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

[chadw01]

http://www.sigelectronics.com/Electr...emory-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.