standard card supports capacities up to 2 GB.SDHC: Secure Digital High Capacity currently supports capacities up to 32 GB.MMC: MultiMedia Card supports capacities up to 1 GB.MMCPlus: MultiMediaCardPlus supports up to 4GB currently.HC MMCPlus: High Capacity MultiMediaCardPlus supports up to 8 GB capacities currently. Thanks, Kurts. I just ordered a 16 GB SDHC card and hope it will work when it arrives. Here are the maximum size for other types of memory cards to be used for Canon Powershot SD 780 IS according to www.usa.canon.com:SD: Secure Digital standard card supports capacities up to 2 GB.SDHC: Secure Digital High Capacity currently supports capacities up to 32 GB.MMC: MultiMedia Card supports capacities up to 1 GB.MMCPlus: MultiMediaCardPlus supports up to 4GB currently.HC MMCPlus: High Capacity MultiMediaCardPlus supports up to 8 GB... » Read More Thanks, Kurts. I just ordered a 16 GB SDHC card and hope it will work when it arrives. Here are the maximum size for other types of memory cards to be used for Canon Powershot SD 780 IS according to www.usa.canon.com:SD: Secure Digital standard card supports capacities up to 2 GB.SDHC: Secure Digital High Capacity currently supports capacities up to 32 GB.MMC: MultiMedia Card supports capacities up to 1 GB.MMCPlus: MultiMediaCardPlus supports up to 4GB currently.HC MMCPlus: High Capacity MultiMediaCardPlus supports up to 8 GB capacities currently. « Show Less
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Hi! I actually never run out on build in 32gb.Photo works for sd. I was able to copy video from main drive to a card... I didn't tried to film on sd card. If I will try, I will consider to get some fastest card possible, because regular cards can be not able to process so much data. But I really like that camera!
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Hello, thanks for your question. According to the information on the Product Page, a 2GB SD or SD-HC Memory Card is recommended. This information can be found to the right of the product picture. I hope this helps!
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I had the same question at the same time! Just found the answer here: http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=145&modelid=18183#SupportDetailAct and search for "largest" - it is the first answer in the list that comes up. For SDHC, it says: Secure Digital High Capacity currently supports capacities up to 32 GB.
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I like Sandisk as well, however I bought a Sandisk 32 GB class-10 card for this camera and it errors all the time so I don't use it. The 16 GB card (unknown class) that comes with the camera works well and I don't plan to buy another one unless this one dies.