Memory Card preview. Is bigger always better?

Wow it's been a busy month at Camera Wars. Aside from the day jobs and a little wedding photography on the side (more on that in the future)we've been been arranging the new site design and getting ready to add a page that quite a few people have emailed me about.

To put it simply, why are memory cards so expensive and what is the difference?

In the near future we'll have a guide to memory card types and speeds available, which should give you a good idea of what to spend and why you need it. For now, I'll give a quick mention to camera phones as these seem to be the most accessible. If you want to take pictures with your mobile, you don't need to pay scandalous prices in computer shops. Sure they may have special offers, but don't forget supermarkets are great for offers too, like the range micro SD cards available at ASDA. Just click the link to see what I mean.

The best thing about cards like this is they come with adapters that allow you to fit it into pretty much any modern card reader. The chances are you have one in your computer; and if your compact digital camera also takes SD cards, clipping it into the SD card adapter means you always have a handy backup. :)