Fast and slow SD Cards

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I was going to get a spare SD Card for a recorder and the tech
support guy said to get one which was under 2GB and not high speed.

I can understand the recorder may not support SDHC and won't
recognise a 2GB+ card.

But what is that about not using a fast SD Card. Surely my recorder
ought to work whatever the speed of the SD memory card?

Was he talking crap?
 
dave said:
I was going to get a spare SD Card for a recorder and the tech
support guy said to get one which was under 2GB and not high speed.

I can understand the recorder may not support SDHC and won't
recognise a 2GB+ card.

But what is that about not using a fast SD Card. Surely my recorder
ought to work whatever the speed of the SD memory card?

Was he talking crap?
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May he's just saying that investing in really fast cards isn't going to
help much. A recorder (sound? camcorder?) has a fixed write rate so when
recording you don't need a card much faster than that.

Having a fast card can however be a good thing when transferring the
files to a computer.
 
dave said:
I was going to get a spare SD Card for a recorder and the tech
support guy said to get one which was under 2GB and not high speed.

I can understand the recorder may not support SDHC and won't
recognise a 2GB+ card.

But what is that about not using a fast SD Card. Surely my recorder
ought to work whatever the speed of the SD memory card?

Was he talking crap?
Click to expand...

The speed rating of the card is the fastest that it can manage, not the
speed that it *must* run at. A fast card will transfer slowly when
necessary! It will cost more though, so if you don't need fast transfer
speeds, then you can save money by buying a slower one.
 
dave said:
I was going to get a spare SD Card for a recorder and the tech
support guy said to get one which was under 2GB and not high speed.
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Maybe he meant, "Don't get a High Capacity card".
That would, of course be a SDHC, which may not in fact, be compatible
with your recorder.
As far as speed is concerned, high speed cards are really nice for
downloading images to your computer.
Most manufacturers don't advertise the card's speed but some do.
My SD cards that are rated at 150X do a very good job.
I have recently seen a SDHC card rated as 300X, but I have not used it.
Bob Williams
 
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