# Help me pick out a memory card!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-a-memory-card/245458>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 16, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-a-memory-card/245458 "2004-05-16T18:52:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-a-memory-card/245458/1 "2004-05-16T18:52:48Z")

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I recently got a new digital camera - a little Canon PowerShot S10. Its a great camera, but it only came with a 32mb memory card and I would like something that will hold more pictures. The camera takes CompactFlash cards and I want to get a 256mb card, but there are so many different brands and speeds that I just don’t know what would be best. Does anyone have any ideas? From reading reviews on Amazon and Bizrate, a lot of people seem to like Kingston cards, but, like I said, I don’t really know anything about memory cards.

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**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-a-memory-card/245458/2 "2004-05-16T19:13:14Z")

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The S10 can take type I or type II CF cards. A good review of CF cards can be found [here](http://www.dpreview.com/articles/mediacompare/). Personally, I don’t think it matters much, unless you’re shooting professionally (i.e. a LOT of photos in a short period of time, and using them in high-end cameras)