Just bought an Olympus D-425 digital camera...........best place to purchase extra memory?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Just bought an Olympus D-425 digital camera...........best place to purchase extra memory?

Posted: 9/18/2005 6:15:15 AM EDT

Don't need 30 gig of extra memory, but would like a little more. Guess they package these cheaper cameras (paid 100 bucks for 4 megapixel camera) with just enough memory to get you started.

Do I have to purchase the extra memory from Olympus, or are there "generic" memory cards that will work? Also, best place to purchase?

Thanks.

vmax84

Posted: 9/18/2005 6:17:56 AM EDT

[#1]

Guess it goes without saying as well...............don't know much about these digital things.

I think 64 meg would be more than enough...............I think.

Just looking for some cheap extra memory.

vmax84

Posted: 9/18/2005 6:29:57 AM EDT

[#2]

Will this card work?

http://cgi.ebay.com/FUJIFILM-64MB-XD-PICTURE-MEMORY-CARD-OLYMPUS-FUJI_W0QQitemZ7547406241QQcategoryZ43477QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

vmax84

Posted: 9/18/2005 6:40:48 AM EDT

[#3]

Any brand of XD Picture Card will work and a 128 meg card should have more than enough memory for that type of camera.

Here's what Walmart has listed on their website;
www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=0&search_query=xD-Picture+Card&ics=20&ico=0&Continue.x=23&Continue.y=14

Posted: 9/18/2005 6:42:04 AM EDT

[#4]

www.crucial.com

Posted: 9/18/2005 6:53:28 AM EDT

[#5]

It depends on how big you shoot the images. I always go for the little larger images/higher resolution stuff. You can always make the bigger images smaller, but many times it harder to make the smaller images bigger. For important stuff, like weddings, I always make them bigger, just incase I need a larger image.

Posted: 9/18/2005 6:53:48 AM EDT

[#6]

What am I missing??....................why are the Ebay cards cheaper than the Walmart cards?

vmax84

Posted: 9/18/2005 6:55:15 AM EDT

[#7]

www.newegg.com

Stick to reputable brands, such as Kingston, SimpleTech, Viking, and PQI.

Posted: 9/18/2005 7:18:08 AM EDT

[#8]

Ecost.com has some terrific deals. Congrats on your new camera man!

Posted: 9/18/2005 7:27:50 AM EDT

[#9]

Got mine at wal-mart

Posted: 9/18/2005 7:40:06 AM EDT

[#10]

Crucial if you don't have a Sam's Club or Costco by you (and you're not a member).

As others have said, stick to name-brand memory, with the exception of Crucial. I've got several of their cards and they all work 100% as good as name brand.

Posted: 9/18/2005 1:57:11 PM EDT

[#11]

Thanks for all the good info.

vmax84

Posted: 9/18/2005 1:58:14 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
www.newegg.com

Stick to reputable brands, such as Kingston, SimpleTech, Viking, and PQI.

yep. and NOT crucial.

Posted: 9/18/2005 2:50:15 PM EDT

[#13]

I called my local walmart and they said they have 128 Meg Fuji XD cards for 25 bucks.

Seems like a pretty good deal. Thanks again.

vmax84

Posted: 9/18/2005 2:54:50 PM EDT

[#14]

www.newegg.com

I have spent thousands with them on various pc parts and have never had an issue.

Posted: 9/18/2005 6:20:19 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
Quoted:
www.newegg.com

Stick to reputable brands, such as Kingston, SimpleTech, Viking, and PQI.

yep. and NOT crucial.

'splain. I have 4 of their CF cards for my Nikon digicams and a lot of their RAM for my computers and it's all been 100%...

Crucial's been great.

Posted: 9/19/2005 2:30:55 AM EDT

[#16]

Went to walmart last night and picked up 128 meg of Fuji extra memory for 25 bucks.

I'm surprised how cheap memory is. Works great, however.

vmax84

Posted: 9/19/2005 8:47:37 AM EDT

[#17]

Check sites like dealnews.com. They track camera memory and post good sales. Also search fatwallet.com for xd memory deals.

I recently bought several 64MB XD cards for my Fuji camera. They were way less than $10 from surpluscomputer.com. I actually prefer to have several smaller memory cards rather than one big one. And most cameras seem to come with small amounts of memory--usually 32MB cards.

GunLvr

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