I'll wager that most of you have, at some time, got into the situation where your memory card is full. This usually manifests itself when you are about to take (an important) image. It's frustrating and highly annoying.

The next step is to run through the images on your card in order to find the best ones to delete. As you peer at the LCD screen you attempt to decide which images are right for removal to the trash - blurred images, red eyes, poor composition.

But it can be difficult. If you are like me, you never really want to get rid of anything, at least not until you have had a good look at it. But if you don't, you will miss the next important image, and the next ….

The answer is cheap and simple: buy extra cards. Digital memory cards represent good value for money and by shopping around you can get them even cheaper than in the main shops. They can hold hundreds of images and smaller ones (128 or 256Mb s

If any of you have used film, you will know how expensive it can be to keep replacing film in the camera and only being able to take,A at most, 36 images. With memory cards, you can hold 80, 160 or 300+ images depending on the size of your card.

Get an extra card (or two) today.