OT info about flash memory

I can't find my size guide I got a 1gb compact flash how many pictures
can it store and the size of the pictures. My camera counter only goes to
1999
Sorry old age moment. Thanks in advance

Tanada...

Well a 1 gig holds over a billion bytes of memory, does that help? How
big are your pictures? My computer teacher told us that a 1 gig can
hold the contents of an ordinary hard drive and then some. I'd say
that's a lot of pictures;

Pam S. still learning a lot more than she ever dreamed in beginning
puters class

MaryL...

One problem with what your teacher told you is that hard drives come in a
wide variety of sizes, and I would consider 1 gif as "very small" by today's
standards (but it would have been "huge" only a few years ago). My desktop
computer has a 120GB hard drive and a secondary hard drive of 80GB. Even my
laptop has a 40GB hard drive, and my external hard drive that I use for
backups is still larger. Admittedly, I go overboard with computer stuff,
but that statement struck me as too "generic" considering all the variations
that are in use today.

Monique Y. Mudama...

I agree. I have friends very into movies who have terabytes.

But for a camera whose pictures will be checked fairly frequently (ie,
not going on an african safari and expecting to keep all pics on the
camera for the trpi), 1G seems plenty sufficient.

Tanada...

Sorry, you're right. I just looked at the specifications for my desktop
and it has 160 gig hard drive. I have so much to learn.

Pam S.