Tuesday, February 9, 2010

SDHC cards and speed class

Thought I got a great deal on SDHC cards the other day, and I did; it's just that I can't use them for what I had hoped to use them for. I bought 2 16 gig SDHC cards for use in the Panasonic HMC-150. They are class 4, the minimum requirement for use in the camera as outlined in the manual. I have since read posts and heard from others in the field that Panasonic recommends class 6. I'd like to know what the use is of writing in a manual that the camera will work with class 4 but neglect to write in that class 6 is recommended in order to avoid drop-outs in video recording.

I also ran some tests to compare class 6 and class 10 on the Panasonic yesterday. I didn't notice any difference. No dropouts in either class and the file transfer rate between card and computer was exactly the same. (1 minute for a gig total of 16 files) Not sure there's any use to going up to class 10 with this card.

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