Card capacity on Camera

[Little Nell]

Have you looked at the manual - it does tell you what cards you can use.  What model is it?  FS25 or something different?

To use this new card, the camera must be capable of using an SDHC card - not all are.

Nell

[JeanH]

My camera is Panasonic Lumix 12 mega pixels camera, model no: DCM-FX550
At the moment I am using a 1 GB card. 
The instruction booklet says:
Type of card which can be used with this unit:SD Memory Card (8 mb to 2gb) Formatted using the FAT 12 of FAT 16 format in compliance with the SD standard

SDHC memory card (4 gb to 32 gb) formatted using the FAT32 format in compliance with the SD standard
MultiMedia Card.
The SDHC Memory Card is a memory card standard decided by the SD Association in 2006 for high capacity memory cards more than 2 GB
You can use an SDHC Memory Card in equipment that is compatible with SDHC Memory Cards, however you cannot use a SDHC Memory Card in equipment that is only compatible with SD Memory Cards.
You can only use cards with SDHC log (indicating compliance with the SD standard) if usign cards with 4 gb or more capacity.
Regards JeanH

[Little Nell]

SDHC memory card (4 gb to 32 gb) formatted using the FAT32 format in compliance with the SD standard MultiMedia Card.

That's the important part.  Yes - the camera supports SDHC cards.

I think the card you have is more suited to video/motion pictures, because it is capable of recording the data to the card at a higher speed, but it should be OK to use.

Nell

[Calverley Lad]

Don't forget to charge your battery, format the card before using.
I recon your battery will need recharging before filling up the card with pictures - Mine does!
 Brian

[GBay]

I would say the card would work given the following compatibility list for Panasonic SD/SDHC Cards

http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/sd/connect/dsc/dmc_fx550.html

Class 10 cards support high data rates that are sometimes important for Burst Modes and High Def Video on cameras.

[JeanH]

Thank you all for your help.  I thought I had made a very expensive mistake but now can use the card.  Thanks again

[Calverley Lad]

Look out in bargains at Staples etc, got mine for a fiver.
(Current trend is for larger capacity cards - 8Mb upwards, so 2Mb and 4Mb are not in demand)
 Brian

[JeanH]

Thanks Brian, and all those who helped me.