Kingston 8 GB Class 4 SDHC Flash Memory Card SD4/8GB

this sd card for laptops and pcs is super dooper fast! the brand kignston has always been the best and with this sd card,.. the file size.. the speed.. and the price.. im very impressed and i do tend to buy more of em!ive never been ashamed of kingston! id reccomend anyone to buy from this company! they are my number favorite!the lock on the side is awesome... and very effective..loading files back and forth are very awesome and fast..the quality of this sd card is very very good quality! its not cheap made material!the logo on this card is very professional and no one can afford such brilliant colorful logos like the grand champ of sd cards like kignston.. theyve been out a long time and they was one of the 1st companys to start the sd card domino effect and in my opinion they not just number one.. but i believe they are the leading company that can offer you a cheaper deal for better stronger quality that will last a long time!

If you need a solid, non-flashy card for your digital camera, you can't go wrong with Kingston. I've had them for 10 years in various devices and I've only had a problem caused by the camera itself. Kingston, to their credit and their amazing warranty, replaced it quickly. I couldn't find a receipt for it, but they replaced it no problem. That's great service.The card is rated as a Class 4 card, so it can handle greater than writes of 4 Mb/s to the card. For photography, it doesn't matter unless you're using a high-end digital SLR (writing large files is an annoyance.) If you plan on filming video, the card should be fine for AVHCD lite (720p HD) but when in doubt, go for the faster (Class 6 or higher) SDHC cards. I have one of these cards for a Canon Powershot G10 shooting 15mb RAW files, and it works flawlessly.The Amazon Frustration-Free packaging is another benefit. One of the things I hate about getting memory cards is that shrink wrapped plastic. If you're like me, you grab the nearest sharpest object to open those plastic clamshells and try to open it in such a way where you don't injure yourself. Instead, it's eco friendly AND I don't have to worry about the off-chance I'll injure myself, turning a $13 card into an expensive emergency room visit.

I use this card extensively in a Canon Rebel T2i, it has never let me down. It's not as fast as others, but it's more than adequate for my needs. Write speeds have always been fast enough for video use, too.Where this card has excelled in our house is as storage for the Nintendo 3DS. We've installed these cards in three 3DSs that see heavy use, they have all performed flawlessly.

I contemplated a 4 star rating, but when you buy the card, you know that it is a "class 4" card, which means it's supposed to transfer files at at least 4MB/s. If it's crucial and you can afford it, you could get the "class 6" card, which would make a difference when transferring large amounts of data.In short:*Pros:*- Capacity. You can get more capacity, but this is a bout the best size/price ratio.- Price. Again, 8GB and 4GB cards have the best size/price ratio.*Cons:*- SDHC. This is not really a con if you have new equipment, but SDHC is a newer standard, so you have to make sure you have the right equipment - SDHC IS NOT THE SAME AS SD!!- Speed. It's not "slow", but if you've had fast cards you'll notice the difference. Of course, you know this from the "Class 4" rating, so it's also not really a con.I've owned 2 Kingston SD cards. The oldest of them is about 3 years old and is still as reliable and good as when I first got it, so I have reason to believe this card will last for a while.My older Kingston 50X SD card is about twice as fast as this card, but it's only 1GB, so I needed more GB's to capture more video. This card would be just about perfect if it was faster. When I say that, I don't mean that the card is slow - my Vista machine can use it for ReadyBoost and camera performance is good. Just know that ReadyBoost can only use 4GB of memory, so you'll have 4GB of memory just sitting unused if you use it for this purpose.Primarily, I use this card for recording video clips and pictures with my Canon cameras, SD800IS and A710IS. For that purpose the card is great. I haven't noticed any lag when taking 7.1 Mega-pixel pictures (which range from 1MB to about 4MBs) or full screen VGA video (640x480). Here's some general advice for these cameras in particular, but it applies to most cameras:1. Don't record more than about 10 minutes of video at a time because the file size goes over 1GB, but this depends on the camera and video format, not the card itself.2. You might want to get an external card reader, if you don't have an internal card reader. You'll be fine transferring files directly from the camera if you only take a few snapshots and short videos. But if you plan on truly using all 8GB and transferring them at once, do yourself a favor and get a card reader. Most cameras are not meant to read/transfer files at fast speeds (even if they're USB 2.0 capable), and at least with the SD800IS, I could not transfer files over 500MB. Once I used a memory card reader, transferring was a breeze.Although reading times are fast enough (between 4-8MB/s), writing is a bit slower - it tops out at about 4MB/s, which is good enough for the "Class 4" rating and fast enough to capture pictures without (noticeable) lag in my cameras.It's a great card for the price; just make sure you understand what you're buying.