Are memory sticks a good reason not to buy a Sony digital camera?

I've heard Sony memory sticks cost a lot more than SDHC cards, but don't provide any advantages other than being compatible with Sony cameras. Should people buy other brands of cameras than Sony to avoid having to buy expensive memory sticks?|||Yes, it's why I instantly rule out Sony cameras.





SD / SDHC cards that you buy will work in so many cameras that I only look for SD cameras. Cameras do not last very long, but SD cards last for many years. You can also use SD cards more readily in PC's. Sony should ditch the Memory Stick and start using SD.





If you buy a Sony camera and 2 or 3 Memory sticks, then replace the camera - you're forced to buy another Sony (if you want to use your existing memory cards). If you don't want to be forced to stick with Sony, I'd encourage another camera maker.|||If you already have a collection of SD cards, then that would be reason.





If you don't, you have to buy cards anyway. MS cards are more expensive, but not terribly much so. If the camera has the features you want, then get the Sony and 1 fairly large MS card to go with it.|||Yes. It's not like Sony cameras are so much better (they aren't) that it's worth locking yourself in to a proprietary flash memory system that is incompatible with anything else.|||MemorySticks are more expensive than cheap SDHC cards, but if you move on to the high speed, brand name cards then that price differential becomes far less.





If the camera you want uses a proprietary format I'd still have no problem buying that camera, it's the camera that matters!





Currently Using: Sony A700 with memory stick ProDuo and Compact Flash, Sony DSC-WX1 with MemoryStick ProDuo, Canon PowerShot G11 with SDHC. And if the worst comes to the worst a little card reader from Walmart-ASDA for 拢4.99.