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SD Cards
I'm thinking of buying a 512MB SD Card for my camera. Is any brand better (or worse) than any other? Specifically, Amazon offers a Viking one for £25.96, a Kingston one for £25.60 and a Bytestor one for £29.99. I currently use a Bytestor 256MB SD which has given me no problems, but should I go for one of the cheaper 2 (which one?) and save £4.
To confuse the issue, Amazon lists a 512 MB Bytestor SD MLC card that looks the same size as the others for £23.99. A bit of googling gave me the following, which suggests that MLC might be false economy as I take a fair number of video clips.
MLC stands for multi-level cell (MLC) technology
MLC SD(Multi-Level Cell) cards can hold two bits of data per cell. Therefore they have a lower production cost.
I have heard MLC cards usually have slower read/write speeds and therefore they are more suitable for recording still pictures in Digital camera's etc. (where speed isn't too important).
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