buying large capacity memory, will it take it?

Hi
I'm new to digital photo. I just bought a Minolta dimage S414. When I look
at the spec for this camera memory this is what I get:

MINOLTA RM series Type I 8/16/32MB
SanDisk SDCFB series Type I 32/64/128/512MB
SDCFH series Type I 128/256MB
Lexar Media 4X USB series Type I 32/64MB
8X USB series Type I 48/80MB
10X USB series Type I 160MB
12X USB series Type I 128MB
16X USB series Type I 192MB
24X USB series Type I 256MB

Since I'm new to the digital world, does it makes sense to buy the larger
capacity memory available nowadays? like a 1 Go ? will the camera use it to
its full capacity?

also what about the speed of the memory. I see now memory with 80X speed ,
will this speed be usable for my camera ( on the spec for this camera from
Minolta website , they spot the speed at 24X )

you can view the spec of this camera there:
http://kmpi.konicaminolta.us/eprise/main/kmpi/content/cam/cam_Product_Pages/
DiMAGE_S414

please help.
please comment.

TIA
stef.

 

thanks you Michael. you pretty much took the mystery out of the equation...
Regards
stef.

 

I don't have a minolta so I can't tell you if it can take bigger
memory. The other day, my Sony DSC-p32's flash died at a family
birthday party. My sisters (birthday girls mom) Sony camera was full
and the computer was down so we couldn't offload. I thought, no
problem, use my 512M memory stick. Didn't work. Could not format.

Last Christmas, I could stick my 128M card into my sisters camera and
it accepted it so her older Sony has a memory size limit.

I'd groups google around for S414 and 1G | 512M | 256M memory to see
if someone can positively say I have a S414 and it works. Failing
that, find someone that is a camera buff and see if they have a CF in
a size you are interested in and try it out. As long as they don't
have pictures on it, formatting shouldn't be an issue afaik.

My bud's at work has a camera S230??? and we were able to groups
google search to find that 512M works for sure.

HTH,

Wes

 

There are two possible issues with the Sony Technology. Memory Sticks
use a controler in the camera, unlike Compact Flash, where the controler
is in the card. The problem with "controler in the camera" is that an older
camera can be incompatible with a memory card size/design that was
created after the controler in the camera. Second: Sony has gone through
a series of Memory Stick designs (Memory Stick, Duo, Pro, Duo-Pro?)
that aren't mutually compatible.

I've got the slightly older S404, and it uses 512MB cards (as would be
expected) without an issue. I would think that 1GB and 2GB cards would
work as well, since CF designs put the controler in the card, so the card
is always compatible with the controler. Cards bigger than 2.1GB won't
work, since the camera uses FAT16 which can only address 2.1GB of
disk space.

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thanks for your help sir

stef.