brand new and need info

[Sadie]

Hi,
I'm Sadie. I just ordered a digital camera to take on vacation in July. It's a Fuji S700 7MP digital camera with 10x zoom and Fujinon Lens, it also takes videos.
I don't understand about the memory cards, what size to buy or XD or S.
I wondered it there was a book for dummies or a place I can learn about what the different terminology means. Any help you all can give me would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

[Mr Yuck]

Both XD and SD will work in that camera from what I read, it doesnt really matter which you get.

For most users, a 1gb card would be big enough, but since flash memory is so cheap nowadays, I'd go ahead and buy a 2gb card, such as this one for $30 or this one for $17, the difference between the two is just that the $30 one is faster.

It's also nice to have a $3 reader to plug into your usb port if you dont already have one.

As for learning the terminology, there's lots of online FAQs and resources, this site has a great community and we're more than willing to help out.

Heh, I even wrote up a little article for my website, still working on it.

[auzmum]

It's also nice to have a $3 reader to plug into your usb port if you dont already have one.

Can you explain to another part dummy how this is used? thanks

[Frog]

When you want to load your pics onto your computer a reader is a device to plug into a usb port and insert your card into it to load your pics. Usually a lot faster than loading directly from camera.

[readingr]

Sadie,

I would get 2 x 1Gb cards rather than a single 2Gb card. This means that it one gets lost or corrupted you don't loose all the photos.

Roger

[Twilight Elk]

Excellent choice Sadie
The S700 is my first digital camera and it does wonders I have some problem with the video though, but its probably just me :0