Sandisk 4GB Extreme Secure Digital
Posted by Notcot on Apr 12, 2010 in Photography |
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As usual ordering from Amazon was quick and easy, I had checked the review to ensure I was getting the 30MB/s card. Other listings clearly identified they were selling the older Class6 card. The Amazon listing made no mention of Class6 card, so everything indicated the 30MB/s Class10 card (the latest model).
To my surprise and disappointment, when I received the SD card, the box is marked as Class6 NOT Class10, so it is an older version!
Have contacted customer support over this…
[And hence the lower rating for this listing…]
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Updated Review:
Amazon have now kindly responded to my e-mails with comments from their Vendor. Their Vendor says that this is a Class6 product line; yet Sandisk has the following information at http://www.sandisk.com/products/dslr/sandisk-extreme-sdhc-cards-; and won’t yet be providing Class10 cards. If you only need a Class6 card then this is fine, otherwise I would suggest looking elsewhere. Have now downgraded to 1 star review as a result.
Rating: 1 / 5
I purchased a SanDisk Ultra II to go with my Canon EOS450D camera and was quite happy, then I saw this Extreme III on offer and as I needed more memory I got it. Wow is the word, where there is a noticeable pause with the Ultra II card while the EOS450D writes the image to the card. It takes just a blink of the eye for the EOS450D to write the file to this Extreme III card. I shoot RAW so the images are quite big so the speed of this card is a real boon when shooting anything fast action and you want to fire off several shots one after the other.
So if you are looking for some fast memory to use with your camera this is the stuff!
Rating: 5 / 5
Not a lot to say really, other than this 4GB version is an excellent mid-capacity card that really delivers with write/read speed and download to PC.
Installed in my Nikon, the initial format was swift, and it has performed flawlessly over the last 9 months. Capacity on the default picture size and quality, which is usually perfectly satisfactory, is around 1,050 shots.
Yes, you can find similar a bit cheaper, but you gets what you pays for, and I can find no criticism for this fast 30MB/s card.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this for my Nikon D60 and it works fantastically well. Continuous shooting is now possible and the upload speed to my PC is noticably quicker. In “normal” quality and Medium image size (2896×1944) it’ll hold over 1700 photos, and even on the largest 3872×2592 (10Mp)and lowest compression setting it’ll take 520 photos.
On RAW settings, you’re looking at 318 photos.
Great card – I’m very happy with its capacity and speed overall.
Rating: 5 / 5
This card was used in -6°C temperatures, for 1/2 an hour, with no heat source whatsoever, constantly writing 60Sec RAW exposures. If I had used a card with an inferior write speed, I would have been there all night, but the Extreme III didn’t let me down once (thankfully).
4Gb is just right for me, as I usually don’t exceed that on a shoot, and also so I don’t have to put all my eggs in one basket…
Make sure you know what you are buying though, I originally bought what I thought was this card from another seller, which turned out to be the older 133x version, even though their description specified the 300x version. This version is the real deal though, and worth the extra cash to avoid the hassle of returning the wrong cards when you needed them 3 days ago…*cough*indigostarfish*cough*
Rating: 5 / 5