Memory Stick

[barney4444]

Hi.
Does any know if I can get a u.s.b memory stick with enough capacity to store over 2 thousand photographs, if so what capacity one would I need to buy....

[murraymints]

And if the stick breaks ?? Better to get external hard drive...

[murraymints]

Usb sticks are not terribly robust...^^

[Kidas]

Yes - I have a 256GB stick, which allows 2000 files at 100MB each.

Typical pics are 2-5 MB, but if you have a fancy DSLR, they can generate files up to about 15MB per image, so 2000 images would need about 30GB.

You can get USB sticks in 32GB, 64 GB, 128GB and 256GB

Alternatively, I also use one of these quite a lot (a 512GB SSD):
Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

it's more expensive, but much faster to access and move files around than the the 256GB USB stick, like this one:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Cruzer-Glide-Flash-Drive/dp/B01B8E72X4

[barney4444]

Got a sony picture frame with years and years of photos on which I can save to a memory stick which would mean both having the photos backed up if frame goes u/s and be able to look at photos on t.v..

[barney4444]

Thanks kidas. so a 60gb stick would be plenty then..

[Buenchico]

The file sizes for photos vary greatly, depending upon the cameras used to take them, the settings used by those cameras and the image format used.

As a rough guide, images downloaded from websites tend to be around 0.25Mb in size, such as this one:
http://img16.rajce.idnes.cz/d1602/9/9542/9542246_72ce83967c4c077c930431ba7f2bd527/images/P3110431.jpg
You could get about 16000 of those of a 4Gb memory stick (which is the smallest size that most supermarkets now sell). So almost any memory stick would meet your needs for such photos.

Photos taken on a 4Mp camera (using the highest available resolution and the default jpg format) tend to be around 1.2Mb. A 4Gb memory stick would still be big enough for your needs for such files, as it would hold about 2800 pictures.

To get the same number of photos stored if they were taken on an 8Mp camera (with the same settings) you'd need an 8Gb stick.

For other cameras/file sizes, see the first table here:
https://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/69/~/number-of-pictures-that-can-be-stored-on-a-memory-device

[barney4444]

`Stick` ordered and a big thanks to everyone for helping. wish I was more tecky minded. Still remember taking your roll of film into boots and picking up photos a week later.. life seemed simpler then somehow!! Thanks again..

[Buenchico]

Think what over two thousand photos from Boots would have cost you though ;-)