Panasonic SDHC 8GB Class 6 $89.99 @ SigElectronics.com

[chadw01]

http://www.sigelectronics.com/Electronics/Digital-Memory-USB-Drive/Panasonic-SDHC-Class6-Memory-Card-8GB

Use coupon code SIG090808-20 ($20 off)

Online Price: $109.99
After Coupon: $89.99

Flat shipping to Canada/US: $7.99

Instore Cash Price: $99.99
After Coupon: $79.99

Expires Aug 24, 2008

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[Viper98]

what makes this worth 2-3x the price of other Class6 SDHC cards?

[tester3000]

Freezing cold...

You can buy 2x4GB Class6 for less than $40 (max).

[xeodragon]

You can get solid SDHC 8GBHC Class 6 cards for around $30-35 pretax these days.

[Viper98]

Freezing cold...

You can buy 2x4GB Class6 for less than $40 (max).


$40 would be a lot for 2x4 gb
you can easily get 4gb cards for $15........... 8gb cards for about $25.........16gb cards for about $50

[agent86]

You can get solid SDHC 8GBHC Class 6 cards for around $30-35 pretax these days.+1. Canada Computers are selling for $28 - $30. So yeah, freezing cold deal.

[vader_slri]

I think the key here is the brand: Panasonic. Back in the past, this was a virtual guarantee of fast performance for SD cards. However, I'm not sure if that still applies now.

[chadw01]

I know you can get OCZ, Patriot and Transcend from various places for $30-$40, but this is Panasonic Class 6.. "supposedly" very high quality and very fast. It's obviously not for everybody, but in comparison to other places offering the same product, I wouldn't call this cold - ah well, to each their own I guess..

[coldpower27]

I can attest to this I just bought the same card not too long ago, price matched from BB when FS had it on sale for 79.99 so got it for $75.

It has a write speed of about 16MB/s much quicker then the other brands. This is one of the best brands in existence.

For instance, Kingston Class 6 8GB has a speed of about ~10MB/s for writing and is still pretty good and much cheaper at $43 from Canada Computers if you need something good quality and relatively cheap.

I would know I have both cards and tested.

I wouldn't recommend this card unless your using it for an DSLR, it is very expensive even at this price. But it is flat out one of the best, you get what you pay for.

[GiOBoY]

This deal is cold as ice.

Costco sells the Sandisk 8GB SDHC Ultra II (100x) with USB micro-reader for ~$50.

They even had it on sale for ~$45 a few weeks ago.

[coldpower27]

This deal is cold as ice.

Costco sells the Sandisk 8GB SDHC Ultra II (100x) with USB micro-reader for ~$50.

They even had it on sale for ~$45 a few weeks ago.

This card is superior to that one, you need to compare this to Sandisk Extreme III 8GB, which is pretty much in the same price range. A not in the 45-60 CND range at all.

[careener]

thx OP.. I need one of these for my SD5 camcorder

[Viper98]

This card is superior to that one, you need to compare this to Sandisk Extreme III 8GB, which is pretty much in the same price range. A not in the 45-60 CND range at all.



but what REAL benefit is there in getting these faster cards

it's not gonna really have a noticeable increase in speed with taking pictures/videos
it would be purely transfering to your computer

[GiOBoY]

but what REAL benefit is there in getting these faster cards

it's not gonna really have a noticeable increase in speed with taking pictures/videos
it would be purely transfering to your computer


I agree Viper. 100x versus 166x speed = 1/2 second faster?

A whopping 1/2 a second longer to save/read your data is not worth near double the price.

[JackyTheBeaver]

but what REAL benefit is there in getting these faster cards

it's not gonna really have a noticeable increase in speed with taking pictures/videos
it would be purely transfering to your computer


In short you are not going to see the "real" benefit in any of the consumer products. The only applicable use for such a high end card I can think of is if you have a DSLR and take 3fps 10MP RAW photos.

Back in the day when most SD cards were getting their 133X ratings based on read speed only and most had pathetic write speed (which is the more important attribute), Panasonic had the best writing speed hands down. It's easy to meet today's class 6 rating because the requirement has been lowered - I wish they would raise the ceiling for the highest class rating, that would see most cards stick with their class 6 rating where as this Panasonic would hit something like a class 10.

[coldpower27]

but what REAL benefit is there in getting these faster cards
it's not gonna really have a noticeable increase in speed with taking pictures/videos
it would be purely transfering to your computer

It's useful for RAW format. When the files are much larger for writing, it doesn't make much of a difference for transferring files to a computer,the write speed in that case depends on the hard drive your transferring it to, in that case your using read speed, which is generally pretty high these days on the majority of flash cards ~20MB/s and that speed depends more on the quality of the the flash reader itself.

[coldpower27]

In short you are not going to see the "real" benefit in any of the consumer products. The only applicable use for such a high end card I can think of is if you have a DSLR and take 3fps 10MP RAW photos.

Back in the day when most SD cards were getting their 133X ratings based on read speed only and most had pathetic write speed (which is the more important attribute), Panasonic had the best writing speed hands down. It's easy to meet today's class 6 rating because the requirement has been lowered - I wish they would raise the ceiling for the highest class rating, that would see most cards stick with their class 6 rating where as this Panasonic would hit something like a class 10.

It would be interesting to test some of my older cards for write speed now, we need Class 10, 15 and 20 speed ratings, I wish they would add that.

If the SDHC standard ends at 32GB, then I hope for the next one a theoretical SDUC (Ultra Capacity) would allow for Class 10-50 Speeds. That would totally rock. And the minimum should be Class 10 for such a standard, your talking 64GB+.

[nosnoop]

In short you are not going to see the "real" benefit in any of the consumer products. The only applicable use for such a high end card I can think of is if you have a DSLR and take 3fps 10MP RAW photos.

This is not quite true. Some higher end DSLR can certainly make use of the speed increase, and it's not just for sports photo machine gun style shooting. When you have a fast card, there is just less waiting around for buffer to clear, and the camera would seem more responsive, with preview image popping up faster, etc.

Obviously, some don't care and are willing to put up with slightly longer delay for a lower price. But some would appreciate the faster speed. As with most other computer components, there is always a performance / price sweet spot, and if you want any extra performance over that, you have to pay a premium for it.

I don't know about the benchmark speed for the Panasonic card, if it is 15MB/s, it would be a bit lower than I expect. But Panasonic should mean very good quality and reliability.

[g0blez]

How can this be hot?!?!?!
I got a 8gb class 6 OCZ for $29 at shoprbc.com a month ago.

[yhap2003]

-45 degrees celsius =D

who ever consider this as a good/hot deal, they must be always buying SD cards for $100+ each

lol, this is not Sony Pro Duo :)

[ynot]

How can this be hot?!?!?!
I got a 8gb class 6 OCZ for $29 at shoprbc.com a month ago.

You haven't read the entire thread, have you? OCZ Class 6 is not equivalent in write speed to Panasonic's or other high end manufacturer's Class 6 cards.

OCZ SDHC cards are rated either Speed Class 4 or 6. SDHC Class 6 cards are rated for at least 6MB/s, while Class 4 memory ensures a minimum of 4MB/s.

vs

Panasonic RP-SDV08GU1K
8GB SDHC memory card

* PRO HIGH-SPEED: up to 20MB/sec transfer rate
* Class 6 speed specification: guaranteed 6MB/sec transfer rate
* SDHC specification (compatible with SD card version 2.0)
* Content/media protection: write protection switch
* Ideal for use with HD camcorders and digital still cameras
* Made in Japan