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33rd of 63 in Extended Zoom
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R K Sudan (RKS) 0 pts

May 14, 2009 9:04 AM

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Can an SDHC card be used in this camera?

I'd like to buy 8GB capacity SDHC card for my Canon Powershot S3IS. oes the model support this format of SD cards?

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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58446 pts

May 15, 2009 12:13 AM

No. It doesn't. you're looking at the 2GB SD cards max as I don't believe the Elura is SDHC (secure digital high capacity) compatible.

But allow me to make an pitch for using several cards, rather than one large one. Reason being, insurance. Any memory card can fail or become corrupted. And when you're on vacation the last thing you want is to lose the opportunity to take pictures until you can recover that media card with a software utility. If your card goes bad, swapping another one for it at that moment is of advantage so you can keep taking pics. Then, later when you're in front of your PC, you can use a utility like "F-Recovery" to get back your pictures and recover your card.

No need to lose the moment because you relied on one card one when several can solve that problem. At the very least, you want to get more than one of whatever size you settle on.

One last thing. Cards have different speeds. The faster a card is, the quicker it'll save the photo and cycle to be ready for another shot. In the end, your camera is only going to be as fast as it's slowest link in the chain. So check for speed when you purchase a card.

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R K Sudan (RKS) 0 pts

May 20, 2009 11:57 PM

Is Canon Powershot S3IS SDHC card compatible?

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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58446 pts

May 21, 2009 12:35 AM

No. Just SDs, so the most you can use is 2GB. But that isn't a bad thing. Using more than one smaller SD cards gives you back up cards in case one goes bad. And in all the years I've been taking stills, I have yet to fill a 2GB card on a day or even a week of shooting images. Video make be the issue here, but since it doesn't shoot HD, you still have plenty of room for a day's video.

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