The the sandisk sd card is alot more expensive than the kingston even though they are both 2GB, i really dont understand the price difference. If i purchase the kingston am i losing out on anything?
2007-01-21 00:21:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
Kingston uses less expensive (which means, sometimes, cheaper) materials in their card construction, and their quality control is also less stringent.
SanDisk uses higher quality (which means, sometimes, more expensive) materials in their card construction, and their quality control is also much more rigorous.
One of the services my company provides is data/image recovery from memory cards that are experiencing some sort of problem. My store takes in about 3 cards per month for this service. In the past 15 months, I've seen about 10-12 Kingston memory cards, and only 1 SanDisk. (No Lexars, by the way)
I don't think Kingston sells 15 times as many cards as SanDisk. And the SanDisk customer didn't know what 'formatting a card' meant, which was, ulitmately, the cause of her problem; using the card for over a year and never formatting it.
It's a one time cost. You get what you pay for. Why take the chance with your pictures over a one time cost of about $30, max?
Choose Lexar or SanDisk, whether you're using an SD card or a CF card. All of the other manufacturer's cut too many corners. If you are fastidious about your memory card management, then you may never notice a problem with your Kingston card. But for reliability, I'd go with a Lexar or SanDisk. I shoot with a Nikon D200, usually in largest/highest quality JPEG mode, or NEF RAW. I use two Lexar 1GB CF x133 cards. I would happily use a SanDisk Ultra III. I wouldn't use a Kingston card even if it were free. My pictures are too important to me.
Edit to Your Nuts: Toshiba is a supplier of materials & parts. That's not the same as saying they made the memory card. Sony provides the CCD sensors for most digital cameras to the other manufacturers, and Casio provides the LCD screens. That doesn't mean that Casio & Sony made my Nikon D200.
2007-01-21 01:58:50 · answer #1 · answered by Devil Dog '73 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No a lot of them are made by Toshiba. If you look on the back of it (pin contact side) it will often have Toshiba on it.
Be careful where you buy them from though, there are a lot of Sandisk and Kingston fakes about. Often from China a lot of them have been bought on eBay and they dont always perform that well.
I always buy mine from:
http://www.picstop.co.uk/
They have a good choice and the prices are good. Delivery and service is excellent. Things usually arrive next day if you order in the morning.
2007-01-21 02:02:53 · answer #2 · answered by Your Nuts! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not missing out. Check and see what both cards are rated at for a transfer rate. If its equal, go for the cheaper one. Both are well know companies with good reputations.
Info Tech (30 years exp), micros since the 1980's
2007-01-21 00:25:21 · answer #3 · answered by John Hightower 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SDHC card is SD card with extreme skill.optimum skill for SD card is 2GB mutually as SDHC card have skill from 8-32 GB. commonly, digital camera that use SD card may be useful SDHC card. although, you shoul could envision instruction manual or product information in the adventure that your digital camera can use SDHC card or no longer.
2016-10-31 21:54:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sandisk - you pay for the name
I have both cards and they work equally well
2007-01-21 01:23:32 · answer #5 · answered by Elvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, go with the cheaper one.
2007-01-21 00:24:39 · answer #6 · answered by Miss D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOT REALLY--->I THINK THEY BOTH SUK...
2007-01-22 03:40:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋