SanDisk SDSDH-1024-901 1 GB Ultra II Secure Digital Memory Card (Retail Package)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of SanDisk SDSDH-1024-901 1 GB Ultra II Secure Digital Memory Card (Retail Package)
Customer Review: In Response to B. Ha
Summary: 4 Stars
While the Ultra II is pretty darn fast, SanDisk's Extreme III is even faster. Actually, no matter what camera you have, the Extreme III is overkill... it's got faster read/write times (20 MBps vs 9/10 MBps for Ultra II) than any current digital camera is capable of.
I have the Canon S2 IS as well, with a 1 GB Extreme III card in it... and it flies. I wouldn't use the Extreme III for anything but photography. It's higher read/write speed and very wide temperature range for operating make it better than the Ultra II for photography.
But I'm getting an Ultra II for my Palm T|X. Overkill? Maybe... but I'd rather have the more robust card than one of the slow baseline ones... a PDA won't see the difference between the Ultra II and Extreme III... a high-end camera will.
So, all that to say... Ultra II is fast, but not the fastest on the market. To my knowledge, the Extreme III is the fastest on the market.
Customer Review: 2 failed cards ...
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought two cards from Amazon (Sandisk Ultra II 1GB) for use with the Canon S2. For almost 2 months, they were fine -- fast & worked like a charm.
One not-so-fine-day, I got the dreaded "Memory Card Error". The cards can't be read either from the camera or the PC.
I've contacted Sandisk and returned those 2 cards.
Will see how the replacements do ...
.. I'll hold off the judgment on Sandisk Ultra II SD 1GB card, but 2 failed cards doesn't fair very well in my book so far. (My other Sandisk product, the Mini-Cruzer has been working fine for a few years.)
UPDATE: I received the replacements promptly after sending them back. They have been working fine so far (over 4 months), no problem (11/10/06.)
I could've had a couple of lemons !! For the record, I've also had Kingston Elite Pro 2GB and a Sandisk Ultra II 1GB- with USB-connector-- They work like a charm from the first day...
Customer Review: Your Pictures Are Worth A Name-Brand Card
Summary: 5 Stars
I have always had great luck with SanDisk products, and this is no exception. I probably should have gone with a larger capacity card, but the price was too good to pass up. These SanDisk Ultra II cards also download extremely fast.
Since all flash-type memory has a finite lifespan of read/write cycles (somewhere around 100,000), it is worth it to spend the money on a quality card. When you write data (like photos) to a low-end card, it fills up like a glass of water - from one end to the other and erases it in much the same way, constantly writing to the same portion of the card first. Higher-end cards randomize where they write the data to, thus spreading the read/write cycles over the entire card and lengthening its usable life.
(The SanDisk 'Ultra' II is a model, while 'Ultra' is a low end manufacturer.)
Customer Review: Great for digital video
Summary: 5 Stars
I got the Ultra II 512MB originally with my new digital camera
and was pleased with the downloading speed. However, after
using the video (movie) features of the new Nikon Coolpix 5900
I soon found 512MB was not enough space, and bought this 1 GB
card. Same outstanding recovery speed and now I can shoot much
longer movies before having to unload to the laptop. This extra
space came in real handy on a recent trip to Las Vegas where the
Coolpix excells in night video and the lights of the Vegas strip
at night are a must to record.
The Ultra II gives you fast recovery speed from shot to shot and
you avoid missing shots while waiting for the card to compile
the last shot. If you use the movie funtion of your camera, I
recommend a 1GB size card.
Customer Review: Great card--for about three months
Summary: 1 Stars
I got my first card in July of 2006 to use with my Canon S3 digital camera. It was great through mid-October. Then I started having memory card errors, and the card finally died completely. SanDisk's warranty/return policy made getting a replacement easy.
The second card lasted about three months as well. Same problem.
Got a THIRD card from SanDisk. Another three months have passed, and the card just died--right on schedule. Only thing I can think is that it doesn't like having photos deleted using a computer and card reader instead of the camera. Funny thing--never have this problem with my 2GB SanDisk Extreme III SD card or my SanDisk 256MB SD card. It's just this model.
SanDisk is great about replacing the cards, but this three-month cycle of death and replacement is getting old.