Here's hoping you didn't pull the trigger on of the
world's first SDXC cards to ship, 'cause if so, you just paid a painful premium. Nary two months after Panasonic served up the first 32GB and 64GB
SDXC cards to the masses, SanDisk has stepped in to ship its highest capacity Secure Digital card ever in the 64GB Ultra SDXC. Said device boasts a 15MB/sec read speed, a Class 4 speed rating and an exFAT file structure that helps you capture 1080p clips without any glitches or hangups. It's also based around the minty fresh SD 3.0 specification, so make sure that you pick up an
SDXC reader or a device that specifically supports the format (you know, like ASUS'
Eee PC T101MT). If you're finally ready to leap, this one's available now for the not-quite-reasonable price of $349.99, though if we were you, we'd
wait for the
rest of the competition to hit the ship button and drive down the MSRP.
posted February 22nd 2010 10:27AM
Class 4 (referring to minimum write speed), ouch.
@beq
seems absurdly low.
@excelsium
Very slow xfre rate.
Where are the 32GB micro sdhc cards?
@beq All my SD cards are Class 6. Makes a big difference. You can get a 32 GB Class 6 SHDC card for $80.
At 15 MB/s it would take 71 minutes to copy over a full chip. Yikes. This thing needs Class 8 or whatever. Bigger cards need faster transfer, not slower.
You can get CF cards that can read and write greater than 70 MB/s. SD cards really have some catching up to do. I will be passing on these things until they can get the speeds up and prices down.
Is it me or is 15MB/s a slow transfer speed? I get around 50MB/s taking files off of my camera's SD card. :/
@mKTank x2, I also had the idea that SDXC started with a much higher transfer speed...
how fast is it? can i stick it in one of those adapter and use this as a boot drive? anyone tried that with other mem cards?
@dark star
Folks use flash cards as boot drives, but you need to understand the wear issues associated with doing that and the fact that it's usually REALLY slow doing that as well.
If done improperly you can really run a flash card into the ground using one for an OS drive, so read up on the subject!!
@dark star omg look @ the pic
Wake me up when the 1Tb comes out. I need to take over 100,000 photos.
@GenericMessage
It's probably more to do with HD video than photos.
@Tes
I am very well aware.
But 1Tb is still around 75 hrs of HD
Look, I have a Pandora on the way, so...GIMME!!
WAIT
Gimme TWO!!!
@stridermt2k
lol
I would never pay that ridiculous amount just for a faster transfer speed and 15mb/s is SLOW :S
@JustThatNerdyGuy
I'm sure there's a ton of stuff you wouldn't pay for.
This is for people who have already spent $20,000+ on their cameras, not your average hobbyist.
WOW, that's a low price!
Makes a 64GB SSD look decently priced. I wonder if they could make a SDXC to USB adapter that you could plug into a USB enabled SSD. The far simpler route would be to have a camera that supported USB storage devices then you could just plug your regular old USB flash drive into the camera. Cheaper storage and better read/write speeds.
What can you honestly expect? Cramming 64 gigs into that tiny enclosure comes at a price. In this case that come as slower speed and a higher retail price. Still a better deal than the 64 gig CF extreme card from Sandisk that goes for a cool $599.
@dmgabe But you can get a 70 MB/s CF card at 32GB capacity for just over $100. That's four times the transfer rate of this SDXC.
71 minutes to transfer a full card. Think about that.
@ArtInvent
True, it is faster, but they also have something like 8 or 9 times the amount of space to work with. I'm not saying that this card is great, but given the size restraints, and prices of comparable capacities, in different formats, it isn't too far off the mark.
Seriously overpriced. Seems ridiculous. I can't imagine them selling even one.
@Tangerinescream
This is a great example of where you should buy 2 of an item that is half the capacity. As noted you can get significantly better performing 32GB cards for $80-$100. For most people that would make way more sense than spending twice as much and receive significantly worse performance.
@bjsguess
and along with that at least if you lost one of your two 32 GB cards then you wouldn't lose all of your data, although the same cannot be said for one 64 GB card. So buying two 32 GB cards if cheaper, faster, and safer.
can any1 tell me what is the best sd card i should get for my new d90 which i just bought it.
Can you guys recommend me some must have accessory too..
thanks a lot
@neraz
I've had my D90 for about 6-months now. It's a fantastic camera for it's price. Good low-light performance, Surprisingly decent kit lens.
I'm not 100% on which card gives the best performance per dollar for the camera, but I can recommend some items to greatly help you photo-taking experience.
Flash: The on-board flash is pretty abysmal for any serious flash photography. An external flash is highly recommended. I'm using a SL-600, myself.
Filters:
@logichazard
Filters: pretty self explainatory (CFL, Polarizer, UV)
I'd also recommend a R1 strap from Blackrain. It makes it much easier to lug that thing around all day. (especially if you've got any large after-market lenses attached.
1 TB - the price it's unknown
is this compatible with any current device?
as a matter of fact, if they were to make an 64GB microSDXC card, would it be compatible with recent phones? e.g. Motorola Droid, HTC Hero, Google Nexus One
which is a Samsung.
Which is a Samsung Memory Card.