I have a digital camera and I'm selling it but...?

I have a sony digital camera and I'm selling it. I still have pictures on my memory stick how do I clear those? and I'm planning on buying a casio exlim 8mega pixel and if I ever wanted to put my pictures I have on my computer onto a memory stick to get developed at the store would that be possible to put the pictures on a new memory stick I get for my new camera?

i say sell the camera and keep the memory stick

you can FORMAT the card within the camera.

or- you can plug the card into a card reader and delete all the files from it... then empty the trash.

u should format yr memory stick

Saving and transferring your photo can be done, if your camera saves in the same format. JPEG or RAW are two standards that are used with higher resolution cameras.

If you are purchasing an 8 mega pixel DSLR you will eventually run out of memory space. I would keep the memory card especially if they are compatible with the new camera. Or if you don't mind sharing any photos that are on there. There are ways to retrieve erased photos.

If they are different memory card types then move the photos to your computer and make sure the photos are translated into the the standard used by the new camera. Most likely JPEG...

Deleting the pictures won't erase them and formatting doesn't always work either. It will just be removed from the list of files, but the data will still be there and can be recovered if someone knows what they are doing. If they are pictures you really don't want to end up on the internet, I would recommend a file shredder called Simple File Shredder allows you to overwrite files several times with jibberish to clear them for good. This is how the US Gov deletes their files. Of course, no one can ever see your files if you keep the card.

You can always put your pictures back on a new memory card.

You can delete the pictures on your memory stick from within the camera's menu system, either by 'deleting all pictures' or by 'reformatting the memory stick'.

Casios use different memory cards (usually sD, I think) so you will have no further use for the Sony Memory Stick, which is a memory card type that is pretty much exclusive to Sony products. Assuming you'd saved the pictures onto your Sony Memory Stick and computer in the industry standard jpg format, if you wanted to take your photos to a store to get them printed, you could put the photos onto the new memory card that comes with your new camera. However it would be better to get a USB flash RAM memory stick (note this is different from the Sony Memory Stick which is non-USB and just a type of memory card) and put the photos onto this and take this into the shop, to avoid any possible compatibility problems with the Casio memory card writing format.

I agree with DanChondo, unless you don't care if your buyer decides to resurrect your images. Sandisk and Lexar both have image recovery software that will work even after you have formatted your card to erase the images. I don't know how clean a "format" command leaves a memory card, but it was just in the news today how people buy used cell phones that have been "emptied" and they can still figure out how to read the memory of the telephone and get to your information. When you format a hard drive, for instance, all it does is alter the root directory structure so the computer is allowed to over-write places where data already exists. Flash memory (as in camera cards) might work the same way.

I DO NOT KNOW THIS FOR A FACT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS POSSIBLE.

Just decide what's the worst thing that could happen if someone was able to restore your images and then decide if you want to keep your card or let them have it.