Dane-Elec 8 GB Class 4 SDHC Flash Memory Card DA-SD-8192-R

by Dane-Elec

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 5 inches ; 1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000VLIYGA
• Item model number: DA-SD-8192-R
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Dane-Elec 8 GB Secure Digital Card, DA-SD-8192-R

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hidden Gem (the card, I don't know about the seller), February 1, 2009

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Gatorowl (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dane-Elec 8 GB Class 4 SDHC Flash Memory Card DA-SD-8192-R (Personal Computers)

I got this card as a throw-away add-on when I bought a Rebel refurb off of eBay. There were 5 "accessories" including this card. The card reader was crap as were 3 of the 4 other accessories.

However, I was pleasantly surprised to see the card was a Dane-Elec. I've purchased DE flash cards over the years and have had good experience with them. I believe Dane-Elec is a respected, relatively large European manufacturer of flash memory. However, I assumed that this card, a type 4, would be super slow.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that it keeps up with my XSI just fine. Although the Rebel is no speed demon, rated at 3.5 fps, the DE card had no problem meeting that rating while shooting in camera raw! This factoid is significant because a raw 12 megapixel file can be 18-20MB plus the jpg means that the card must read as much as 23MB of data for every picture taken. Now, I don't know how big the camera's buffer is. If it is 100MB or more, then the card speed probably doesn't matter. However, this card hasn't slowed me down.

One surprising aspect of this card is its speed relative to the Transcend 8GB card that I purchased. I assumed that the DE would be at best on par with the Transcend, Type 6, and maybe a bit slower. The reverse was true. In an entirely unscientific test, my computer wrote to the DE more than twice as fast as it did to the Transcend (8-10MB/sec versus 4-5MB/sec). The reads were on par with both cards peaking at about 15MB/sec.

Overall, the card represents a very good value. Currently, their prices are very close. If I were to buy more cards, I would choose the DE.

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!, June 24, 2011

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PqP (Cambridge, MA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dane-Elec 8 GB Class 4 SDHC Flash Memory Card DA-SD-8192-R (Personal Computers)

Got this Dane-Elec 8GB for a very reasonable $12 (FREE shipping) and when I tested it on my computer this Class 4 card turned out to write 15% faster than my more expensive 8GB Class 6 Transcend. This Dane-Elec wrote at 10.6 MByte/sec, while the Transcend wrote at 9.2 MByte/sec; both read back at 19.1 MByte/sec.

From now on, I'm keeping an eye out for Dane-Elec bargains when shopping for SDHC cards.

5.0 out of 5 stars WYSIWYG, January 20, 2011

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D. Rodriguez (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dane-Elec 8 GB Class 4 SDHC Flash Memory Card DA-SD-8192-R (Personal Computers)

What you see is what you get.

Good specs, yo uget what you buy, for a good price.