Questions regarding Sony Cybershot DSC-P73 and Sony memory sticks

Hi,

I'm thinking of buying a Sony Cybershot DSC-P73, which
seems ideally suited to my purposes, e.g. nice quality
photos at a decent price. However I've only ever owned
digital cameras which takes SD cards and the like, and
Sony products all seem to take memory sticks.
Essentially I have two questions regarding memory
sticks:

1) - Does this camera only take memory sticks, e.g. will
it not take SD cards?

2) - Will a 'Sony MSH128.CE 128Mb Memory Stick "High
Grade" with MagicGate' do the job with this camera?

I'm sorry for the rather simple nature of the questions,
but I can't seem to find what I'm after on Google or
Google Groups. Thanks in advance for any help.

 

It supports Memory Sticks only (my dscp72 does anyway and I don't think
there has been any change with later models).

AFAIK any Memory Stick or Memory Stick Pro (including the Magic Gate one you
mention) will work:

I have:
Sony Memory Stick 16MB
Sony Memory Stick "MagicGate" 64 MB
SanDisk Memory Stick Pro "MagicGate" 256MB


I find the 256MB one a reasonably ideal size -- will hold about 150 Fine
full size pictures with my camera(about the maximum day's worth for me). The
change from 3.2 to 4 MegaPixel means that with the p73 the maximum is
probably 125 or so and wouldn't advise anything smaller.

 

Thanks very much for the fast and enlightening response!
I may think again about getting a Sony as £50 for 256mb
seems a little expensive. Thanks anyway.

 

I have always received extraordinarily good support from Sandisk. They stand
by their products and are easy to work with

 

£35 from ebuyer (inc vat + delivery)
http://tinyurl.com/7x335

 

It's still £5 cheaper for an SD card with twice the
capacity. I'm now leaning towards a G400 which has a
slot for both memory formats anyway. Thanks for the help
everyone!