PNY P SDHC8G4 FS 8 GB Class 4 Secure Digital High Capacity Card

Customer Reviews

Great with Digital Camera

2008-07-22
I have a 8 megapixel digital camera and bought this to use with my camera. Before buying, I went to the SD website to make sure that I purchased a memory card from an authorized manufacturer. PNY is listed as a licensee, so I felt good to make the purchase. Once I received it, I placed it in the camera and formatted it (Note: it was not formatted when I received it, so the camera initially did not read it. Once formatted, then there was no problem). I have only just begun to use it. If any problems result, I will update this review.

8 GB SDHC Card was perfect for me!

2008-06-14
I have a Canon A560 that shoots video in addition to photos. My adopted grandson was about to graduate Kindergarten and I wanted to make a video of the event. Called school and they said ceremony would be 1 hour or less (this was important since the A560 will not take video longer than 1 hour). I had been using 1 GB SD cards for photos in this camera, but it was clear from some testing I would need a bigger memory card to take video. So I bought this 8 GB SDHC card. The card was shipped fast and the 42 minute video I took of the graduation came out very good. I had to buy an SDHC card reader to transfer the video from camera to computer, but this 8 GB SDHC card worked perfect and comfortably held 42 minutes of HQ video with room to spare. Happy with purchase and would buy again. Also, the card has a lock/unlock feature to prevent accidental deletions.

Good and fast memory, poor build quality

2008-05-27
I have a love/hate relationship with PNY. I've always been enamored with their prices, going back to the days of the GeForce4600 Graphics cards (they were one of the first vendors on the shelves). But they must cut some corners as far as QA is concerned. The plastic housing on all three of these 8GB cards have issues when inserting/ejecting from my Canon HF10, PS3 and Wii. The size of the card is slightly larger than the receptacle. I have the same problem with a Transcend SDHC 16GB card. Odds are, both PNY and Transcend purchase from the same OEM.

I have an 8GB SDHC card from SanDisk. I've never had physical size issues with that card.

I have no complaints as far as speed is concerned. Even though the card is branded as a Class 4 card, the HF10 rates it as a Class 6 and sustained transfer rates are in the 12 - 15MB/s range.

I can't speak to reliability. So far, I haven't had any issues with data retention, but then, I don't use these for long term storage. Nor would I ever recommend anyone use this class of flash for **any** long term storage purposes. That's what tape, CDR and DVDR are for.

PNY Optima - value for price

2008-05-05
I am using this product in my Cannon Power Shot SD1000. So far so good.

A Great Gift

2008-04-26
Ordered for my grandchild who is extremely happy. She is a great aspiring photographer. The price and size were perfect for her camera.
She got twice the GB's for a lot less.

easy return

2008-03-04
An ideal compact storage solution with a fast 4MB per second write speed. Designed for SDHC compatible host devices (SDHC cards are not compatible with standard SD host devices and card readers, and will only work on SDHC host devices. Check with your device manufacturer to see if the device supports SDHC).

Dave

2007-11-05
Bought this card to go with my new Panasonic FZ18S digital camera and it is working great, I can store over 2000 pics at 8.1mp!!
At this price it is well worth it.

Perfect.

2007-10-20
Yeah so basically, PNY is an excellent brand. While not the Cadillac of flash products, it's certainly at least the Ford of flash products. No problems at all. The device is advertised at class 4, meaning it ought to read/write at a MINIMUM sustained rate of 4 MB/sec. I benchmarked mine to above this number by about 20-30% for both read and write. Popped right into my Canon A570IS---I can now store some absurd amount of photographs at high resolution. Like, 5 years of photos...if I wanted to....or hours of video at 640x480x30fps. I would not hesitate to buy this product. I myself am a Kingston fan, but for the price difference, I bought the far less expensive PNY and haven't had any problem.

Oh, and PLEASE, techno-losers, before you say this card doesn't work in your device, try making sure your device is SDHC compliant??? (it won't be if it's old).

Excellent Card, Excellent Price

2007-10-17
Used this card with my Nikon D80. I had a couple of 2gig cards also for my trip abroad. I ONLY used this card, never needed the other cards. At the highest setting on my Nikon (10.1 megapixal) can take 1000 pictures. More than enough for my needs. I snapped almost 800 pics. And never felt I had to "save" space for another day.

Had no issues with the card with my camera or my Mac. iPhoto read it great. I did plug the card into a friends card reader, which did not read it. So make sure your card reader can read HC (high capacity) cards. Although the newer card readers can, or just plug directly from your camera. Also more important, make sure camera (if you are using for this purpose) can read HC, because not all cameras can.

Otherwise great purchase, good price. Highly recommended

AWESOME SD CARD

2007-08-29
The 1st reviewer here is obviously smoking pot, or does not realize that you must make sure your device is sdhc compliant. I had to flash the firmware in my a636n pda, but it works real good.

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