Double or nothing
Flash memory pioneers Sandisk and PNY have both shown off 32GB SDHC (secure digital high capacity) cards at the big photography show in Las Vegas.
While most people will understandably ask “what’s the point” with 1GB being enough to cater for all but the most compulsive photographers, it seems that growing use of digital cameras and camera-phones to record video images is viewed as the market for these kinds of capacities.
PNY has yet to offer its ones for sale, but Sandisk has priced its 32GB SDHC card, with a MicroMate USB 2.0 Reader thrown in, at $349.99. “Cameras also are increasingly used for recording video clips, which demand even more memory and capacity,” said Susan Park, senior product marketing manager for SanDisk Ultra II cards. “These mega-capacities in our SanDisk Ultra II line give users the worry-free ability to capture thousands of their memories and hours of HiDef video on a single card.”
It must be stressed, however, that SDHC cards are not necessarily compatible with all devices that have SD storage capability. Devices that do not specifically support SDHC will not recognise SDHC cards.
