Transcend TS8GSDHC6 8GB SDHC card (SD 2.0 SPD Class 6)
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Digital product summary information
Manufacturer: TRANSCENDModel: TS8GSDHC6
Product features:
- Storage Capacity - 8GB
- Technology - Secure Digital High-Capacity(SDHC)
- Manufacturer Warranty - 2 Years
- - Compatible with all SDHC-labeled host devices (not compatible with standard SD)
- - Easy to use, plug-and-play operation
- Transcend 8 GB SDHC Class 6 Flash Memory Card with Compact Card Reader TS8GSDHC6-S5W
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Digital camera reviews of Transcend TS8GSDHC6 8GB SDHC card (SD 2.0 SPD Class 6)
Digital camera Review: Quirky.
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this SD card for 2 applications:
1) I am a musician who records himself and his students practicing with a "mere" digital pocket camera (both a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ4K 8.1MP Digital Camera with 10x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black) and a Canon PowerShot A720IS 8MP Digital Camera with 6x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom, depending on which movie format I need -- this card works great in both) set on "movie" mode. I've reached the point where I've needed more storage time than I had on the high-performance/speed 2GB Kingston and SanDisk cards I was using, and this card has performed remarkably well.
2) I also make audio-only recordings of myself, as well as rehearsals and performances of larger ensembles I play with on my Zoom H2 Handy Portable Stereo Recorder, and this card should provide about 8-hours of recording time at CD quality. I tend to record at higher quality levels (up to 96kHz, 24-bit), so I need more recording space than most. The device (advertised to accept up to 16GB SD cards) takes a while to recognize this card and to format it, but it seems to work pretty well after that.
I was VERY impressed with this card, and the price is almost so low it's scary -- but I believe it's worth it, at least for recording video. As for audio....
The biggest negative is that once it has a bunch of data on it, it takes a VERY long time to format (also, the H2 can't recognize it -- not even to reformat for its own use -- if it's been formatted for the Canon, and I haven't had this problem with other SD cards). I had it about 1/2 full with .avi files, and it took 15 MINUTES (!!!) to format on a Core2 Quad Processor (Q6600) with 4 GB of RAM through the computer's media port slots (connected via an internal USB bus). Most SD cards of 2GB-4GB take only a matter of SECONDS to format this way; this card formatted in seconds also the FIRST time, but subsequent attempts have taken MUCH longer, as described above.
This has me a bit nervous as to what's going on. Is the computer having to fix data errors on the card along the way? What's the holdup? I'm concerned enough that I won't be using this card to record my more important gigs -- it will remain in my case as an emergency backup.
Recommended with hesitation....
Summary of Transcend TS8GSDHC6 8GB SDHC card (SD 2.0 SPD Class 6)
Transcend high capacity SD card series is specifically designed to meet the High Capacity, High Definition Audio and Video requirement for the latest digital cameras, DV recorders, mobile phones, etc. The defined Speed Class enables the host to support AV applications to perform real time recording to the SD memory card.Cameras and Photo
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