Nikon D80 / D50 & Kingston SDHC cards

Kingston sells a range of SD cards known as SDHC (High Capacity) cards, in
various speed classes.

Would these cards make a difference when used with a D80 or D50? In other
words, it is worth paying the premium for a SDHC or is it just as good as
plain old SD card because the camera doesn't know any better?

On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:30:54 GMT, Sitara Lal wrote:
Kingston sells a range of SD cards known as SDHC (High Capacity) cards, in
various speed classes.

Would these cards make a difference when used with a D80 or D50? In other
words, it is worth paying the premium for a SDHC or is it just as good as
plain old SD card because the camera doesn't know any better?

As I understand it, SDHC allows cards of 4 GB and above, whereas
standard SD is only spec'd up to 2 GB (though there are some 4 GB SD
cards, and it's apparently a crapshoot as to whether they'll work on any
given camera).

The card speed is a separate issue; there are slow and fast SD cards,
ditto for SDHC. The really high speeds are mainly useful when
downloading photos to a computer, rather than while taking the pictures.
My personal view is to buy one or two notches below the fastest;
reasonably zippy, but without the price premium of The Fastest Cards
Available.

-dms

"Daniel Silevitch" wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:30:54 GMT, Sitara Lal
wrote:
Kingston sells a range of SD cards known as SDHC (High Capacity) cards,
in
various speed classes.

Would these cards make a difference when used with a D80 or D50? In other
words, it is worth paying the premium for a SDHC or is it just as good as
plain old SD card because the camera doesn't know any better?

As I understand it, SDHC allows cards of 4 GB and above, whereas
standard SD is only spec'd up to 2 GB (though there are some 4 GB SD
cards, and it's apparently a crapshoot as to whether they'll work on any
given camera).

The card speed is a separate issue; there are slow and fast SD cards,
ditto for SDHC. The really high speeds are mainly useful when
downloading photos to a computer, rather than while taking the pictures.
My personal view is to buy one or two notches below the fastest;
reasonably zippy, but without the price premium of The Fastest Cards
Available.

-dms


D50 can't use SDHC. D80 can.