Transcend 8 GB Class 10 SDHC Flash Memory Card TS8GSDHC10E

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Stephen (Southern CA) –

  

Customer Video Review Length:: 1:10 Mins

UPDATE 9-10 I own 4 of these cards now. I have more of these than any other card I own because they are a very excellent value for room/price/and alacrity. My initial disappointment over the lack of super high alacrity is outweighed by the reality that this card is an exceptional value.

If you own a compact digital camera, or SD/HD video camera, this card will exceed the capabilities of all of them. For compact cameras the card isn’t usually the slowest part of the data enter process, it’s the camera.
This card unloads very promptly with a 20MB/s read alacrity. You will need a SDHC card reader if you don’t have one. A standard SD card reader will not read a HC (high room) card.

These cards make fantastic gifts. I have given several of the 8 Gig cards as gifts and have received appreciation and fantastic comments from all the recipients.

UPDATED REVIEW:
I bought this card making the assumption that all class 10 cards had the same read and enter alacrity. This was a poor assumption on my part. In peacefulness for a card to qualify for class 10 alacrity the card wants to be certified to have 10MB/s enter and read alacrity. Some manufacturers classify their cards at a slower alacrity even though they qualify for a higher class. SanDisk make some cards that would qualify for class 10 and tariff them as class 6.

The product photo on Amazon does not have the card’s alacrity printed on it. The card that was shipped shows the front of the card printed with “20MB/s” which is the cards read alacrity. The cards enter alacrity is 16MB/s.

I own a SanDisk Extreme III class 10 card that has (up to) 30MB/s read and enter alacrity. My Nikon D-90 that can take advantage of the SanDisk cards alacrity. The difference is the SanDisk card can capture 100 photos at fine resolution in 24 seconds. The Transcend card captures 66 photos in the same time/resolution.

I reality very few people will ever have the need to drill off 100 photos in 24 seconds, but I can’t stand to lose a excellent shot because the camera is slow while writing to the card and I can’t fire the shutter. You can hear this happen at about 4.5 seconds in the video review. This does not happen with the SanDisk class 10 30MB/s card.

If you own an SLR that is capable of rapid fire, high-resolution photography you may want to consider the SanDisk Extreme III 30 MB/s card. It is expensive.

This card is practically priced for a class 10 card. Just know what you are getting, what your wants may be, and what else is available. I own other Transcend cards and they have always worked properly without any issues.

The video that I attached shows this card with the same 24 seconds that I gave the SanDisk Card.

To see the SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s video demo and review on Amazon go to:

Sandisk SDSDX3-008G-E31 8GB Extreme III SD Card 30MB/s (RETAIL PACKAGE)

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James P. Stone (Katy, TX, US) –

  

I bought this for use with my new Canon T2i. I use it primarily for shooting full resolution 1080p video, even if I shoot stills as well.

The camera choked on the class 4 chip that I originally bought, but with this one, it is incredible. I can shoot rapidfire 18 megapixel stills (I’ve tested it up to 30+ shots in a row), and there is no lag. I’ve by no means had an error when shooting hi-def video.

Highly recommended! I’m buying another one.

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I bought this card for my Canon T1i. The card I had been using before ordering this one was a Kingston Class 6 micro sd card and it worked well enough for the type of shooting I did. Class 6 was the card alacrity that Canon recommended when I bought my T1i (Class 10 cards were not yet available) and it seemed quick enough for the way I used my camera – cut off single photos full at Medium (8 MP) or Large (15 MP) jpg settings and 1280 x 720 video. And while I ocassionally took continuous photos, I had by no means much exceeded 5-10 photos in a row and had by no means run into a problem with my Class 6 card.

When I first saw the Class 10 cards I did some experiments with my camera. How many continuous Large photos could I take before the camera slowed down? It turned out to be about 30. And how many RAW photos could I take before the camera slowed down? It turned out to be about 9. SInce I did not commonly take any photos in RAW and by no means needed more than about 10 continuous photos at Large, the Class 6 card seemed more than sufficient for my wants. But I wondered about the alacrity of the Class 10 cards enough that I finally bought one.

It turns out that the Class 10 card is sufficiently quick that there does not seem to be a evenhanded upper limit on single Large photos. I have full 60 on continuous without an issue. And even if I still cannot take more than 9 RAW photos on continuous with the Class 10 card, when I am finished taking those photos the camera no longer displays a Wait – writing pictures screen. The RAW photos get written from the built-in memory to the card so promptly that the camera does not need to show the Wait screen.

So this card is quick! Given the way I take photos this buy was unnecessary, but still I am glad I bought it. I know I will not run into a situation where alacrity is an issue with this card.

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