Bruce_B Senior Member  419 posts Joined Jan 2008 More info | Jul 03, 2008 16:54 | #1 So what do you all do with the useless cards you get with a new camera? Do you throw them straight in the trash or toss them in a drawer or closet never to be seen again? I was just cleaning out my closet and ran across a number of useless cards and I was thinking why don't I just throw them away. I even have some smart media cards for pete's sake. I'm too much of a pack rat. Why in the world do I have 16 and 32 MB (yes megabyte) CF cards laying around.
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rooeey -Shorty-  2,554 posts Likes: 5 Joined May 2007 Location: Sydney Australia More info | Jul 03, 2008 17:02 | #2 There is a thread some where n this forum for give aways... 1D MK111 , 5D Classic,24-70F2.8, 16-35F2.8, 70-200F2.8 IS a 430EXII 2x 580EXII and a Mac...
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Jul 03, 2008 17:04 | #3 rooeey wrote in post #5843962  There is a thread some where n this forum for give aways... Put them in there maybe ..At least that way they get some use... Who's going to use a card that holds 4 pictures?
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_aravena isn't this answer a stickie yet?  12,458 posts Likes: 12 Joined Feb 2007 Location: Back in the 757 More info | Jul 03, 2008 17:04 | #4 Wow...some people actually want those oddly enough although I keep mine in a drawer. Not sure why, but they're there. Last Shot Photography
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RenéDamkot Cream of the Crop  39,856 posts Likes: 8 Joined Feb 2005 Location: enschede, netherlands More info | Jul 03, 2008 17:05 | #5 I use one to save my camera settings "I think the idea of art kills creativity" - Douglas Adams
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joayne Cream of the Crop  More info | Jul 03, 2008 17:18 | #6 Good Idea Rene.. I have given them away to people that use lower res PS cameras and they are extreamly happy. I load thumbnails/compressed images to let others look at them.. If you get creative there are things that can be done with them. joayne Contribute to POTN | Worldwide Photo Week
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rooeey -Shorty- 2,554 posts Likes: 5 Joined May 2007 Location: Sydney Australia More info | Jul 03, 2008 21:59 | #7 Bruce_B wrote in post #5843974 Who's going to use a card that holds 4 pictures? Rene for one.. 1D MK111 , 5D Classic,24-70F2.8, 16-35F2.8, 70-200F2.8 IS a 430EXII 2x 580EXII and a Mac...
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bucket772 Senior Member  517 posts Likes: 14 Joined Jan 2007 Location: Gloucester County, NJ More info | I have an Olympus c4040. I cant get rid of it. It has a f1.8 lens that works really well. Cf cards stink but when that's all the camera take what choice do you have? If you wanna get rid of them I will pick up shipping.
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Jeff Goldmember  1,462 posts Likes: 28 Joined Nov 2007 Location: 42° 34' N 87° 55' W Kenosha, WI More info | Jul 03, 2008 22:08 | #9 I gave a few away to a guy that could use them in his GPS. They have other uses beyond big megapixel cameras. Jeff
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RedDot Senior Member  627 posts Joined Feb 2008 Location: Trapped Inside the Penta-prism More info | Jul 03, 2008 22:17 | #10 If you have to go to a photo lab to print a single photo (30MB Tiff) I tried to write my signature, but my pen ran out and I put a big scratch on my monitor
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am_pitbull_terrier Goldmember  1,383 posts Joined Feb 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, P.A. More info | Jul 03, 2008 22:31 | #11 Red Dot wrote in post #5845561 If you have to go to a photo lab to print a single photo (30MB Tiff) just load it up and give them the card, then you can always re-use it again. at least you dont waste a whole CD or have to give them a usb drive. Great idea, I can't believe I never thought of that before. I always just wasted a CD Powershot G3
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I guess they do have some uses, just not in the cameras they come with. I guess they figure if it's the buyers first camera they will give him something to play with until he gets a real card. I say just box them without a card and put "Memory Card Not Included" on the box. I put the 32mb card that came with my XT in to see what it would hold. Best jpg = 7, Raw = 3
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PatH Member 167 posts Joined Jun 2005 Location: New Jersey, USA More info | Jul 04, 2008 01:20 | #13 I always keep a 64MB CF in my bag just for the hell of it, as if it will be useful in some emergency one day. But since it only holds 4 images RAW it's kind of stupid now that I think about it T2i w/ grip | 24-105 f/4L IS | 70-200 f/4L | 430EX | Manfrotto 055Xprob w/ 488RC2
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RedDot Senior Member 627 posts Joined Feb 2008 Location: Trapped Inside the Penta-prism More info | Jul 04, 2008 01:26 | #14 do you all get memory cards in the box with canon dslrs. i dont remember getting one with my 400D I tried to write my signature, but my pen ran out and I put a big scratch on my monitor
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ANGUS Cream of the Crop  6,897 posts Joined Apr 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia... More info | Jul 04, 2008 01:28 | #15 I do the exact same. Works a treat! 256MB Card and only 120kb taken by custom functions, always in my bag. Angus
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