Canon SD600 with 4GB SD

Hello,

I just got a Canon SD600 as a gift and my friend included a 4GB SD card. I inserted the 4GB card and it shows 3.7 GB ( which is fine), and i'm getting about 1400 on the counter for 6MP / Super Fine mode.

I been reading a few post and seems like most people can only use 2GB on the SD600, so is the camera actually using only 2GB of the 4GB card?

Any inputs would be greatly apperciated.

That sounds like the right numbers for a 4 GB; I show 720 with a 2 GB SanDisk. What brand SD card do you have? 4 GB other than SD-HC aren't all that standardized (in fact that's why there's an SD-HC spec).

Jon,

Thank you for the quick reply. I'm using RIDATA. The reason why my friend got me the 4GB was because he was under the impression that Canon's video mode is the same as SONY.

On 640 mode on 30fps, I get about 10 mins for 1GB.

Thanks - that's a good data point to have. Maybe I'll grab one of those.

I'm not sure about the SD600, but the manual on the SD800 states that the max video limit is EXACTLY one hour regardless of the memory size.

The SD600 has a maximum of 9 min. (1 GB) per video clip as typical TV playback rates and resolutions (640x480 pixels at 30 fps). It can use the full capacity of the card, whatever that may be, but on cards larger than 1 GB that will need to be in 1 GB or smaller bites. The SD800, IIRC, uses SDHC cards; with the new larger cards it can record up to 4 GB clips, which will give you 36 min. the same resolution and frame rate. The manual says that it'll stop at 1 hour if it reaches that before it's reached 4 GB; that won't happen unless you're recording at one of the lower resolution/lower framerate combinations.

I'm interested in updating to a 4GB card, what speed is the card you are using in the SD600?

Thanks for any help you can offer

I'd suggest that unless you know you'll be able to return it, or you have another camera that supports SDHC, you stick with the 2 GB cards and more of them. There's no guarantee the SD600 will support an SDHC card, and that's what most 4 GB cards these days are.

MugenRD1 wrote in post #2691325
Hello,

I just got a Canon SD600 as a gift and my friend included a 4GB SD card. I inserted the 4GB card and it shows 3.7 GB ( which is fine), and i'm getting about 1400 on the counter for 6MP / Super Fine mode.

I been reading a few post and seems like most people can only use 2GB on the SD600, so is the camera actually using only 2GB of the 4GB card?

Any inputs would be greatly apperciated.

I use a 4GB SDHC card in my S5 and it shows 3.7GB, the other .3 is allocated for formatting info and other nonsense. The SD600 does not support SDHC (high-capacity) cards, so as long as your 4 gig is not an HC, then you are good to go and lucky to find that card!

Thanks for the replies on the SD600. I've seen 4GB SD (not HC) but they have different speeds - 133x, 150x and wondered how this may factor in whether the camera would accept the card.

DeeDoubleYou wrote in post #4951119
I use a 4GB SDHC card in my S5 and it shows 3.7GB, the other .3 is allocated for formatting info and other nonsense. The SD600 does not support SDHC (high-capacity) cards, so as long as your 4 gig is not an HC, then you are good to go and lucky to find that card!

Actually, you're seeing 3.7 GB more because the card makers sell "marketing GB", which are 1,000,000,000 bytes while the camera is measuring capacity in real GB (1,073,741,824 bytes).


@twild - it's not the card speed, it's the ploys used by the maker to trick devices to read SD (not SDHC) cards that are larger than supported by the standard, that makes the difference.

twild wrote in post #4953496
Thanks for the replies on the SD600. I've seen 4GB SD (not HC) but they have different speeds - 133x, 150x and wondered how this may factor in whether the camera would accept the card.

I think a faster read/write speed is better for taking burst shots or exposure/focus bracketing, basically anything where you need to take multiple shots quickly.