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That Memory Card has a name!

There is a wide variety cards and flash storage media in the market,and in common use,We have seen people calling these everything from"memory"to GB".Memory cads following the specifications of scanDisk,the specifications of the secure Digital(SD)group with Panasonic,ScanDisk,Toshiba and Kodack and properly Sony specifications.ScanDisk is the only company that manufactures memory cards of all these specefications,and is even involved with sony.The SDHC(Secure Digital High Capacity)variants for the SD cards offer more storage capacity.

A CompactFlash Card is typically used in prosumer,superZoom and SLR Cameras














The SD Flash card is commonly used in consumer digital cameras,some camcorders and PMPs






The short Lived MiniSD specification,was used in PMPs,cameras and some mobile phones










The MicroSD Card is the smallest flash memory available to the general public,and is used in Phones,gaming consoles,increasingly in PMPs and small digital cameras.






The memory stick Micro M2 is not to be confused with the MiniSD card,and is used in mobile Phones and some PMPs.

The Memory Stick Pro Duo is a newer standard by sony,used in camcorders,camera and for gaming consoles.

Sony Memory Stick,used on older cameras and camcorders.If you have a device that uses this,it is time to get a replacement.