Transcend 16GB SD Card (SDHC) - Class 10 ?22

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Z Cheema
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For those whose cameras take these cards... or perhaps those SXS card adapters

Transcend 16GB SD Card (SDHC) - Class 1

£22 with free postage

[url]http://www.mymemory.co.uk/SDHC/Transcend/Transcend-16GB-SD-Card-(SDHC)---Class-10[/url]

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Z, Is that a typing error? Should it be a Class 10 not Class 1?

Bought a Transcend 16GB Class 10 about two weeks ago and filled it up with different types of video, 720/1080i&p and 1440/1080i SP. Passed the test and didn't miss a beat. Paid ?27.50 for mine so this seems to be a bit of a bargain.

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Sorry yes CLASS 10

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Is anything known about this company, MyMemory, for I have never heard of them. I ask this question for they are based in the Channel Islands and in the 12 months or so at least two companies there selling photographic materials have gone into liquidation.

John

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Pay with your credit card and you have nothing to fear. If the company folds you can claim back from them.

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We have used them on a few occasions. Fast service, reliable products.

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Mark M wrote:
Pay with your credit card and you have nothing to fear. If the company folds you can claim back from them.

Hi
As long as you buy 5+ cards in one go...

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John H Jones wrote:
Is anything known about this company, MyMemory, for I have never heard of them. I ask this question for they are based in the Channel Islands and in the 12 months or so at least two companies there selling photographic materials have gone into liquidation.

John

I get all my cards from this company, never had a problem.

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Z Cheema wrote:
For those whose cameras take these cards... or perhaps those SXS card adapters

Transcend 16GB SD Card (SDHC) - Class 1

?22 with free postage

[url]http://www.mymemory.co.uk/SDHC/Transcend/Transcend-16GB-SD-Card-(SDHC)---Class-10[/url]

Been using these cards in my EX1 for over 2 months, superb value at this price

Colin Rowe

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Interestingly, if you buy from MyMemory through Amazon they're £22.49

Guess that reflects Amazon's cut.

g3vbl
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...subsequently increased to £28.10 on Amazon. Remains £21.99 on their own site, but for how much longer?

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Ordered Monday, arrived today from Jersey. Interestingly the price includes a service charge of £4.00 which magically reduces the item cost to £18 :-)

Initially I had problems benchmarking the card but this turned out to be the fault of a reader which claimed to be USB2 but probably isn't.

16GB Transcend Class 10:

Write 11.8MB/s Read 18.0MB/s

A 16GB Toshiba SDHC from 7 Day Shop and without a label produced:

Write 8.2MB/s Read 17.4MB/s

Z Cheema
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Mine arrived Monday and I used the Scenalyzer HDD test and it is faster then the class 6

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... and now available for only ?17.69 for another 48 hours. At ?21.99 we were robbed :)

Z Cheema
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I saw that one as well.
Good news if they keep down my archiving problems are solved.

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Z Cheema wrote:
I saw that one as well.
Good news if they keep down my archiving problems are solved.

And for approximately 1 hour at that price it can be very expensive. I keep mine stored on an external HD which is not much cheaper.

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Thanks Z Cheema for the heads up. This is a fantastic deal - I just ordered four.

You're a star!

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So the class is directly related to the read/write speed in mbps?

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yes

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tom hardwick wrote:
So the class is directly related to the read/write speed in mbps?

SD Card classes are a guide to the speed category rather than an actual speed figure of any sort.

Some manufacturers use marketing forces to downgrade cards mid-life so they can flog the new shiny "Extreme XXX" version for half as much again.....

Standard 24Mbit/s domestic AVCHD cameras seem very happy with class 4 cards, class 6 is "more than comfortable" and class 10 are overkill.

Where the faster cards come into play is in providing "comfort" for higher bitrate cameras 35Mb/s + and using funky over-cranking features of which I have no knowledge.

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I've just bought 4 of these and two new MxR adaptors (from Australia) for use EX1s.

The first card seemed to work OK.
Dugi Barr took it out for a spin in Dover filming interviews. Seemed to work very well.

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Have been using Transcend cards, with EX1s for over a year, both class 6 and more recently class 10. Never had a problem with them. Picked up 4 class 10s for £72 inc delivery from my memory. Excellent price at the moment.

Colin Rowe

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I've been using 8 Transcend Class 6 16GB SD since Feb '09 (cost £25 each). With old MxR adaptors. It's great to see these prices finally come back down.

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tom hardwick
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Looks like class 10s cost the same as class 4s now.

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Amazon at £17.42

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-16GB-Class-SDHC-Memory/dp/B0043WLC44/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1288996957&sr=1-3

Don't know if it matters but "16GB" doesn't seam to be printed on the label on the Cards from MYMEMORY.

Or £17.00

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002WE4HE2/ref=oss_product

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The My Memory cards are genuine, just purchased 4, dont know why the pic on the website is like that. The 16 GB certainly appears on the cards.

Colin Rowe

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colin rowe wrote:
The My Memory cards are genuine, just purchased 4, dont know why the pic on the website is like that. The 16 GB certainly appears on the cards.

Hi Colin,
Just order two of them last night. Thanks for that.

What card reader are you using with those cards Colin? I use MxML

tony.

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32GB SDHC Class 10 Memory Card, Unknown Brand

£34.95

http://www.lowpricememory.co.uk/storage-options-32gb-sdhc-class-10-memory-card-c-27-p-768

Remember the bigger they are the bigger the loss.

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Tony7 wrote:
Hi Colin,
Just order two of them last night. Thanks for that.

What card reader are you using with those cards Colin? I use MxML

tony.

Selection of MxM, MxML and MxR, find them all equally reliable, Mainly using the cards with my 550D

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colin rowe wrote:
Selection of MxM, MxML and MxR, find them all equally reliable, Mainly using the cards with my 550D

Thanks Colin.

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... and now available from 7-day shop for $15.39 (sorry, that's quid...I'm on a Burmese keyboard)

we wuz robbed :-)

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Although I have used the Transcend cards without problems, I do wonder.
These Class 10 cards are now £15.39 while ATP, Sandisk Extreme and Lexar Professional are more expensive.
The more expensive cards must have a better build quality.

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I have some SanDisk but have always felt that they traded on their 'name' and priced accordingly. The Class 10 cards from 7DayShop are actually a little cheaper than Class 6 from the same maker. Tests show that the cards meet the Class 10 specs, as I would expect from a reputable manufacturer (if they do actually make their own) like Transcend.

Given that SanDisk want 29.99 for a Class 4 (which may well exceed the Class 4 specs) from the same source, I'm prepared to risk Transcend since I only take 'snaps'.

Class 10 are overkill for most cameras but can be usefully quicker through a reader.

Mai soon kha

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£16.25 free postage

Transcend 16GB SDHC Class 10 Memory Card

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002WE4HE2/ref=nosim/?tag=hotukdeals-21

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Tony7 wrote:
Although I have used the Transcend cards without problems, I do wonder.
These Class 10 cards are now £15.39 while ATP, Sandisk Extreme and Lexar Professional are more expensive.
The more expensive cards must have a better build quality.

All manufacturers pray on customer insecurities, check other forums, some rave about this card, or another. Run a test on these cards and you will see that they are all more than capable. We all find a brand of card that we find reliable, and stick with it. I have been using Transcend cards. in my EX1 and DSLRs for over a year, both class 6, and more lately class 10, never been a problem. Maybe the more expensive cards do have a better build quality, maybe not. They are all capable of failure, all media is. I just dont see the point of spending 2 or 3 times more on media that has never been proven to be any more reliable than the cheaper brands. Transcends were the first cards to be regularly used with EX cams, they were tested worldwide by EX owners and built up an enviable reputation. Being more expensive does not make a card any better, it just lightens your wallet more quickly

Colin Rowe

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colin rowe wrote:
Being more expensive does not make a card any better

Thats the same with most things Colin, more expensive doesn't always mean better.
Not long ago, I had a bit of bother with an SxS card.

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Living, during the winter, in SE Asia I constantly come up against the misconception that 'more expensive is better'. Foreign sourced items such as food and clothing are (very much) more expensive so 'must be better'. As an example, in Thailand Lavazza coffee is five times the UK price and five times the price of a local equivalent so 'must be better'. Advertising has few safeguards and advertisers play up to the misconception.

I have made serious attempts to educate people and make them understand that 'better may well be more expensive but not necessarily so'. Needless to say, I do not buy Lavazza coffee, or western manufactured clothes and cars here. (The larger Mercedes are about four or five times the UK price!)

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Many years ago a well known company made a padlock which was one of the strongest to be produced at that time. They priced it low and sold very few. It was withdrawn from the market only to be re-introduced about a year later at a very much higher price. Company had to increase production to keep pace with demand. :confused: One reason for the success of the 'pound' shops where people are getting wiser.

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H & M Video wrote:
It was withdrawn from the market only to be re-introduced about a year later at a very much higher price.
Harry

I know, its hard to get it right, too cheap and you think its good for nothing, to dear and you think your getting ripped off.

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Would rather buy 32 gb
16 = 2hours
32 = 4 hours recording on my cam
So i card does whole day of wedding
Anyone found a good price for 32bg ?

Mike

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The whole point here is that 16GB represents the best £/min ratio. Also if a card fails, gets lost, dropped, broken - you haven't lost everything.

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"All your eggs in one basket" comes to mind.

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is it easter all ready, blimy...

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Just bought some Transcend 16gb Class 10 for my EX1 - all works well with 1.20 firmware. Have not bought any since the good Transcend class 6 cards 18 months ago these are still working properly after heavy use - 300 hours or so.

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I ordered a class 4 and class 10 turned up for the same price, suggesting Transcend are concentrating on this class over all the others.

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I've just ordered a couple more from play.com where they are now £14.99 including delivery.

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Now up to £18.99 from MyMemory. Link in ZCheema's post No. 1. Any information as to why prices are on the up:confused:

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Prices on sites like that are always fluctuating.

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Vat

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Wouldn't VAT only make a difference of about 30p in this instance?

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tom hardwick wrote:
Vat

IIRC, VAT isn't charged on goods bought from the Channel Islands, or at least, not at the UK Mainland rate, which is why MyMemory, PhotoGlossy and many others base their mail-order businesses there.

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Prices fluctuate due to supply and demand.

Originally I bought 2 16GB Transcend Class 6 when they were £14.99 years ago. They prices when up straight away to over £40 and stayed there for more than a year.

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Like Duncan I purchased some 16GB Transcend cards at a similar price. Posted the details on this forum and the following day the price was up towards the £ 40 mark. Total mystery.

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£33.49 free post

(SDHC) Memory Card - 32GB - Class 10

Not sure about this make as it is fairly new

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=110323&r=20110311

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Oh no!! 64Gb, 128Gb SDXC cards now out, good news really as the 16Gb cards will drop

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/15/lexar-now-shipping-128gb-and-64gb-sdxc-cards-from-the-future-str/

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Only Class 4 by the looks of it.

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Oh I am sorry, apologies for not checking that, well pointed out.
(think it will work on a Sony MC2000)

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Transcend 16gb class 10 £17.99 free delivery from Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-16GB-SDHC-Class-Memory/dp/B002WE4HE2/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1302394368&sr=1-1
Has anyone used a Transcend 32gb in an EX1 yet?
Mick

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I've bought 16GB Class 10 Transcend SDHC cards from Amazon/Indigostarfish and from another CI based supplier. No problems with either type in a Canon 550D recording video at up to 45Mb/s.

Here is a list of SD card compatibility with various EX models at specified firmware releases when used with the MxML adaptor:

http://mxmexpress.com/cms.php?id_cms=6

Note that for overcranking, a class 10 is the minimum recommended device speed.

HTH

Steve

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Mick Mearman wrote:
Transcend 16gb class 10 £17.99 free delivery from Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-16GB-SDHC-Class-Memory/dp/B002WE4HE2/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1302394368&sr=1-1
Has anyone used a Transcend 32gb in an EX1 yet?
Mick

Not with the EX1 but in the EX3. Used 2 to record a concert over two nights. Both with no hitch and now editing the footage. Intend buying at least another one when cash for this job comes in.

Harry

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I've been working with Transcend cards for a month now after burning through PNY and patriot brands. Both PNY and patriot either had errors after a few months or physically fell apart.

The Transcend card I have is 8GB class 6 and has been working flawlessly in my Vixia HF-S100 camcorder. In fact, I used 2 of them a day ago without any issues.

The best part is they are only about $14 a piece....not a bad deal at all!

Dave

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I've just bought a class 10 32gb Transcend card and have noticed that in their spec that it's up to 20MB/s 113x but the SanDisk class 10 I have says up to 30MB/s 200x which seems to say that there are different speeds within the class 10 spec? should I be concerned about this especially when the EX1 says it writes at 35MB/s (HQ) or 25MB/s (SP)?
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Mick Mearman wrote:
...the EX1 says it writes at 35MB/s (HQ) or 25MB/s (SP)?
Mick

Hi
No it doesn't.
Its 35Mb/s or 25Mb/s.
B ≠ b.
Read up on the difference between bytes and bits - and the symbol used.

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No it doesn't.
Its 35Mb/s or 25Mb/s.
B ≠ b.
Read up on the difference between bytes and bits - and the symbol used.

Thanks Paul I looked it up, I hadn't realised it was so complicated and that B or b made so much difference, I do think that it would make life easier for thick people like me if card and camera makers would talk in the same bits or bytes language.
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it all depends on how the interface works,
if serial then bits have to travel down the wire,
Bytes if it's transferred on block e.g. all data at once on many wires.

You are right though it is to get lost in it all.

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Who do you think's making these 7dayshop cards, ZC? At that price 7day is having to add 20% VAT.

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No Idea I'm afraid Tom, personally not having experience of them would not trust them in the Video camera, but probably in the stills camera first to try out.

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Special Price £25.99 Delivered

7dayshop Professional High-Speed Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) Memory Card - 32GB - Class 10 -

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=111247

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I have purchased 4 Transcend cards from 7 day shop, all genuine, no problems whatsoever in any of my 3 cameras

Colin Rowe

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I've just been to look Zed - it's £17.33.

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Wouldn't advise getting those cards Z.
I would buy the Transcend.

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tom hardwick wrote:
I've just been to look Zed - it's £17.33.

Just checked and they are at that price

Play.com 16GB SDHC Class 10 Memory Card
Manufacturer: Play.com
( Not yet reviewed ) Write a review >>
£13.89 Free Delivery

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Wouldn't advise getting those cards Z.
I would buy the Transcend.

Your right Tony, only use known original cards for critical work.

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Those play.com cards may well be that price, but this thread is entitled Transcend 16gb Class 10 and Amazon (and 7day) seem to have it sewn up.

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I bought a 7dayshop 16GB (SDHC) Memory Card for my Fuji HS10 last November.

Worked OK unlit last week when I lost three days of pictures in Cornwall :(

Batteries were all A1, I took a picture of a surfer from the coastal above Capelporth, One minute later the card failed (!CARD ERROR), The camera is fine with another 2GB card.

I have tried loads of recovery software with no joy, the card doesn't show up in the fully functioning card reader nor either of my cameras so I can't format it or anything.

I suspect the card is internally broken or disconnected, I could have downloaded the piccies to my laptop when it was OK but didn't, a big mistake :mad:

I will check with some of my IT guys at work for fixes, however I suspect it's a job for a recovery firm if I ever want to see my missing pictures again.

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Sorry to hear that John, should still be under warranty (not much use I know)

have a read of this, it mentions unreadable cards..

http://philipnash.co.uk/2011/05/best-practice-for-digital-acquisition-to-memory-card-and-what-to-do-if-your-card-fails/

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Hi Z Cheema

Many thanks for your link, I have asked them for a quote as they are in Wales ;)

All the best

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Now £14.99 at Amazon.
'Fill yer boots' as they say!!

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Integral SDHC Class 10 Memory Card 16GB £13.95

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0047T6XME/ref=nosim/?tag=hotukdeals-21

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What's going on here Zed? 32 gigs on a card that's half the size of a first class stamp. Let's see now, that's 3 hours of full hi-def movies complete with accurately synchronised CD quality stereo sound.

This tiny card also holds all the GPS location data and information about what shutter speed, aperture, white balance for every one of those 9000 frames. There's also the timecode recorded and whether steady shot was used or not.

All this and no battery back-up? I don't believe it!

tom.

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What's going on here Zed? 32 gigs on a card that's half the size of a first class stamp. Let's see now, that's 3 hours of full hi-def movies complete with accurately synchronised CD quality stereo sound.

This tiny card also holds all the GPS location data and information about what shutter speed, aperture, white balance for every one of those 9000 frames. There's also the timecode recorded and whether steady shot was used or not.

All this and no battery back-up? I don't believe it!

tom.

What I find amazing are the MicroSD cards - 32GB (as above - and no doubt bigger in future) on a card 11x15x1 mm!

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er .. we were talking about those Martin :)

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Doh! (Didn't notice the "micro" bit in the last link...)

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50 frames per minute doesn't sound very generous. :-)

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What's going on here Zed? 32 gigs on a card that's half the size of a first class stamp. Let's see now, that's 3 hours of full hi-def movies complete with accurately synchronised CD quality stereo sound.

This tiny card also holds all the GPS location data and information about what shutter speed, aperture, white balance for every one of those 9000 frames. There's also the timecode recorded and whether steady shot was used or not.

All this and no battery back-up? I don't believe it!

tom.

Its bloody amazing, I have a Intel paperweight with a chip about the same size as the micro and that's 16k (about 1980's)

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Integral 16GB Ultima Pro SD Card (SDHC) - Class 10 £13.20

[url]http://www.mymemory.co.uk/SDHC/Integral/Integral-16GB-Ultima-Pro-SD-Card-(SDHC)---Class-10[/url]

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My Transcend cards have dull gold terminals whereas my Sandisk has bright gold terminals - and looks a lot better for it :)

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Just had a 16gig Transcend card arrive today. Bought through Amazon (Indigostarfish.com based in Jersey) It cant'b be formatted in the SD900 and the NX5 keeps asking for it to be re-inserted, so it's a duff one right out of the box. Back it goes. Hassle.

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Tom, I've just had one arrive from the same supplier.
Just off to test it.

Mind you a client of mine has just bought some which I use on their shoots in my EX1, I've used one of them so far and it was OK.

So much for the hassle free packaging option... Ha.

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Well it arrived FAT32 formatted titled 'NO NAME'
I've copied a few file to and from it and so far it seems OK.

I need to run it through the EX1 next.

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My card worked fine in the EX1 at 35Mbps, I tried overcranking which always fails after a few seconds, as I'm on old firmware and adaptors. Time to order another seven I think.

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tom hardwick wrote:
Just had a 16gig Transcend card arrive today. Bought through Amazon (Indigostarfish.com based in Jersey) It cant'b be formatted in the SD900 and the NX5 keeps asking for it to be re-inserted, so it's a duff one right out of the box. Back it goes. Hassle.

Thats suprising Tom, I have purchased 5 cards from them recently. No problems in my EX1, TM900 or HX9. I guess it does happen, bad luck.

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I too have a bunch of these 16gig Transcends and they've all been fine. But to give Amazon their due they're quick off the mark - they take you directly to the page to download and print out the returns form and the envelope sticker, and they promise to refund any postage costs you incur.

Although this card came with a fold-up Transcend world-wide life-time guarantee leaflet, the card itself simply came in the little tupperware translucent case. There was no cardboard packaging and bubble plastic protection around the card as I've come to expect. This immediately raised my suspicions, even though on close inspection the card's stick-on label looked genuine.

So I'm assuming it's a fake. I'm assuming that Transcend's end-of-line test probes automatically pinpoint production line failures. Maybe I'm assuming too much at this price.

tom.

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My last 3 came packed just like that Tom, I recorded on all of them start to finish with the EX1, have had no problem with any of them

Colin Rowe

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Class 10 32GB SDHC card – £21.99 @ mymemory.com + free delivery

[url]http://www.mymemory.co.uk/SDHC/MyMemory/MyMemory-32GB-SD-Card-(SDHC)---Class-10?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=110810_MM32GB_UK&origin=Newsletter[/url]

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and now..... Class 10 32GB SDHC - £20.96 from 7dayshop.com

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=111247&r=20110812

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£51 inc P&P

Komputerbay 64GB SDXC High Speed Class 10 Memory Card 15MB/s Write 20MB/s Read 64 GB

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005793ZTW/ref=nosim/?tag=hotukdeals-21

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I've been using a few of the 7Dayshop own brand 32gb SDHC's for a while.

One failed on its first day out, I lost one file. It was replaced immediately by the vendor.

I used another in my EX1 the other day, after half an hour of recording it threw the old "media needs to be restored" warning - having just completed a half hour interview, I was twitching slightly, but the card restored OK.

Whilst I'm happy to use these in my audio recorder and my VG10 handycam, these cards would appear not to be suitable for "primetime"

One point to remember of course is that even when using the Sony SXS cards, you can get the odd "restore" error too, always seems to be a failure to write the .xml files correctly.

I've also never had this error with my Sandisk or Transcend cards which have been in service for 2 years or more.

Paul :-)

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My experience of the 7dayShop 32GB SDHC cards has been less than perfect. My first one showed very poor read and write speeds, coming nowhere near to matching their published figures using the same benchmark. While not meeting the 20Mb/s read/write,its replacement did, at least, meet Class 10 speeds, so I left it at that.

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64GB SD Card (SDHC) - Class 10 ?22
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Re: Transcend 16GB SD Card (SDHC) - Class 10 ?22

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Re: Transcend 16GB SD Card (SDHC) - Class 10 ?22
Not really the safest bet Colin as I bought one of these two weeks ago and the card cannot be read, either in the camera nor in the PC.  
BEWARE, as the free RescuePro delux recovery software they give a link to won't recognise the serial number either, so is effectively useless.
 
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Tom, I had that problem with the RescuePro software, apparently there is a "printing error" on the slip, if you download the other version on the page (non deluxe - on the left hand side) and install that- the serial you have will work.

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