Transcend 16 GB Class 6 SDHC Flash Memory Card TS16GSDHC6E
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Transcend 16 GB Class 6 SDHC Flash Memory Card TS16GSDHC6E
Customer Review: Great affordable 8GB SDHC card... and fast too.
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently bought this 8GB SDHC card for my Canon SD1000 camera. The card works very well and I've had no problems with it so far. If you're in the market for an affordable high quality SDHC card, this may be the one for you. Sorry, I kind of sounded like a used car salesman right there, didn't I? I assure you that I don't work for Transcend. But, here's why I think this card is awesome:
Pros:
-Affordable!
-Large 8GB capacity
-Class 6 read/write speed (which is the fastest speed currently available)
-Lifetime warranty (at least that's what the package says :)
-Transcend is a reputable company that's been making memory products for a very long time. ( I swear to the tech Gods that I don't work for them!)
Cons:
- I can't think of any right now. The closest thing to a "Con" that I can think of is that if you buy this card now, it will probably become cheaper in a month or so :) No, make that 2 weeks.
IMPORTANT SPECIAL NOTES ABOUT SDHC MEMORY CARDS:
-SDHC cards are not compatible with most older SD cameras, SD devices, or SD card readers.
-SDHC cards are rated by speed using different "classes". There are currently three data transfer speed classes available for SDHC cards. These classes are "class 2, class 4, and class 6". For example, "Class 2" would have the slowest read/write speed while "Class 6" has the fastest read/write speed. So if you have a device in which speed may play a crucial role, make sure you buy a higher "class" SDHC card. Again, this SDHC card has the fastest read/write speed available right now. Class 6 has a minimum read/write speed of 6mb/sec... while Class 2 has minimum speed rating of 2mb/sec, and Class 4 is 4mb/sec. Starting to see the pattern?
SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "SD CARDS" AND "SDHC CARDS?
SDHC is basically an upgrade to the older SD cards. The reason they upgraded it was to achieve greater data transfer speeds AND capacity than previously possible with normal SD cards... and to do this, they had to redesign the card (which is why it's not compatible with normal SD devices). This was necessary because digital cameras and digital video cameras these days have higher resolutions, which equate to larger file sizes and faster data transfer needs.
I hope I haven't confused everybody by going into this much detail, but I can't help being the nerd that I am. If you are confused, don't hesitate to comment on this post and I will try my best to answer your questions. Also, any feedback is always welcome!
Conclusion: Buy the card if you have a new device that uses SDHC. It rocks! (This message has been approved by the "Duke of New Mexico")
Customer Review: You can never have too much memory!
Summary: 5 Stars
This Transcend 16 GB SDHC card is a great value for my money. Over the past ten months, I have purchased a total of three Transcend SDHC cards (two 16GB + one 8GB). They have proven to be fast and reliable, with absolutely no problems.
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. In comparison, the SanDisk Ultra II 16 GB is priced similarly, but only rated as 'Class-2. On the other hand, the SanDisk Extreme III 16GB is much faster, but costs twice as much.
I am currently using a Transcend 16GB card 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 this Transcend card has worked perfectly for me.
For digital cameras, most people may find that a 4GB card (which can store around 1000 JPEG images) is more than enough. But in my case, I prefer to shoot in RAW+JPEG mode, which means each picture occupies around 25-30MB. Once I started shooting HD video, the memory burns up even faster, so the extra large capacity is really appreciated. I'm about to purchase my 3rd 16GB card next, because you can never have too much memory!
[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.
Customer Review: My Canon loves the 8 GB SDHC card
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently purchased a Canon Powershot A720IS digital camera that is capable of recognizing and using up to 2 TERRABYTES of memory card (in the future) so I wanted to get the largest memory card I could install for now. I wanted to use the camera both on dry land and with an underwater housing for shooting stills and video on dive trips. Camera specs said an 8 GB SDHC card would record one hour of hi res video at 30 fps. Or nearly 2300 hi res stills at 8 megapixels.
A test of the Transcend 8GB SDHC card in the camera ended up shooting 70 minutes of full screen, 30fps digital video that could not be distinguished from my DV camcorder video quality. Playback from the memory card to the TV was so fast & efficient there was never a single "stutter" on the screen. The card speed is genuinely FAST as advertised. Low level formatting of the card allowed for very acceptable rapid-fire sequential still photo shooting speeds when light levels were bright enough that the flash was not needed/used. Something like 2 photos every 3 seconds. Files were flawless in display, both for stills and video.
This product was significantly lower in price than the Kingston 8GB SDHC card I originally bought with the camera. I've used both interchangeably and cannot see any different in the speed or capacity and quality of imagery is identical. For the money I'll stick with Transcend and am looking forward to getting their 16GB card once the price drops substantially below the $100 mark. That would provide nearly 2 1/2 hours of video on my still camera or 4600 highest quality stills. I'm afraid my camcorder will be collecting dust much of the time. A big advantage to video on the card is there are NO MOVING PARTS, e.g. a mini DV tape cassette and camcorder or VCR playback unit needed to dump the video and stills to my Mac for editing and burning DVDs. I just stick the card in the MicroMate USB card reader, plug it in the computer and bingo, ready to sort thru and dump to the hard drive. Since the card is formatted by a Canon camera it automatically boots up the Canon Viewer software too. That should work the same for other brands of still cameras formatting this chip.
Customer Review: Great SDHC card for DSLR owners
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this card back in Oct to be the primary card for my Nikon D5000 DSLR camera. I think the Class 6 16GB cards are priced right ($30-$40 on avg) and figured 16GB should be enough storage while I'm on vacation taking pictures/videos. I wanted at least a Class 6 card to give me enough performance while shooting action shots.
I browsed the internet for SDHC card benchmark tests and found one on Tom's Hardware where the Class 6 16GB Transcend card scored very well despite it not being a 'Turbo' card. The Transcend Turbo card was tested by TH, but offered no advantages over this one. Only the more expensive Lexar and SanDisk cards tested better in some cases. This particular card's tested write throughput (key for SLR's) was over 15MB/sec, significantly more than the universal 6MB/sec standard of Class 6 cards. Only 3 other cards could beat this card in write throughput and none of them are in this price range. Tested read bandwidth was at the top of the pack going beyond 19MB/sec. Overall this card was one of the best tested cards, hanging in there with Lexar and SanDisk without any special 'label', ie Extreme or Platinum.
My experience backs up these tests from TH as shooting in RAW (10MB pix) or jpeg (6MB pix) is handled without any lag or slowdown. You can truly experience the unbridled performance of a DSLR camera using this card, and do it on a budget. I think for the money, you can't beat this card if you're using it for HD video or pictures. Just my .02
Customer Review: excellent for still & HD video camera's.. not sure about frustration free package
Summary: 5 Stars
bought in June 2010 ..have been using the 16gig class 6 card with Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3.0-Inch LCD (Silver) no problems to date .. works in still & video modes ..
also been using with HD video camera Panasonic HDC-TM700K Hi-Def Camcorder with Pro Control System & 32GB Flash (Black) no problems to date ..
when i ordered this the frustration package was approx $1 more then retail .. i ordered this on a friday for overnight Sat delivery because i was leaving for Trinidad on sunday AM ..
At 2pm Sat i called fedex to ask when would it be delievered ? they could not find the package .. 4PM Fedex called me, they found the package in their conveyer system = they said the package was too small( note: ship package was approx 1/2 the size of pic shown here on Aug 28, 2010 ).. Fedex said no trucks were available to deliver it, i didn't have time to pick it up = Fedex then sent it by taxi (at no cost to me).. i will not order frustration packaging on very small items again .. have ordered it with hard drives and no problems .. all comes down to size of shipping package ..