MicroSD cards are smaller versions of standard SD cards.
The DualView TL225 is a compact digital camera made by Samsung. The DualView TL225 only has about 55 MB of internal memory, which won't hold very many pictures. To alleviate this problem, consider using a MicroSD or MicroSDHC flash memory card, the two formats supported by the DualView TL225 digital camera.
MicroSD and MicroSDHC
MicroSD cards come in capacities of 2GB or smaller and they will all work in your DualView TL225. MicroSDHC cards range in size from 4GBs to 32GBs, though the camera can only use MicroSDHC cards up to 8GB. Though they're both the same physical size, the enhanced storage capacity of the MicroSDHC cards means you'll be able to store far more pictures on a larger capacity MicroSDHC than a 2GB MicroSD card.
Inserting the Card
The DualView TL225's MicroSD slot is on the bottom of the camera. If you're looking at the camera's screen, the slot is on the right side of the bottom, in the same housing the battery is stored in. To access the slot, slide the battery access lock and open the hatch. The memory card's golden contacts should face upward when inserting the card from this angle. With the gold contacts going in first, push the card in until you feel it snap into place. To remove it, simply press it further into the slot until it clicks again before pulling it free with your fingers.
Capacities
The DualView TL225's manual includes rough estimates for how many pictures and how many minutes of video you can store on a 1GB MicroSD card. The graph displays options for every quality setting on the camera. For example, pictures shot with the "12m" 4000-by-3000 pixel option at the "Super Fine" quality level fill up 1GB with 145 pictures. Using the "Normal" quality and "12m" setting, you can store 399 pictures on 1GB. To get an idea of how many your card can hold, multiply Samsung's 1GB capacity figures by the capacity of your card. If you have an 8GB card, you'd multiply the number of pictures Samsung lists by 8, since your card has 8 times the capacity of the one used for Samsung's estimations.
Considerations
Samsung's official specifications for the camera don't specifically say it reads MicroSDHC cards but standard MicroSD cards are limited to 2GB. Despite Samsung's official specifications, reviews from CNET.com and PCMag.com all affirm that the device reads MicroSDHC cards. Neither a MicroSD or MicroSDHC card comes with the camera so you'll have to purchase the card separately. Samsung's official specifications also say the camera reads cards up to 48GB in capacity. MicroSDHC cards only go up to 32GB so this is likely a typo where they meant to say "8GB," notes CNET's Joshua Goldman in his October 2009 review.
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