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Question about memory cards in general (SanDisk in particular)
Hello, everyone.
I am going to buy a digital camera (Nikon Coolpix 5200), and was wondering about what memory card to buy. Apart from the capacity, is there a big difference in quality? Are there memory cards that give "problems"? I have seen a SanDisk that is quite cheap in comparison to other brands, and was wondering why is it... Are they "worse" than other brands? Why? Thanks everyone in advance! |
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(kreature) writes:
Hello, everyone. I am going to buy a digital camera (Nikon Coolpix 5200), and was wondering about what memory card to buy. Apart from the capacity, is there a big difference in quality? Are there memory cards that give "problems"? I have seen a SanDisk that is quite cheap in comparison to other brands, and was wondering why is it... Are they "worse" than other brands? Why? Thanks everyone in advance! Dunno, but I've got 256MB and 1G Sandisk compactFlash cards and they've worked flawlessly with my Canon G2 and Rebels. Memory tends to be memory, and I'm willing to bet that most of these manufacturers are using the same flash memory chips underneath the covers regardless. Neither Lexar nor Sandisk own an IC fab to my knowledge. Best Regards, -- Todd H. http://www.toddh.net/ |
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(kreature) writes:
Hello, everyone. I am going to buy a digital camera (Nikon Coolpix 5200), and was wondering about what memory card to buy. Apart from the capacity, is there a big difference in quality? Are there memory cards that give "problems"? I have seen a SanDisk that is quite cheap in comparison to other brands, and was wondering why is it... Are they "worse" than other brands? Why? Thanks everyone in advance! Dunno, but I've got 256MB and 1G Sandisk compactFlash cards and they've worked flawlessly with my Canon G2 and Rebels. Memory tends to be memory, and I'm willing to bet that most of these manufacturers are using the same flash memory chips underneath the covers regardless. Neither Lexar nor Sandisk own an IC fab to my knowledge. Best Regards, -- Todd H. http://www.toddh.net/ |
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I don't have much experience but no problem with my 512 MB SanDisk. I
think they are more responsive to the quick changes in cost of memory so that may be part of the difference in cost. The card I bought just dropped from $65 at the first of the month to $49 last week. kreature wrote: Hello, everyone. I am going to buy a digital camera (Nikon Coolpix 5200), and was wondering about what memory card to buy. Apart from the capacity, is there a big difference in quality? Are there memory cards that give "problems"? I have seen a SanDisk that is quite cheap in comparison to other brands, and was wondering why is it... Are they "worse" than other brands? Why? Thanks everyone in advance! |
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Sandisk has announced a Ultra III and Extreme III cards, they claim
20MB/s read/write on these new cards... They are also talking about 4 and 8GB cards Meanwhile you can buy Sandisk Ulta II cards for as little as 80 cents/GB. Which is a pretty good deal for a card that is capable of 50X write and 66X read speeds. "George E. Cawthon" wrote in message ... I don't have much experience but no problem with my 512 MB SanDisk. I think they are more responsive to the quick changes in cost of memory so that may be part of the difference in cost. The card I bought just dropped from $65 at the first of the month to $49 last week. kreature wrote: Hello, everyone. I am going to buy a digital camera (Nikon Coolpix 5200), and was wondering about what memory card to buy. Apart from the capacity, is there a big difference in quality? Are there memory cards that give "problems"? I have seen a SanDisk that is quite cheap in comparison to other brands, and was wondering why is it... Are they "worse" than other brands? Why? Thanks everyone in advance! |
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Sandisk has announced a Ultra III and Extreme III cards, they claim
20MB/s read/write on these new cards... They are also talking about 4 and 8GB cards Meanwhile you can buy Sandisk Ulta II cards for as little as 80 cents/GB. Which is a pretty good deal for a card that is capable of 50X write and 66X read speeds. "George E. Cawthon" wrote in message ... I don't have much experience but no problem with my 512 MB SanDisk. I think they are more responsive to the quick changes in cost of memory so that may be part of the difference in cost. The card I bought just dropped from $65 at the first of the month to $49 last week. kreature wrote: Hello, everyone. I am going to buy a digital camera (Nikon Coolpix 5200), and was wondering about what memory card to buy. Apart from the capacity, is there a big difference in quality? Are there memory cards that give "problems"? I have seen a SanDisk that is quite cheap in comparison to other brands, and was wondering why is it... Are they "worse" than other brands? Why? Thanks everyone in advance! |
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