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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
news:...
> 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.