I am looking for 8gb memory card for Canon Powershot SD1300 IS, which memory card should I buy?

The A410 works with SD cards. Your 8GB card is an SDHC card and won't work in devices not designed to use them. You need to use SD cards, 2GB and smaller.

It is possible the memory card is faulty, the only way to find out is replace the card.

SD and Micro SD memory cards has a smallslide switch on the edge of the card, which write protects data on the memorycard. Slide the switch from the READ position tothe WRITE position, which is furthest away from the contacts.

Things to check first for a camera that won't turn on are battery contact points, and micro switches that are located on the battery and memory card doors. Troubleshooting tips on other things that need to be checked may be seen here. These tips won't work for every case, but they're worth a try.

No, because Canon's do not have any internal memory. A memory card is always needed.

Look at your memory card. SD and SDHC cards have a slide switch along one edge. The position farthest from the contacts locks the card, protecting it from writes. The position nearest the contacts unlocks the card.

A Canon SD 1300 IS camera can handle the following memory cards
SD/SDHC/SDXC Memory Card, MultiMediaCard, MMC Plus Card, HC MMC Plus Card

Short answer yes your camera can handle a SDHC memory card but personally I wouldn't go over 4gig

Yes I know you said the card was not locked but, check to makes sure the little white sliding switch is pushed towards the top of the card in the direction of the gold contacts. Also the memory card is inserted in the correct orientation (right way up) see picture.



Also when these things have been checked close the door on the memory card make sure the card is seated first. Then remove the battery for a few moments and reinstall. I'm going to assume you have set the date and time if not this must be done before the camera will function properly.
Robert in Canada

The easiest way to delete all your pictures is to format it. If the pictures are in internal memory, format that. If they're on a memory card, format that.

Memory cards should be formatted each time you finish downloading the pictures from them.

I'm assuming you went through the setup procedures (setting date, time, etc). If you tried to shoot any pics with no card in the camera, you now have pics on the internal memory. You need to get rid of those by going into the menu and finding "format". Then, insert your new card (making sure the slide switch on the side of the card is in the unlocked position) and do the "format" thing again to optimize the new card for the camera.