unreliable This is my third card in three months. The last two packed up after two weeks and two months respectively. (Failed during reading, but on different readers, and different computers). Now efficiently replaced by Amazon with the latest 30gb/s version, only problem this is card only, no recovery software or card reader that was supplied with the original two, so I will have to buy a sdhc reader.
confusing reviews at best SANDISK EXTREME lll SD 8GB
I really need to get this card, but two of your reviewers seem to disagree. Is this card the "30mb edition" card? The picture is not the 30mb edition, but Lucius says it is and Richard Stowey says it is not. I have written several Amazon suppliers asking about this and none of them wrote back. pls help, my d90 needs this card. A recent note, Lucius was kind enough to inform me that this is indeed the "30 mbs edition" and it is clearly written on the package as well as... more info
Above average I should point out that this does not come with a bundled reader which is unfortunate. It is however the newer "30MB/s" edition. I'm fairly happy with my purchase, some quick tests revealed an average write / read speed of around 20MB/s when used in conjunction with a computer. Therefore I can say without hesitation that it's above average, just not quite as good as they'd have you believe.
Brilliant Even though on the description page it says "Up to 30MB/s sequential read/write speeds", the finer print within the product details says "Speed Rating: 20 MB/s (read) 20 MB/s (write)". Just in case anyone is wondering, this IS NOT the 30 MB/s card. I have two of them now and use them with my Nikon D90. I can get a lot of video recording out of them and the speeds seem to be able to cope well with the large amount of data recording. Nice and reliable, good price and the small card reader comes in a... more info
