Transcend 8 GB Class 6 SDHC Flash Memory Card with USB 2.0 Card Reader TS8GSDHC6-S5W by TRANSCEND
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Digital camera reviews of Transcend 8 GB Class 6 SDHC Flash Memory Card with USB 2.0 Card Reader TS8GSDHC6-S5W
Digital camera Review: Everything I hoped for
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm the kind of electronics customer that does my homework first before making a purchase. This combination card and USB adapter are the PERFECT compliment to my digital camera and soft-case combination. The card spends most of its life inside the camera, and the adapter spends most of its life alongside the camera in a neatly tucked mini-pocket, ensuring I have easy access to my and others' computers anytime I need to upload/download photos or other files. With this I've been able to stow away all awkward/bulky/knotty cables that have been such a pain in the past.
The card itself is very fast - I didn't go all out and benchmark this as many others have already done, but rest assured this thing does NOT bottleneck my camera when shooting rapidfire RAW's (it's the other way around).
The size is about right for me, as I am the type to take hundreds of photos before getting around to offloading them to my computer. If I had to start over I would target 8Gb again for myself.
I would only recommend something larger if you take a TON of photos at a time (like it's your job), or if you have the foresight to get a fast and hi-capacity card for shared/future use with a digital HD camcorder that uses the SD format.
The USB adapter is the envy of my office mates, where our multi-format flash card readers are dying out on our home and office computers. It has an orange light that glows when the card is being accessed (hidden behind the white plastic), and has a relatively slim profile allowing it to fit around tight nooks in computer cases that many flash drives cannot.
Digital camera Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
I am one happy customer to get this deal.
Great product for the price!
Digital camera Review: Excellent USB Reader and Hi Speed Chip
Summary: 5 Stars
Transcend TS8GSDHC6-S5W 8GB SDHC6 Memory Card with Card Reader
I love this product. The chip is so fast that it records all the movies on my KodakZD710 digital camera. With a slower version SD memory, the camera stops recording after a whil because the chip is too slow. Maybe a low battery makes it even less reliable; With this new fast 8G chip, oooh it works so well.
Plus, just in case the computer has trouble uploading through the cable, it works perfectly with the Transcend reader.
Buy it. You'll like it.
Digital camera Review: Excellent Value - but be careful where you order it from...
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased the 16GB version (Transcend 16GB SDHC CARD with Compact Card Reader) of this package a few months ago. The card was meant to be used in my Canon S5 camera. But I soon discovered that it works extremely well with the included card reader as an USB flash drive (much larger and faster than my SanDisk 4GB Cruzer Micro). So I ended up using it mainly for data backup and transfer between my laptop and desktop computers. The card has proven to be fast and reliable in the past 2-3 months of daily usage.
As first I was skeptical about Transcend's speed rating of 'class 6', which means minimum 6MB/S when writing. But my own benchmark results (see Customer Images) showed that this card is capable of writing typical photo files at 10.5MB/S - nearly twice its specified minimum data transfer rate. Just for reference, the Sandisk 8GB EXTREME III claims a faster speed of 20MB/S, but it costs about twice as much.
Considering its low cost and respectable speed, this Transcend card is an excellent buy. But please make sure that you order it from a reputable vendor only. Several reviewers who ordered the 16GB version from TheMemStore complained that they received some no-name card reader (instead of the Transcend DRS5). This may explain why some people have encountered problems when using this card.
[update on June 8, 2009]
I have purchased a total of three Transcend SDHC cards (two 16GB + one 8GB) in the past 10 months. They all worked perfectly so far. The second 16GB card is for use in my new Canon Rebel T1i/500D. I have heard that some other brands of 'class-6' cards cannot keep up with the camera in video mode, and will cause buffer overflow within a few minutes. But the Transcend card has no problems at all. I'm going to purchase my 3rd 16GB card next.
[Update on Sep 14, 2009]
I have highly recommended Transcend SDHC cards in the past, becuase they were much cheaper than Sandisk Extreme III (class-6) cards, and worked just fine in my applications. But in light of many complaints about Transcend card failures, and my recent finding that SanDisk Ultra II (class-2/4) cards are just as fast as Transcend 'class-6' cards, I must now recommend Sandisk Ultra II as a better and safer choice.
Digital camera Review: Excellent and FAST transfer
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a rookie as far as the card speed, and if class 6 is fast enough, but it works just great in my new Rebel XS and the ease of transferring the images directly on the USB reader rather than having to pull out the camera wire is great.
My brother was so impressed that he went to Office Depot and bought a similar reader, and then was very disappointed that the speed of the reader was way worse than this one.
Buy with confidence!