Lexar Media 256 MB Secure Digital Card (Retail Package)

by Lexar

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 1 x 7 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: B00006HCCS
• Item model number: SD256-231
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 26, 2006

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Similar in size to MultiMediaCard memory cards, Lexar Media's 256 MB Secure Digital (SD) card is designed for use in digital devices such as digital cameras, MP3 players, PDAs, cellular phones, and camcorders. Lexar Media's SD cards feature an erasure-prevention switch that keeps your data safe. When the switch is locked, it will stop you from accidentally copying over or deleting data stored on your card.

All Lexar Media SD cards are tested and manufactured to the highest quality standard to assure you there is no need to worry about lost or missing data. With its small size and solid-state design, Lexar Media's SD cards are perfect for mobile applications and users. This product is backed by a five-year limited customer-satisfaction warranty.

Product Description

Similar in size to MultiMediaCards, Lexar Media Secure Digital (SD) Cards are designed for use in many digital devices including digital cameras, MP3 players, PDAs, cellular phones and camcorders. The Lexar Media SD Cards have an erasure-prevention switch to keep your data safe. When the switch is in the locked position, it will stop you from accidentally copying over or deleting data stored on your card. Now you know your data will be safe. Reliability and durability are critical to ensure your data is there when you need it. All Lexar Media SD Cards are tested and manufactured to the highest quality standard to assure you there is no need to worry about lost or missing data. With the small size and solid-state design of the SD Cards, they are perfect for mobile applications and users.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How many pictures will it store?, November 5, 2004

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Brent D. Payne "SEO Director, Tribune" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexar Media 256 MB Secure Digital Card (Retail Package) (Personal Computers)

How many pictures will it store? It is the most commonly asked question from digital camera enthusiast but usually the question that is the most difficult to get a straight answer about. Well, considering I worked in the memory industry for over 7 years I can help clarify this perplexing question and do so unbiased as I have since changed industries.

The Lexar Media 256MB Secure Digital Card, like most 256MB cards, will store on average 284 pictures when used with a 2 megapixel camera, 213 images when used with a 3 megapixel camera, 128 pictures when used with a 4 megapixel camera, 102 images when used with a 5 megapixel camera, and 80 pictures when used with a 6 megapixel camera. These numbers are based off the assumption that you are going to shoot your images at the highest quality JPEG setting available for the camera and understand that they are estimates and may be off by as much as 10 percent due to numerous factors including the complexity of the scene being shot and the compression algorithm used by your specific camera.

I truly hope this review was helpful to you in determining whether this card is the right capacity for your specific needs.

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast read and write performance, great sd memory., June 3, 2003

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This review is from: Lexar Media 256 MB Secure Digital Card (Retail Package) (Personal Computers)

I have experienced with many of the sd memory cards and let me tell you from the best to the worst... Lexar, Simpletech and Panasonic sd cards are the top quality cards from Japan. Read and write speed is amazing(20x or 3Mb/s write and 30x or 5Mb/s read). Sandisk, Viking and PNY are the worst, write at 3x or 500Kb/s. Sandisk and PNY have read speed of 8x or 1.2Mb/s only, Viking is good at read speed(30x or 5Mb/s). Many stores carries the Sandisk because they cheap and of poor performance and they are mainly made in Taiwan or China. PNY can be found only in a few stores like Bestbuy, CompUSA and CircuitCity and they are made in Taiwan too. The Lexar sd card, in my opinion is the fastest right now. If you have a USB 2 card reader connected to a USB 2 port on a PC, just copy a 100MB folder and time it. You will be amazed with the write speed. Look for the High Performance logo on the packaging and sometimes they even advertise the speed like 12x, 24x or 32x. I kind of gambled when I bought from Amazon because there is no picture but the low price and outstanding service is too tempting to let go.

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock solid, great for Pocket PCs, February 12, 2003

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Gadgester "No Time, No Money" (Mother Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexar Media 256 MB Secure Digital Card (Retail Package) (Personal Computers)

Lexar makes some of the best flash memory on this planet. I've owned CompactFlash and Secure Digital cards from Lexar, Sandisk as well as generics from CompUSA. By far Lexar's offerings are the most reliable, giving me 100% error-free performance. Lexar cards also appear to be faster and more power-efficient, although I haven't done any rigorous testing, just experience. (CompUSA's are the worst -- I actually lost data on their 128MB CF card!) I'm a Pocket PC freak and I load my flash memory with tons of multimedia content, so reliability and speed are important to me.

In the past Lexar cards were a bit pricier than some other brands, but recently Lexar has become very competitive and many of their products are actually among the cheapest. Great quality + great value = totally recommended.

Note: You should still always back up your data regularly. On the Pocket PC, use the back-up function in ActiveSync. On any device, just copy the entire content of the card to a folder in your Windows Explorer.