Sillyspeed Hatchling 2 posts Joined Oct 2002 More info | May 01, 2004 01:27 | #1 Hi all, I wonder if anyone can help with my query? I've just bought a Canon Ixus 500 and while looking on the various sites have found that it's possible to get anything up to a 1.2GB memory card. Some of these are solid state and some are micro-drive....amazing! Will a micro-drive card work with my camera? What is the highest capacity card that the camera and software can cope with? Thanks in advance
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JohnnyE Senior Member 470 posts Joined Jan 2003 More info | May 01, 2004 09:07 | #2 Microdrives (CompactFlash Type II) will not fit into a PowerShot S500. This camera will accept CompactFlash Type I cards up to a capacity of 2048 GB (yes, gigabytes). Of course, that is a thoretical maximum. I think I've only seen these CF cards up to 4 GB.
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May 01, 2004 10:18 | #3 Blimey!! The camera's fairly future-proof then! Thanks Johnny. And you reckon the camera software is OK with this too, the only reason I ask is because my old Ixus V2 used to baulk at downloading images from a full 256MB card? Thanks again
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whoster69 Mostly Lurking  13 posts Joined May 2004 Location: Ukiah, California More info | May 01, 2004 10:25 | #4 I just bought an S500 and a SanDisc 512MB card from Amazon.com for about $75 shipped free with no tax.
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JohnnyE Senior Member 470 posts Joined Jan 2003 More info | May 01, 2004 16:26 | #5 The software should be fine with whatever size. I would highly recommend using a USB2 CF card reader though, rather than the camera, to download images from a high-capacity card. It's much faster!
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whoster69 Mostly Lurking 13 posts Joined May 2004 Location: Ukiah, California More info | May 01, 2004 16:37 | #6 JohnnyE wrote: The software should be fine with whatever size. I would highly recommend using a USB2 CF card reader though, rather than the camera, to download images from a high-capacity card. It's much faster! That's a good point JohnnyE! Got any ideas on where to get one cheaply?
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May 03, 2004 21:16 | #7 whoster69 wrote: JohnnyE wrote: The software should be fine with whatever size. I would highly recommend using a USB2 CF card reader though, rather than the camera, to download images from a high-capacity card. It's much faster! That's a good point JohnnyE! Got any ideas on where to get one cheaply? Sandisk's USB 2.0 CF reader is really good. You can get it cheap at Amazon, Buy.com, or Best Buy for about $15.
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whoster69 Mostly Lurking 13 posts Joined May 2004 Location: Ukiah, California More info | May 03, 2004 22:38 | #8 I found one I like and ordered it!
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mikej Member 110 posts Joined Jun 2003 Location: Macclesfield, UK More info | May 04, 2004 06:02 | #9 whoster69 wrote: I just bought an S500 and a SanDisc 512MB card from Amazon.com for about $75 shipped free with no tax. It seemed like a pretty good deal to me. It should arrive in a few days. An IXUS500 AND 512MB flash card for $75 ? IXUS400 user
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whoster69 Mostly Lurking 13 posts Joined May 2004 Location: Ukiah, California More info | May 04, 2004 07:52 | #10 mike j wrote: whoster69 wrote: I just bought an S500 and a SanDisc 512MB card from Amazon.com for about $75 shipped free with no tax. It seemed like a pretty good deal to me. It should arrive in a few days. An IXUS500 AND 512MB flash card for $75 ? I wish! Nope, just the card for $75. The camera was about $425 shipped to my door.
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whoster69 Mostly Lurking 13 posts Joined May 2004 Location: Ukiah, California More info | May 06, 2004 08:47 | #11 Do we have a MOD around here that can banish these kinds of posts/people?
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CyberDyneSystems Admin (type T-2000)  More info | May 06, 2004 11:51 | #12 We're working on it Dr. GEAR LIST
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whoster69 Mostly Lurking 13 posts Joined May 2004 Location: Ukiah, California More info | May 06, 2004 16:34 | #13 CyberDyneSystems wrote: We're working on it Dr.  ...seems to be a bit more of an "issue" than your typical spammer...  Thank you CDS!
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