Backup memory card
Whether you’re busy, lazy, or precautious, it can never hurt to have a backup memory card for your camera. For the average person, wiping your CF or SD cards is not a frequent undertaking, a daunting task left which is usually left until the last possible minute. Finding and untangling the cables in the first instance can be a nuisance, never mind ensuring that your camera has enough battery to transfer however many hundreds of photos are sitting on it. The temptation to put it off is always strong, but the disappointment and frustration which can be caused by missing a great photo due to a full card is usually greater. Buying a second card through Memory Card Zoo is easy and affordable, encouraging photography lovers to bite the bullet and buy a backup.
The company’s site offers a huge range of cards, both CF and SD, and memory card readers to make clearing them more practical and appealing, from well-known, trusted brands such as Sony, Lexar, Kingston, Fuji, and Sandisk, at great, affordable prices. The avid professional has the choice to purchase a backup 4GB CF memory card or to upgrade from this to something bigger, such as an enormous 64GB card, a choice open to personal preference and budget. Holidaymakers fretting about running out of memory whilst away from home could purchase several small back up SDs or go for something much larger to begin with such as a 16GB SD card.
These are affordable solutions to this 21st century dilemma, removing the need for the photographer to waste valuable battery life and time deleting photos to make room for new ones, trying to eliminate redundant pictures with only a small screen to look at as a guide. Busy professionals and scatterbrains no longer need to fear the ‘card full’ warning.






