Memory Card Capacity
Category | Equipment
Ever wonder how many photographs your different sized memory cards can hold? You can set the quality of your files by exploring the interface in your camera. The higher the quality, the greater number of megapixels of the file and therefore the card will hold less photographs.
| Memory Card Capacity* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camera | File size* | 2GB | 4GB | 8GB | 16 GB |
| 5 MP | 1.5 MB | 1200 | 2500 | 5100 | 10300 |
| 6 MP | 1.7 MB | 1100 | 2200 | 4400 | 8900 |
| 8 MP | 2.3 MB | 800 | 1650 | 3200 | 6650 |
| 10 MP | 2.9 MB | 650 | 1300 | 2600 | 5200 |
| 12 MP | 4.6 MB | 400 | 800 | 1600 | 3250 |
| VIDEO | 5 Mbps (EP) | 45 | 90 | 180 | 360 |
| *average file size for a high resolution JPEG Source: Lexar Media | |||||