I read on a photo website that the high speed cards can help a camera write and focus faster for the next shot. If you wanted to get off a couple of shots close together it could help, at least according to the article I read. I occasionally use the continuous shooting mode and it certainly helps in that situation.

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The high speed cards are also useful for shooting movies on your camera as well. My wife used her Canon SD550 and took many photos as well as video. Using a high speed card helps, well that is what I hear from other users.

Could you elaborate on that? For movie shooting, the camera has to write data at a certain rate to the card, and the card will either be capable of that, or it won't. I would have thought that the camera would be designed so that movie mode works with a "standard" SD card. I've taken lots and lots of movies with all sorts of different digital cameras on el-cheapo SD cards and it works just fine!

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I read on a photo website that the high speed cards can help a camera write and focus faster for the next shot.

Which will of course allow you to take a shot of the next pig flying over! A High speed memory card is not going to make any noticeable difference.

Hmmm . . . . I haven't seen any pigs flying over lately, but last weekend a moose calf came crashing out of the brush and trotted by our tent (this was way up in the Idaho panhandle) and I managed to get a few pictures off.

Post a few photos of the moose calf.

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Ok, I'll see if I can do it.

Does the image have to be on a photo site? I cannot upload from my hard drive? That is what I was hoping to do.

I have a Fuji Finepix s602Z and love it. It's got a 6x optical zoom, and some extra on the digital zoom. Goes up to ISO 800, has video with audio, and it takes great shots. (You can see some in the gallery, I put up my photos from Splendours of Italy). Since it's about 4 years old and only 3.1 megapix, I wanted to upgrade for my trip to Greece.

I just bought a Canon PowerShot S3 IS. I wanted a larger zoom (this one has a 12x optical) all the other features above, and it's 6 megapix, with Image Stabilization. I can't wait to really try it out! Does anyone have one that can tell me pros & cons?

Hi Claudine,

I have the S3 IS. I really like the camera. It has good battery life. If you set your IS to "shoot only" you will get better battery life and the IS seems to work better than if you use "continuous". Using ISO above 400 results in more noise than I like. When switching from playback to shooting you don't have to use the mode button, just press the shutter button half way and it automatically switches from playback to shooting. The flash is pretty strong and the Super Macro is...well, super. Overall a very good camera.

Thanks for the review and tips, Doc!

This is so interesting. I have a Kodak Easy Share 7430 and have been overall pleased with it. The only negative is that it has only a 3X optical zoom. I came across the Kodak Z650 and thought all my problems were solved. It met the requirements I had: (1)to use batteries - not rechargables,(2) to have a better zoom and (3) to use the SD memory cards that I already have. I almost bought it...then the salesman showewd me the Canon S2IS. The differences that I noted have to do with the price - maybe $100 more, a smaller LCD screen and IS. Now I am totally confused about which one to purchase. Any suggestions would be so helpful.Kodak or Canon?
Thanks

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NY Judy,

My nephew bought a Kodak camera with 10x optical zoom a couple of months ago. He is very pleased with it. I bought the Canon S2IS about 2 weeks ago and I love it. The zoom is fantastic and the movie mode is lots of fun to play around with. It also has a button to take a still shot in the middle of shooting a movie.

I would suggest that you try out each camera to see how it feels when you are actually taking a picture. I have average hands and I think the Canon is very comfortable. The buttons are all easy to push (except for the FM)and find.

I have heard that Canon tends to make better lenses and Kodak tends to be easier to navigate. The LCD is smaller on the Canon, but I usually use the viewfinder, so it's not a problem for me.

You can go check out the reviews on Amazon; people will write about the good and bad things they found for each camera.

Hope this helps -

Jill