Whats Memory Stick Pro Duo to get for Sony Digital Camera?

John Squire · 12 May 2006 at 14:24

I've just bought a Sony DSC-T7 and wanted to get a 1GB Memory stick to replace the 32MB one they supply. Is there any need to get a 'Gaming' MS Duo Pro or would a normal one do?

The 'Gaming' ones are normally advertised for PSP's.

Cheers

split · 12 May 2006 at 16:00

See here...

The higher performance MS PRO Duo cards are required for recording movies in the 640-Fine VX mode. This mode captures VGA video at 30 frames per second.

Doesn't really answer you question tho, so try looking over here at compatibility.

John Squire · 12 May 2006 at 17:12

Cheers for the reply, I ended up buying a non 'Gaming' one in the end. At worst I think I won't be able to record hi-res videos for a long period.

jhmaeng · 15 May 2006 at 02:02

Any Memory Stick Duo that is bigger than 128MB is always Pro Duo, which is all that is required by the camera to record the high-quality video.

In other words, as long as the card is over 128MB, you don't have to worry about whether it's High-Speed, Normal or Gaming. They will all be fast enough for the MPEG VX video.

If you get the Sandisk Ultra IIs, or the Sony High-Speed cards, then the card to computer transfer would be much faster. But since you only have to do that a few times a week (say), it doesn't seem like a big enough difference to justify spending much more. If it's only a £5 difference then you might as well go for the hi-speed ones, though.