PNY Optima 8GB SDHC Class 4 Flash Memory Card P-SDHC8G4-EF
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of PNY Optima 8GB SDHC Class 4 Flash Memory Card P-SDHC8G4-EF
Customer Review: Good and fast memory, poor build quality
Summary: 4 Stars
I have a love/hate relationship with PNY. I've always been enamored with their prices, going back to the days of the GeForce4600 Graphics cards (they were one of the first vendors on the shelves). But they must cut some corners as far as QA is concerned. The plastic housing on all three of these 8GB cards have issues when inserting/ejecting from my Canon HF10, PS3 and Wii. The size of the card is slightly larger than the receptacle. I have the same problem with a Transcend SDHC 16GB card. Odds are, both PNY and Transcend purchase from the same OEM.
I have an 8GB SDHC card from SanDisk. I've never had physical size issues with that card.
I have no complaints as far as speed is concerned. Even though the card is branded as a Class 4 card, the HF10 rates it as a Class 6 and sustained transfer rates are in the 12 - 15MB/s range.
I can't speak to reliability. So far, I haven't had any issues with data retention, but then, I don't use these for long term storage. Nor would I ever recommend anyone use this class of flash for **any** long term storage purposes. That's what tape, CDR and DVDR are for.
Customer Review: Would've been a great card
Summary: 2 Stars
So, I bought two of these cards to use with my Canon T2i for HD video recording.
Unfortunately, only one of these cards actually worked for HD video recording. That card worked really well. The other card, I figured, was a one-off defect since it was basically a normal SD card with the HD sticker slapped on it. It would record about 4 seconds of video then fail out because the data was coming to it too quickly. I took it back and got a replacement from Best Buy, took that one home to find that it had the exact same defect as the one I had just returned. Sure the card is still usable with the defect for taking photos, but so is a $5 card of the same size. I wanted this card for recording HD video, and for that it has proven entirely useless.
Clearly, there's a reason that they're clearing these out at 1/3 of their original price, since it appears only 1/3 of them actually work as intended. Don't buy this card, get a more reliable one.
Customer Review: Good card
Summary: 4 Stars
I noticed how some people are saying they will "never buy this brand again" and that the brand is total crap. And yet the people that are actually unhappy with the card is less than 10, and the number of people happy with the card are about 45. Make me 46. I work at Best Buy, and we've never had people have problems with PNY memory cards and those that do, we happily exchange them out. You can't get a perfect product every time. Anything could mess up after a while.
I have a Sandisk memory card in my old camera (about 2 1/2 years old), and my mom has the exact same size and brand in hers, and hers is the exact same camera as mine. The problem that she and i are coming across is that the Sandisk card is saying "jpg incompatible" with some of her photos and videos. My Sandisk memory card has started doing the same thing with mine. Does this mean i'll never buy a Sandisk memory card? Not necessarily. But i'm trying PNY for now in my new camera.
Customer Review: Perfect.
Summary: 5 Stars
Yeah so basically, PNY is an excellent brand. While not the Cadillac of flash products, it's certainly at least the Ford of flash products. No problems at all. The device is advertised at class 4, meaning it ought to read/write at a MINIMUM sustained rate of 4 MB/sec. I benchmarked mine to above this number by about 20-30% for both read and write. Popped right into my Canon A570IS---I can now store some absurd amount of photographs at high resolution. Like, 5 years of photos...if I wanted to....or hours of video at 640x480x30fps. I would not hesitate to buy this product. I myself am a Kingston fan, but for the price difference, I bought the far less expensive PNY and haven't had any problem.
Oh, and PLEASE, techno-losers, before you say this card doesn't work in your device, try making sure your device is SDHC compliant??? (it won't be if it's old).
Customer Review: Excellent Card, Excellent Price
Summary: 5 Stars
Used this card with my Nikon D80. I had a couple of 2gig cards also for my trip abroad. I ONLY used this card, never needed the other cards. At the highest setting on my Nikon (10.1 megapixal) can take 1000 pictures. More than enough for my needs. I snapped almost 800 pics. And never felt I had to "save" space for another day.
Had no issues with the card with my camera or my Mac. iPhoto read it great. I did plug the card into a friends card reader, which did not read it. So make sure your card reader can read HC (high capacity) cards. Although the newer card readers can, or just plug directly from your camera. Also more important, make sure camera (if you are using for this purpose) can read HC, because not all cameras can.
Otherwise great purchase, good price. Highly recommended