Customer Reviews

Sandisk Ultra SDHC 4 GB Class 4 Flash Memory Card (SDSDH-4096)

5 star:		(65)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

Excellent product! the other reviewer should have checked if his/her device supported this format. A product should not be given a low rating just because of the user's fault!
But indeed, check if your product supports SDHC before buying.

I'm using it in a Lumix DMC-LZ7K and so far no complaints. I really like to have so much capacity in a high speed card, so I don't have to worry about the memory card getting full so fast.

I use this card with my Nikon D80 DSLR and it is superb. As per the other user reviews, make sure your device can use SDHC (different than just SD) before buying this card, but if your device is compatible, this card is super. And 4GB for $50 is a good deal....

I bought mine with a usb adaptor, so it just plugs into my PC no problem

This is an excellent card and works as advertised in supported devices. Consumers who aren't smart enough to check if their device is supported shouldn't hold their lack of knowledge against SanDisk. I own 28 SanDisk Ultra II cards (a mix of CF and SD) and they have all been flawless.

I wouldn't hold the prior post as having any merit. If you need a large capacity card and you have a SDHC compatible camera, this SanDisk 4.0 GB card performs flawlessly.

Have been using this card for two months, it works well, no errors, no lost files, etc.

However, the advertised speed for SD Ultra II series is around 10MB/s reading and 9MB/s writing. This card does not go over 2.85 MB/s in either case. Additionally, it doesn't look like SD Ultra II 4GB shown on Sandisk.com.

At this price, I guess it is not a bad deal, however, it is as slow as my old 2GB No-name SD card.

SanDisk has so many versions out there, it is kind of confusing. This is a different Ultra II then the 2GB that were sold last year. This 4GB Ultra II is "SDHC" (Secure Digital High Capacity), which the 2GB was just an SD card. Regular SC cards are more compatible with most digital cameras and memory card readers. "SDHC" card are for the latest cameras and most DSLR, which can be read/write on SDHC card reader only or just the latest card reader.

Compatibility:
This does work fine with my DSLR Nikon D40. I could not get this new SDHC card to read on my 6 month old card Sony's Card reader nor my 2.5 years old Canon PowerShot SD400. But if you use the USB SDHC reader it worked fine and faster.

Performance
Maybe I got an OEM version, but it said it is a class 4 and 15mb/s. I ignore whatever speed SanDisk write, since I never get that performance. My old 2GB Ultra II said 10mb read/9mb write, but I only got like 6.5mb read/ 5mb write. This 4GB said 15mb, but I only get an average of 8mb read (copy) it peaked at 9mb once and is 6-7mb write. A class 4 has minimum of 4mb of write speed, which is true, this is more in line with a class 6. These information is shown on Window's Vista detail pop-up screen when you are copying or writing files.

Overall it is a great price and is one of the fastest performance I got from an SD card. I just had to upgrade for a SDHC card reader.

I got the card from Amazon, actually from one of the guys that sell thru Amazon. It came in time, well wrapped. I was happy!

Stuck it in my Canon camera - it worked great! A lot of room, super fast.

Stuck it in my computer's media card reader - nothing! Used my old card reader - nothing!

I guess this is the price for getting the new tech stuff - it doesn't always work with your old equipment. Oh, well... I went out to Radioshack and bought a ten bucks card reader for the new era SDHC cards. Now I am officially in and cool!

So, the bottom line is that if you want to use this card in older equpment, such as card readers, cameras and laptops - you might want to use smaller cards of the older kind.

Since I was ready to sacrifice for having a large card - five stars for the product. It does what it promises, no problems as of now.

The Ultra III's are already out, so at this low price, it's a bargain. Get two, and it should last most people a full year of shooting. This is a very dependable SD card; it gets me 1000 photographs on my Lumix DMC-FZ50 at the 8 megapixel setting.

This card is super fast with my Nikon d40 and can hold well over 1k pictures at 6 megapixels. i was going to get the extreme 3 2gb version, but in the end decided that having more memory was better. it's solid sandisk quality and plenty fast enough for any dslr. although you may want to get the extreme 3 version if working with video cameras.

For a memory card it's big and fast, just what I need for my Canon G8 camera. So far so good.