16GB SDHC Secure Digital Card (Best Deals)

These are the best value for money on SDHC Cards. 16GB of storage is sufficient for most photography needs.

SanDisk 16GB SDHC Card

Kingston SDHC 16GB Class 4 Flash Memory Card

16GB is roughly equivalent to 16,000 MB. If you are using one of the latest digital cameras taking photos at approx 12.0 MP. You can store approx 3814 pictures.

 

Number of pictures that can be stored on a memory card

How many pictures can my memory card hold?

The following assumptions were made to calculate the number of images per card:
MP = 1,000,000 pixels
1MB = 1,000,000 bytes, 1GB = 1,000MB
TIFF image has 24 bit color depth, one of 16,777,216 colors per pixel
JPEG 100% Quality = Visually lossless JPEG compression with 1:10 ratio of RAW image

Photos – Uncompressed TIFF (24 bits per pixel) Images per card

Megapixels	File size (MB)	512MB	1GB	2GB	4GB	8GB	16GB	32GB
4MP	12.0	36	71	143	286	572	1144	2288
5MP	15.0	29	57	114	228	457	915	1831
6MP	18.0	24	47	95	190	381	762	1525
7MP	21.0	20	40	81	163	326	653	1307
8MP	24.0	18	35	71	143	286	572	1144
10MP	30.0	14	28	57	114	228	457	915
12MP	36.0	12	23	47	95	190	381	762

 
Photos – Compressed (JPEG 100% quality) Images per card

Megapixels	File size (MB)	512MB	1GB	2GB	4GB	8GB	16GB	32GB
4MP	1.2	366	715	1430	2861	5722	11444	22888
5MP	1.5	292	572	1144	2288	4577	9155	18310
6MP	1.8	244	476	953	1907	3814	7629	15258
7MP	2.1	209	408	817	1634	3269	6539	13078
8MP	2.4	183	357	715	1430	2861	5722	11444
10MP	3.0	146	286	572	1144	2288	4577	9155
12MP	3.6	122	238	476	953	1907	3814	7629

 

Some older digital card readers on PC’s and Laptops may not be able to read the SDHC format.
You can use the following adaptor to get around this.