How many pictures can a digital camera hold?

Answer 1

it depends on the memory card. I have this particular camera and I don't think it has internal memory. I have an 8gig memory card,and it was full at about 2200 pics.

Hope I helped.

~Scorpy <3~

Answer 2

Although your camera manual should give you a rough idea of how many pictures your camera can hold, and there are plenty of websites to help with this if you're shopping for a particular camera, it really depending on a few things :

1. Are we talking internal memory? If so that is one factor. Some cameras have no internal memory; others may have 10 megabytes or more.

2. What size are the image files the camera creates? For instance, the higher the megapixel count the camera has, the larger the files it creates per image. On the other hand, by manipulating both the aspect (if the camera has that: 4:3, 3:2 etc.), actual megapixel count (sometimes called image quality) and compression (how the image data is stored in the camera), you can have a wide range of file sizes.

3. How large is the memory medium (card, stick....)? You can get storage cards today that easily hold 4 gigabytes of material. Ten years ago 16 megabytes wasn't unusual. Media with more and more capacity keep arriving on the market; the only question is how "fast" they are -- meaning how much time it takes to transfer the file electronically to the card/stick -- this varies too and affects card/stick price.

4. How many different formats is each image being saved in, simultaneously. Are you storing just jpeg, or something else too -- like "raw"? If so you're using up almost double the space for each image since each is a different format. It's something like having both a "word" file and "excel" file for the same data but one is a table and one is a spreadsheet.

So if you think about it, it stands to reason. If your camera can produce a file for a single image that is around 5 mb jpeg compressed and you have a 1 gigabyte storage card, then theoretically you can store upwards of 500 images on 1 card.