Sandisk 8GB Extreme SDHC Card-Class 10 (SDSDX3-008G-A31)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Sandisk 8GB Extreme SDHC Card-Class 10 (SDSDX3-008G-A31)
Customer Review: Perfectly paired with my Nikon D90
Summary: 5 Stars
Background you can skip
I purchased a new DSLR, an upgrade from my trusted Nikon D50: the D90.
I wanted to get the fastest and most suited 8GB card to accompany my shoots and needed something that would keep up with the Nikon's 30MB/s capability.
After wandering the web for the best card I found the following information: "the cards offer a 50 percent speed boost from 20MB/s cards, and the Nikon D90 is the industry's first dSLR to take advantage of the speed.
That means that with the 30MB/s Extreme III, the D90 can record 39 6MB JPEG images at 4.5 frames per second in continuous shooting mode. Getting them off is almost as fast, too, when used with SanDisk's new ImageMate Multi-Card USB 2.0 reader/writer."
Note that some reviewers on here gave the card a bad rating because of lack of speed. However, it is his own equipment that is the bottle neck so that is not the best of sources to judge on.
This card is fast fast fast in my D90 and I have since purchased a spare one.
In short:
PROS
- LEADING EDGE IN SPEED
- PERFECTLY COUPLED WITH NIKON D90
CONS
- EXPENSIVE
CONCLUSION:
For the serious prosumer this is a must have for your D90 or other capable camera.
Customer Review: Best SDHC card
Summary: 5 Stars
SanDisk Extreme series cards have been the best since they came to the market. These are the only cards I will rely on. 16/8/4 GB 30mb/s cards you can be confident in. I carry 2 8GB cards and 2 2GB 20mb/s cards as a backup. If something were to happen these cards come with recovery software that works. I've actually used the software on a Transcend card I occasionally use when I'm too lazy to empty these to my computer. I've never had to use recovery on the SanDisk itself though.
This card easily keeps up with a D90 w/o battery grip. You may notice a slight pause after 12-13 shots equal to maybe 1 full missed frame while shooting in fine jpeg. You will probably miss a frame about every 6-8 shots if shooting in RAW. If you're shooting RAW+JPEG you don't care about speed anyway :p
Customer Review: Where's my 30MB/s???
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased 3 of these over the 2008 xmas season during their Visa giftcard promotion. I buy 3 and they send me a $70 Visa giftcard, which would theoretically make each card come out to ~$15. Quite a reasonable price for a quality name brand like Sandisk, but I still havent received my Visa giftcard and it's already 2/2009!
But I digress. Yes, these cards are great. I haven't had any issues yet and the space is more than what I need. I have been using them in my point & shoot Pansonic Lumix DMC-FX07 and my DSLR Canon XSI.. So why the 2 stars??? Well, their advertised speed of 30MB/sec is just hype! I just tested out their read/write speed using a Sandisk ImageMate reader and I can only pull out 14MB/sec write and 20MB/sec read. So where's the rest of my 30?!
Customer Review: Nice specs, but small difference.
Summary: 4 Stars
My old card was an 8GB class 6 card. I am using a Nikon D90. I bought this card so that I could shoot at 4.5fps for longer. It does make a difference, but not that much of one. Once the buffer on my camera fills up, my high speed shooting is over until the buffer can empty. Obviously this card helps the buffer empty faster, but it won't let me start shooting again until it is too late. If you are shooting at high speed because if you don't then you will lose your shot, then you will lose your shot your buffer fills up, even with this card.
Most of this would probably change from camera to camera. The card is good, but I haven't done any benchmarks to see if it really lives up to what it claims.
Customer Review: Poor, poor, and POOR
Summary: 1 Stars
This is one of the worst companies I have ever dealt with. I have been dealing with Amazon for years and I never had bad costumer services like this one. It took them three weeks to proceed an order with the shipment that I paid. Two weeks later I emailed them telling them that I didn't get anything. And they replied they will ship it soon. A week later I emailed them to know what the problem is, they replied by saying "the item is not in stuck, can you wait tell next week". So i just canceled my order and I went to ebya and order the same item for less and I got it in two business days. DONT DONT DONT you ever deal with them again. BAD customer service. NO reply to emails.