Should I buy this SDHC card?

I have no idea about this particular card and no experience with this brand. However, I've read that something like 90% of the SD cards on eBay are fakes. SD cards are the single most counterfieted product available on eBay, as well as being one of the biggest money-makers of the modern day black-market.
 
the price difference between buying this one and buying say a sandisk from a reputable dealer is like what, $60?

if the integrity of your data isnt worth an additional $60 to you. or if a $60 difference is a deal-breaker for you. you probably dont need to be buying it in the first place...

if we were talking about a big P2 card at like a grand. i would understand the question. but youve probably spent $60 in time and effort just thinking about this
 
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I use Kingston class 10 memory cards and they work great. Wayyy better than the Transcend ones.

I bought mine from Scan Computers and also Ebay UK. II paid $36 from Scan and $26 from Ebay for 16gb cards. The Scan one will definitely be legit and I'm 99% sure the Ebay one is as well (same read/write speeds etc).

I would buy the same card from a legit source and also get it from Ebay. Compare them physically and also run speed tests.
 
wgzn said:
the price difference between buying this one and buying say a sandisk from a reputable dealer is like what, $60?

if the integrity of your data isnt worth an additional $60 to you. or if a $60 difference is a deal-breaker for you. you probably dont need to be buying it in the first place...

if we were talking about a big P2 card at like a grand. i would understand the question. but youve probably spent $60 in time and effort just thinking about this
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I used to work with a guy that was frequently buying SD cards on eBay, strictly because of price. Some didn't work right out of the box, while others would fail after less than one week. IMO, with memory cards being so cheap from reputable dealers (NewEgg, B&H), why would I take such a risk with my data for a $20 savings? The phrase "you get what you pay for" still rings true.
 
yeh ur data is extremely important. I didn't skimp on that. I have Lexar Professional series 300x UDMA CF cards. Cost me like $114 a pop at the time from Amazon. they have never failed me. I also have a waterproof cf card holder from Pelican. (and i've tested its waterproof-ness :) ). Cant take risks with that at all... that's how u make your $...well if you make $ from it that is.
 
Boxing Fanatix said:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/KINGSTON-SD...Memory_Cards&hash=item2eb760f204#ht_597wt_932

It seems too good to be true, 32GB SDHC card for only 20 bucks, I had some class 6 SDHC cards that did not work on my T2i, it would stop recording within five-ten seconds every clip. I know the card I posted is class 10 but if this was a fake, would it still work on my camera or not?

Should I just buy the card, bite the bullet?
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Kingston media has been somewhat "problematic" with T1i and T2i users, buffer over run where the buffer bar appears, fills up, and the recording shuts down. Canon service techs have advised some owners over the phone that the Canon cameras can be "brand picky" and they suggested the use of SanDisk Extreme Class (6).

Problems went away with SanDisk.

I've also seen reports of problems with Kingston media in Nikon DSLRs in video mode.

I use nothing but SanDisk now and have never had a media related problem. Even though what I do is mostly at a personal level, I wouldn't even consider using a "bargain brand".

Kingston used to be quality memory.
 
Am I the only one to notice that the seller of that Kingston card has only 13.6% positive feedback and is located in China?
 
I would personally look at it from a bitrate standpoint. To the best of my knowledge you'll be able to record 20 mb/s on that card. Most DSLR cameras record at a higher bitrate than then. Ergo, you'll be losing data. Just my opinion.
 
Chris S. Alexander said:
I would personally look at it from a bitrate standpoint. To the best of my knowledge you'll be able to record 20 mb/s on that card. Most DSLR cameras record at a higher bitrate than then. Ergo, you'll be losing data. Just my opinion.
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Your math is off... You're getting confused with megabytes vs. megabits. If a DSLR records at 35mbps, this is around 4 megaBYTES per second.

AVCHD is 24mbps, which is around 2.6 - 3 megaBYTES/sec. SD cards are rated at megabytes so 20MB/s is more than enough to handle almost any H.264-based codec.

I'm surprised people still make this mistake.
 
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