32Gb SDHC Cards Help

supermonkey

Hi all,

I'm about to splash out on a new camera and am tempted to go for a 32Gb card, but I want to pay less than £60 since 16gb cards can be had for less than £30.

Does anyone have any opinions of these?

Bytestor 32GB SDHC Class 6 Memory Card: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

Integral Flash Memory 32GB SDHC Card Class 6 & USB: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

Memory 2 GO 32GB Class 6 SDHC Card: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

It will be used for HD video so needs to be fast (I note that there is great variance despite the speed class 6 ratings). I'm also concerned that they're not all sold direct by Amazon. Wouldn't normally bother me, but I have heard all about the dodgy cards sold on a certain auction site and I want to steer clear of any dodge items.

Red_Rose_Exile

I would rather have 2 class 8 16gb SDHC than 1 32gb class 6 , then if you lose one, you've only lost a 16gb card, 32gb will give you 12 hours at HD, and 16Gb will give you 6 hours which I would have thought would have been enough.

Of the three, it would have to be the Integral, but I would be reluctantly parting with my cash

poppy10_2

Red_Rose_Exile wrote: »

I would rather have 2 class 8 16gb SDHC than 1 32gb class 6 , then if you lose one, you've only lost a 16gb card

Yep, never seen the attraction of these huge-capacity cards. They are so tiny that it is hardly a strain carrying three or four of them around, and it is much better to spread your pictures over several cards so that if one becomes corrupted or you drop it in a drain by mistake, then you have only lost some of your photos.
All the three you posted look much of a muchness. Whatever you do don't buy high capacity SD cards on eBay, the majority of them are fake and don't work.

supermonkey

I see your point, but I do not want to be changing cards. The camera will be replacing a still camera and camcorder so it will be well used. I would much prefer one card and wondered if anyone had used any of those...

Interestly, I have heard the Integral cards being slated compared to Bytestore.

Red_Rose_Exile

Never had a problem with integral, personally

supermonkey

Red_Rose_Exile wrote: »

Never had a problem with integral, personally

You've used a few? I'm sure for photos it will be fine, I am wondering about whether it will be up to the task of HD video... I've heard a lot about frame skipping / jumping on cards that are class 6 and therefore should be fast enough

ShimSham

Red_Rose_Exile wrote: »

I would rather have 2 class 8 16gb SDHC than 1 32gb class 6 , then if you lose one, you've only lost a 16gb card, 32gb will give you 12 hours at HD, and 16Gb will give you 6 hours which I would have thought would have been enough.

Of the three, it would have to be the Integral, but I would be reluctantly parting with my cash

Isn't 16gb very big, lots of data to be lost. Wouldn't you better of with 4 8gb cards, or better still 8 4gb cards..

ashleysly

well you can always try ebay to get a 32gb as they will be cheap, if not you can get one £55 from mymemory

almillar

As above, unless you're very comfortable with who you're buying from on eBay, memory cards is the first thing I would advise people to avoid. Second would be earphones. Just too many fakes around.