Michael J.
Senior Member
costs are not the problem 
I just go to look now in another shop
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Which SD Cards
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Mycenius
Senior Member
Cool - should be good from an authenticity side of things!
Interested to see your feedback on how much difference you find over your Class 10 Sony card...
Mycenius
Senior Member
costs are not the problem
Don't stress - try the one you got - it might be more than fast enough! No need to go buy another if your new one does the job okay!
WileyCoyote
Banned
How do you tell if a SD or SDHC card is authentic and not a fake or a clone?That should be fine - just be careful it's authentic and not a fake/clone (if you got it off EBay or similar).
Mycenius
Senior Member
Unfortunately you usually need the card 'in hand' to visually inspect and or test!
Best solution is to follow SanDisk's advice (in the case of SanDisk cards) and check if the seller is an authorised dealer for your region:
Verifying if a SanDisk product is authentic
If buying on EBay see this:
How to identify counterfeit SanDisk Ultra II Secure Digital Cards
Fake SanDisk cards can usually be picked by the colour or logo not quite being 100% right, or in some cases the moulded logo or such missing from the back (or details on back not matching the front)...
See this chaps testing process (again you need the card 'in hand' to do it):
How to Test Fake Flash Memory
Google is your friend - lots more around... I think it's mainly SanDisk, followed by Lexar & Kingston who have their memory cards counterfeited in large numbers...
If in doubt always buy from a good reputable store, even if it costs you a few more $!
Mycenius
Senior Member
P.S. My favourite is on the SanDisk forum - fake 2.5" External Hard Drive - you wonder why it's got the drive light flashing but its not being recognised by your computer, and you open up the case to find:
...yep that's right - 2 big dynabolts & some washers to provide some weight to fake the presence of the HDD, along with a nice little LED light running off the USB socket's power contacts!
...yep that's right - 2 big dynabolts & some washers to provide some weight to fake the presence of the HDD, along with a nice little LED light running off the USB socket's power contacts!
Mycenius
Senior Member
P.P.S. Here's another interesting link (from last December):
Beware Counterfeit Memory Cards Being Shipped From Amazon Warehouses
(They are not being shipped from Amazon of course, just being sold via their marketplace, etc...
Beware Counterfeit Memory Cards Being Shipped From Amazon Warehouses
(They are not being shipped from Amazon of course, just being sold via their marketplace, etc...
WileyCoyote
Banned
I get all of my SDHC cards from Best Buy only because there are no real Photo gear/camera shops here in Jacksonville, Florida. At least since Wolf Camera and Ritz Camera closed up shop here. Go figure a metro area with 1.6 million people and no camera stores! From what I see online the closest real camera store is down in the Orlando area.
WileyCoyote
Banned
Yeah! I bought an 8GB card from Amazon once because it was only 7 dollars and it turned out to be counterfit and worthless.
Mycenius
Senior Member
Yeeerrpp! You know the old saying, if it sounds too good to be true it is too good to be true!
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Michael J.
Senior Member
Today I bought this one
Today I bought this one. I don't know how much in your country here in Thailand 173 US$
Today I bought this one. I don't know how much in your country here in Thailand 173 US$
Mycenius
Senior Member
Looks good - that's what I'd go for myself... Will be superfast in the D80 (10MP) and should be plenty fast enough for the D5100 (16MP).
FWIW that would cost between NZ$72 and NZ$130 plus any postage here in NZ (at current exchange rate about US$58 to US$105).
Michael J.
Senior Member
I love it already. VDO's are very smooth now no judder effect at all.