SanDisk 2 GB Class 2 SD Flash Memory Card SDSDB-2048-A11

5 Comments

1. Steven Quigley says:

   March 5, 2010 at 6:53 pm

   I’ve been using the SanDisk standard speed SD card series for four years and have never had a problem with these inexpensive, yet reliable cards. My oldest one (a 512MB) is still used very frequently, having captured thousands of photographs. Now that the prices are getting lower and the sizes bigger, I would suggest that if you’re only shooting still shots, 2GB is probably way more than you’ll ever need. A 2GB card will probably hold about 900 photos depending on your camera’s megapixels and JPEG compression. That’s like 40+ rolls of 35mm film! However, if your camera shoots video, this card is steal since you’ll never know when you need more space.

   FOR KODAK OWNERS: In July 2006, I replaced a SanDisk regular SD card like this one with a SanDisk Ultra II card for my Kodak DX7590, because I was hoping that it would allow my camera to write high-quality 5MP pictures faster. But to my surprise, it timed exactly the same. So I emailed Kodak, and this was their response: “We appreciate your interest in high speed memory for your digital camera. Our cameras are designed to operate, write and read SD cards at set voltage speeds. Therefore, there is no advantage to using faster memory in Kodak cameras.”

   So if you use a Kodak dock or USB cable to transfer images from a Kodak camera to your computer, this standard SanDisk card is all you need…there’s no advantage to paying extra for a high-speed card like the Ultra II. However, if you use a card reader to get images from the SD card to your computer, and speed is important to you, then it might be worthwhile to pay a little more for the Ultra II since read and write speeds through the card reader could be substantially faster.
   Rating: 5 / 5
2. Gadgester says:

   March 5, 2010 at 9:47 pm

   This is a regular-format Secure Digital (SD) card, regular in the sense that it’s not of the latest SDHC (SD High Capacity) format. This is a good thing because it means this 2GB card is compatible with most SD devices like digital cameras, digital camcorders, GPS units, Pocket PCs, etc.

   Unfortunately, most USB media card readers (including Sandisk’s own as well as Belkin ones) cannot deal with capacity larger than 1GB yet. So be *VERY* careful if you plan to use this 2GB SD card with a USB card reader: if you do want to do it, make sure you only read from it, not write to it, or you would risk corrupting the entire memory which would require reformatting. (Unfortunately, because most OS’s write some extra system information to disks all the time, it’s extremely unlikely you can avoid any writes when you insert this SD card into a USB card reader.)

   While compatibility with my devices seems good so far, what I don’t like is the card’s speed. It’s actually quite slow. Sure, this is a standard-speed card, the cheapest model in Sandisk’s SD lineup. Still, it feels slower than my xD-Picture card, which itself is not a speed demon by any measure. So even though you get a lot of capacity (2GB formatted in FAT32), filling it up could take a painfully long time, even over USB 2.0 high-speed.

   In the end, I think this is a good value simply because it’s cheap. I’ve filled mine with MP3s and JPEGs and nowadays use it with my portable GPS. For MP3 playback, the speed is not a big issue, but when viewing large JPEG files, it can be a little trying to my patience.
   Rating: 3 / 5
3. Cliff P. Chang says:

   March 5, 2010 at 11:20 pm

   I had this card for about a year for my Casio Digital camera. It will hold about 2 hrs. of video at 30fps on 640×480. Very impressive speed ready speed for a regular Sandisk SD crad, about 32X. Yes it’s ture, some old version reader or camera will not picked up this card due to it’s limits. So you really need to check the compatibility of you device before you get it. But I won’t give a low rating because of that. (Not doing your homework!!)
   Rating: 5 / 5
4. John Q Adams says:

   March 6, 2010 at 12:54 am

   The SanDisk 2 GB Memory Card works perfectly with my Canon S3 IS. Reading of still photos and movies from this card to my Dell desktop was flawless using an older (unlabled) card reader that is labeled to read SM, CF, and SD cards. I have only used the card reader for CF cards up to now. The photos and movies were crisp and clear at maximum resolution.
   Rating: 5 / 5
5. SEAN O'NEILL says:

   March 6, 2010 at 2:46 am

   SanDisk makes solid storage media, and this 2GB SD card is no exception. Use it for MP3s on my Treo phone, and it works great.
   Rating: 5 / 5