SanDisk Ultra 16GB SDHC Class 10/UHS-1 Flash Memory Card Speed Up To 30MB/s- SDSDU-016G-U46 (Label May Change) [Old Version]

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Product Specifications

Get the highest video performance with class 10 rating, plus more speed to catch the shot with your point and shoot camera.
Capture amazing quality pictures with your point and shoot camera
Delivers ultra speed to capture your perfect shot
Now Class 10 for highest video performance
Capture and preserve your memories on the memory card trusted by photographers worldwide.
Take better pictures and top quality Full HD Video (1080p)
Quick transfer speeds up to 30MB/s
Writeable label for easy identification and organization

Product Description

Size:16 GB | Product Packaging:Standard Packaging Combining fast performance and generous capacity, the SanDisk Ultra SDHC is an ideal storage choice for compact to mid-range point-and-shoot cameras and camcorders. This versatile card offers twice the speed of an ordinary memory card, so you can take more pictures with less lag time. This card features a shock-resistant, water and temperature-proof design. SDHC 16GB Cards are compatible with all SDHC/SDXC and SDHC-I/SDXC-I (UHS-I) enabled host devices. Don’t miss the moment. Be ready with double the speed and the highest video performance. Package Content: sandisk 16gb sdhc memory cardinstructionswarranty Water-, heat-, x-ray- and shock-resistant design provides on-the-go durability Label allows you to write on the card for easy organization of your media Black/Gray/Red Height 1.250 Width 0.900 Depth 0.100 Weight 0.01 Color Operating System Batteries Included Batteries Required Number of Batteries Battery Type No battery required Language English Assembly Required

Product Reviews

Excellent price/performance value for a 16Gb card

I have used Sandisk flash cards almost exclusively since 2003 and have only once had a failure requiring me to use Remo Recover to extract photos from a corrupted card. That’s a pretty good record, and I trust Sandisk more than any other brand to not crash on me when I am taking important photos. This particular card was purchased for use with a Canon 6D and Canon 60D. As a 30 MB/s class 10, it has more than enough bandwidth to shoot 20 megapixel RAW still images in bursts of up to 10, and Video clips up to 1920x1080 at 30 Fps. These Canon DSLR’s capture MOV video at a very high data rate, about 6 MB/s, but this card can handle it, at least for clips up to 5 minutes long. If you shoot a lot of video from a DSLR, you might be better off with the Sandist Extreme, which is a 45 MB/s card, but these are substantially more expensive. NOTE: The “30 MB/s” rating on the card is READ speed only! The Write speed is much less, about 10 MB/sec, but this should be fast enough to keep up with my Canon 6D videos. When shopping for SD cards, keep in mind that the “sweet spot” in terms of Price/Capacity changes frequently: only a year ago, the 8 Gb cards were the best value, and I expect that by summer of 2014, the 32 Gb cards will be a better value than this 16 Gb card. Another issue to keep in mind is that the larger the card, the more photos it can carry, and consequently, the more photos you put at risk should something happen to the card. A 64Gb card might be able to hold all the photos of an entire 2 week vacation trip, but do you really want to put your entire vacation on that one card? What if the camera were to be stolen the last day of your trip? I suggest that you might to consider using several smaller cards, like the 4 Gb or 8 Gb size and have no more than one day of photos on each card, stored separately from your camera pack so that you don’t lose all the photos should that pack be lost or stolen. Of course, if you are downloading your camera cards to a laptop or backup storage each night, the loss of a large card isn’t so much of a concern.SUMMARY: This Sandisk SD card offers excellent Price/Performance/Capacity (as of Janjuary 2014), and Sandisk’s reputation for reliability. The rated performance of 30 Mb/s read speed, and 10 Mb/s Write speed are enough for most digital cameras up to 20 megapixels for either stills or HD video. If your camera skips frames or refuses to shoot video with this card, you probably need to upgrade to the 45 Mb/s Sandisk Extreme or Extreme Pro cards.

Genuine but somewhat slow - not for Pro use or burst mode.

I would not recommend this card for anyone with a very high Megapixel camera.30MB/second is not very fast. I’m not great at math, but this is a pretty simple problem:A Nikon D800 has a 36 megapixel sensor and RAW files coming out of that camera can be around 50MB.Writing a 36 MP photo that is 50 MB being written to a 30MB/sec card will take almost two seconds to write to this card. And that is under IDEAL conditions.Now consider that you are taking 10 photos in a row in succession (such as with a burst mode. It will take you potentially ¹⁄₂₅₀ or ¹⁄₅₀₀ of a second or however fast your shutter speed is (plus lag) for the shutter to open and close and capture each photo.BUT the photos then need to be added to the camera buffer and written to the card.So, assuming the buffer of your camera can actually hold all 10 or 20 or 30 photos you took in burst mode, the camera needs to write them to the card and you will be waiting to use the camera in the meantime.If, for example, you took 20 photos in burst mode and are capturing in RAW format, that’s going to be 1000MB you need to write at 30MB/second.In this example with a card of this speed, you will be waiting around 33 seconds until you can use your camera again!That being said, for high megapixel cameras, you are going to be much better off with a faster card. If you can double the speed of the card, or even increase it by 50%, you are going to be writing faster and saving files faster and therefore able to using your camera for more shots faster.But, for standard point and shoot users, who are taking a single photo at a time, this card should be fine.JUST REMEMBER: You do not want to store ALL of your photos on one card ever. Make sure to change cards frequently (before they fill up) because if the one card you are using fries or dies, you will lose all of your photos.