Which is better: a digital camera using batteries or a camera using memory card?

i want to knoe which'll be useful... i have a plan to buy a sony cyber-shot dsc w-100

any camera needs batteries -- that's the energy source.
memory cards hold the pictures

They are two different things. A memory card and a rechargeable battery are the way to go.

What else do cameras run on if not batteries? A cordless extension?!haha


Read your question before posting it,it will make sense then.

All digital cameras need batteries. I think they all use memory cards too, although you have to buy them seperately.

I think you are a bit confused, all didital cameras need batteries for power. All digital cameras need somewhere to store data whether this is on a card or stick or otherwise .

Your question makes no sense. All digital cameras use batteries and memory cards.

Rather use a camera where the batteries can be recharged. You do get cameras where the camera itself can be charged but that is not very practical. The memory card is where the photo gets saved and has the battery life.

You want a camera with a rechargeable battery, otherwise you will be going thur a ton of batteries. I have a digital that has a rechargeable battery and has a memory card and i love it. Good luck finding a camera.

um a camera needs batteries 2 run no matter what, a memory card would allow you too take more photos than just a a cam with batteries

I would recommend you to buy a digital camera w/ memory card (which of course needs battery). I myself have done some research and found two good cameras: Fujifilm F30 Zoom & Panasonic FX01.

With Panasonic FX01 you can take wider view (than conventional digital camera) in a single shoot. This is especially good if you take group pictures.

With Fujifilm F30 Zoom the battery lasts longer about 580 shots

All cameras use batteries. They're needed for the cameras electronics. But not all cameras use memory cards. Most do but there are older and cheaper ones that don't. They have internal memory and when filled you can not add anymore pics til you transfer or remove what's in memory. With memory cards when they are filled you can replace it with another card.

i have a digital camera with a memory card and a battery pack that i have to charge up every now and then. my memory card holds over 1000 pics as well. i love it!

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Get a Disposable Camera until you know the difference between battery and memory card.

The memory card on my camera holds 400 pics and 13 minutes of video. I used the camera batteries and they only lasted for two days, so i started using the cheap AA batteries and they last just as long and cost 1/10 the price.
I have never used rechargeable batteries, but I would bet they are even better.

Your question makes no sense. All cameras require an energy source. Rechargable batteries are the best option. Digital is best because film cameras are nearly obsolete now.

ok i think some one misdirected you when looking at digital cameras a memory card is used to store the picture not to run the camera you still will need to buy batteries their are batteries just made for digital cameras and then rechargeable batteries also some cameras have both internal memory and memory card i have a camera that i can store both i love that option because some times i just want to store and load pictures were you can store lots and lots of picture on a memory card then take them to get developed.

When i got my camera it came with the rechargeable batteries and charger some camers also do offer the use of a powere cord mine offers this.

Before buying a digital camera take the time and know what you want like mega pixal the more you have the better quality picture you have also do you want auto focus or do you want to focus the picture their are lot of camera and every one is different if your just starting of the buy a nice but not to expensive one tell you are use to it then go to a nicer one that is how i started off.

Good luck

Hello!

You're actually asking/talking about two different things.

1) A digital camera would be a logical choice this day and age versus a film camera. You can get higher resolution cameras (your Sony DSC W-100 is 8.1 Megapixels which will let you take your photo and enlarge it to near-poster size) and take very good pictures. Your camera also has a 3X Optical zoom, which means you will be able to zoom in three times closer to the object of your photo without losing any picture quality.

2) Using internal memory is not really advisable versus using a memory card that you can remove from your camera at any time. The number 1 reason is that if you use youre camera's internal memory, the only ways for you to transfer the pictures to your computer is either 1. Through the USB/cable to the computer or to 2. stick a memory card in it and transfer it to the memory card which in turn you can put in a card reader on your printer or any card reader. The transfer of files from your cameras internal memory also eats up a LOT of the battery life, which I'm sure you'd rather use to take the pictures. Of course you could plug it in while you transfer, but the use of a memory card is on the whole much easier and convenient, not to mention you can pop the memory card (usually) into other devices, assuming they are compatible.

Hope this helps!

The Sony cybershot dsc w-100 should have a 3x optical zoom. It recommends a Sony NP-BG1 Type G InfoLithium Rechargeable Battery Pack DSC-N1 for the Digital Camera.
The rechargeable batteries, over the lifetime of the camera, will cut down on your residual expense of operating it. I would suggest you get the rechargeable battery pack, along with adapters to charge in home or car, along with enough regular aa's to take you through a typical shoot. If this is your first digital camera, you will find you take about 3-5 times as many snaps as with a conventional camera, since you can simply erase bad pics instantly and/or fill the memory card and then pop in a new memory card and keep on keeping on. When you are snapping pics, your memory card's 1000+ capacity, necissates changing batteries often, so unless you want to carry a bunch of rechargeables, just carry the one or two, and grab a 6 or 10 pack of aa's from nearly any store. Sometimes you are not near a recharge outlet, so the regular aa's are a god-send when you are in the middle of snapping pics at say a ball game, that will not stop the action just for you to recharge the battery pack.
Also carry an extra memory card along too, in case you want to fill one and drop it off to develope, or send home from vacation, or whatever the need.
Purchase a good camera case that will hold your camera, battery recharge kit, and the extra aa's.
Hope this helped.
...jj

I say get rechargeable batteries and memory card...........

a digital camera uses both batteries and a memory card. so you will need both.

All digital cameras have batteries. They also have some kind of memory card, so these are not qualities that can be compared.

Some digital cameras have rechargeable batteries and others have commonly-available batteries such as AA or AAA batteries that you can get at your local grocery store. The rechargeable batteries are probably the way to go unless you plan on going on a very long trip somewhere where there are no electrical outlets. The benefit of the common batteries is that you can buy them almost anywhere. The rechargeable battery packs tend to be smaller and lighter.

There are several types of memory card, the least expensive being SD (secure digital). Since the prices on different card types does not differ substantially you might be better off selecting a camera based on other criteria, such as optical zoom, resolution and size/weight.

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We have an older CyberShot by Sony and it is really great. It takes 2 AA-sized rechargeable batteries, and it uses a memory card on which to store the pictures. This was incredibly handy because when we were in HI, I took upward of 700 photos, and there's NO way a regular non-chip/card camera could have handled that!

They use both.

You sound a bit confused with the technical issue. All digital cameras need a power source. I have never heard of one available that doesn't operate on batteries. They also need a storage card(flash drive, compact flash, DVD,) Your question is a bit like apples to apples, but you are comparing the stem to the core. Kodak makes some very affordable, user friendly models that are great for beginners and experienced users as well.

They serve two different functions. Batteries power the camera and the memory card stores memory (more memory = more pictures/videos you can take).

Camera using a memory card. and that is a really nice camera, I have one, and trust me, it is SWEET!

I use both! Rechargeable batteries & a memory card. But, keep extra batteries though, cuz they dont last too long!

well search ur answer on yahoo tech

i have a digital camera it uses camera batteries, and a memory card makes it so you can take over a hundred pics, and if you do it right you ask for a cord that you can plug in and take videos with so it doesn't use all your battery..i love my camera it is a Kodak easy share..i cannot tell you how special it is i can take pics put them on CD, and have them on my computer of my kids..

Honey get a Digital that has both Memory for storing your pics and battery supply along with hook up for charging too!! Rechargeable would be best and I would probably look at Canon,Kodak etc. for other options to Cyber-shot!