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Sandisk 8GB Ultra SD HC Secure Digital SDHC Card (SDSDH-8192, Static Package) by SanDisk
Digital Photo Product DetailsManufacturer: SanDisk Model: SDSDH-8192, Static Pack Product features: - 8GB SDHC Card ULTRA
- Supports SDHC compatible host devices
- Low power consumption
- Each card individually packaged in an anti-static bag
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Sandisk 8GB Ultra SD HC Secure Digital SDHC Card (SDSDH-8192, Static Package)Customer Review: Sandisk Ultra II 8GB Card Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this product because of being on a budget, so I was looking for a card that was of a decent size for the money.
First off I will say that I am not a big fan of Sandisk products they have not been the most reliable of product in the past, With that said I have been quite satisfied with my new sandisk up to this point.
I bought this card for my D90 as an extra card in case of needing some extra picture space. When I first took it out of the package I noticed that the hard card case that came with it was very flimsy and I pretty much just through that in a box and put the card in another case, I have no doubt I would break its storage case in a weak. I did a once over on the card and it seemed pretty good quality as far as build material, pretty much the same as any of my other SD cards. I did notice that it was a class (2) and runs at 15mb/s which is a bit slow for me running RAW format with my digital seeing as one picture could be almost as big as that.
Testing
Okay its a cheap card and so I didn't expect miracles with it, but it did surprise me. So I noticed, of course, compared to my Lexar professional series card it was a little slow, but I expected that. I recently shot a wedding and with my Lexar class (6) I could do full continuous and get about 8 - 10 shots before the camera's fire rate slowed down in order to catch up with it. With the sandisk however, I was surprised, I noticed I got half that about 4 pictures before it slowed. So I was quite impressed by this, surely expected it would take 1 or 2 shots and that be it.
Computer Transfer
When I got home that night and I transferred the photos to my computer, again comparing the cards, at this point there was no contest the lexar takes under a minute and it took a good 6-7 minutes to transfer the pictures. This is where I could see some real differences in card speed of a class (2) card over a Class (6) and even the class (4) that I have.
Overall
My camera loves the card, it is a bit slow, especially if you are shooting action I would not recommend this card I would say spend a little more and just get the faster cards, your wasting your money. for regular shooting or casual shooters that are looking for a cost effective camera card then I would say that this is a safe bet. You do get what you pay for, but for general shooting on a budget this an excellent card for that.
From one professional to another don't waste your money buy the better card, I will only be using this card if I absolutely have to, though I may use it for studio shooting and product photography. With that said I would still choose my other cards over this any time. Also keep in mind what you are shooting and what format if you shoot jpeg then it may work for you and if you don't need action shots then it may also be okay for you.
- Action shooting - a little slow
- General shooting - excellent
- RAW Shooting - Slow
- JPEG shooting - Average
- Build quality - Good (except case is crap)
- Computer transfer - Slow
Lastly I will say this that my sandisk experience has definitely improved and I would consider buying from them again.
~Last Massassi ;)
Description of Sandisk 8GB Ultra SD HC Secure Digital SDHC Card (SDSDH-8192, Static Package)SanDisk is proud to announce our newest format and capacity to the Ultra SD card family: SD High Capacity (SDHC) 4GB card.To support the higher capacity needs, SD cards are now requiring a different design. The new SD 2.0 specifications - which supports 4GB and up - is called Secure Digital High Capacity(SDHC). The SD Association has created and defined 3 speed classes to help you identify speed and performance capabilities/minimum requirements of SDHC cards and their SDHC host products. Cards address data (read and write) at numerous speeds. Many factors impede this performance. SDHC guarantees a minimum read and write speed necessary to handle recording high quality video and audio. The maximum card speed may vary, but you can always depend on SDHC cards to meet your SDHC host product's high quality Each card packaged individually in an anti-static bag.
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