Hands on with Sandisk Extreme Pro SDHC UHS memory cards

ByJohn

During our recent roadtrip to Austin, Texas, I was able to try out the new Extreme Pro SDHC UHS memory cards from Sandisk. As far as I know, these are the fastest SHDC cards out there (technically they aren’t out in Canada until mid-April) with a whopping 45 MB/s read/write speed (300x) with the new UHS rating of 1.

Sandisk 32gb Extreme Pro UHS

I had a 32gb and a 16gb in my Nikon D7000’s dual SD slots for the entire trip and wow, what a difference from the class 6 and 10s I was using previously. I also used a 16gb card in the Olympus E-PL2 and could pretty much shoot continuously without stopping at all.

When I made the jump from my D90 to D7000, I noticed it would take longer to flush the write cache while shooting on continuous mode…I figured it was just the price of having a faster frame rate along with a higher megapixel RAW file. Fortunately, these cards will soon be available to make things happen a fair bit faster…although at a cost as these cards aren’t cheap. But neither is the gear you’re probably using them in.

Related Posts:

Similar Posts

Canada’s Northern House

ByJohn

Earlier this week I stopped by Canada’s Northern House Pavillion on Hastings & Seymour. It’s a huge two level pavilion that seems to be drawing big lineups but since they let in 40 people at a time, the lines move quickly. Lots of interactive displays and live performances for the whole family. We also had…

|

Hands on with the Olympus PEN system

ByJohn

I’ve been shooting with Olympus’ new Micro four thirds camera system, called the PEN, for a few months now. I started with the E-PL1 camera and then in early February, got my hands on the E-PL2 camera. I was even able to get E-PL2’s for my entire team to use while on our SXSW roadtrip….

TiVo now available in Canada at retail stores

ByJohn

(or it will be very soon) I’ve had a TiVo (or three) running in Canada for a couple of years now so the news that they will finally be available at retail here is great news. A lot of friends have expressed interest in getting a TiVo but they usually balk at it when they…

One Comment

  1. How many camera bodies out there support these read/write speeds?

    They would probably help a little bit over the SDHC cards I use for my XSi, but I most likely wouldn’t be able to use their top speeds. It is important though (imho) to get the fastest cards you can afford. Nothing like missing actions shots because you’re cards are slower than the buffer speeds. lol

Comments are closed.