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no not a good price, and Class 4 is crap. 15mb/s is only READ speed, which does NOT help because you need fast WRITE speed.
WRITE speed is only 4MB/s, which means it takes 3-4s to write ONE image from a DSLR in IDEAL circumstances.
I'm in the market for a camera card as well and am quite uninformed - perhaps you might have a suggestion for a brand/class to look for?
Short answer: the faster the better. If you get a cheap card, you'll regret it every time you take a photo..
A camera will work just fine on a Class 2 card. The only reason the Class (WRITE speed) is important is the time delay in between shots. Most cameras have a buffer memory of fast internal memory so you can do a "burst" of continuous shots before it stops and has to write to the SD Card
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These apply to SecureDigital (SD) cards and basically tell you the minimum guarantee data write speed the card can manage.
The standard basic Class-1 card is rated at 8 megabits per second (8Mbps), which also equals one megabyte per second (1MBps). A Class 2 card therefore runs at 16Mbps or 2MBps while a Class 4 card hits a top speed of 4MBps.
Here’s a brief list:
Class 2 – 16Mbps – 2MBps
Class 4 – 32Mbps – 4MBps
Class 6 – 48Mbps – 6MBps
Class 8 – 64Mbps – 8MBps
Class 10 – 80Mbps – 10MBps
For basic point-and-shoot compact digital cameras, the faster the card, the quicker you’ll be able to take your next shot but even a budget Class-2 grade card (if you can still find one) would be more than enough. That’s because there’s no need to be able to continuously write data to the card (unless you’re capturing video).
If you have a digital video camera that captures high-definition (HD) video at up to 1920×1080-pixel resolution, you’d want a Class-6 card to make sure it has sufficient speed to capture the video correctly.
http://darrenyates.com.au/2010/04/qa-what-are-sd-card-speed-…
I have to disagree with you. 4MB x 3s = 12MB. What format are you taking the pics?
I use the Sandisk Ultra II ( class 4 ) in my camcorder (Canon Full HD) and the card is good enough to keep up.
It is a 16GB card.
And it is enough for my Canon Digital Camera too (The 4 GB card)
See http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/42351
8GB micro-SD for $12. Nominally class 2, but supposedly same.
is this apples compared t ooranges or the other way around the link shows a Micro SD where is this deal is SD High Capacity Ultra Card totally different
Same thing but smaller. You use a simple adapter for the old SD slot.
There is no adapter to go the other way, so better to buy the smaller one. And don't take the class numbers literally.
instead of guessing, check your camera manual for what bitrate your camera records hd movies, for point and click compacts class 2 would generally be fine, but for larger slr type that record higher bitrates going from 12mbit/s to 50mbit/s and more you want class 8 or faster
You'll still be guessing the bitrate of the card. "class 2" is a marketing category, and just a minimum speed.
true, i bought 2 sandisk 8gb micro sd cards from OW a while back, the packaging says they are class 2 for mobile phones but i consistently get over 4mb/s write speed
Is this a good price for this memory card? Or would it be better to get a fater class card? I plan on using for latest model Nikon deigital camera.