The Transcend Ultimate 8GB Class 10 card is excellent, very quick at writing and reading. But there is a benefit that outweighs speed, something I didn't particularly take into account when I bought the cards.
It has an image recovery facility in case you lose your photos, I never thought I'd need it and that the recovery process might be cumbersome or not even apply in respect of my Nikon NRW raw images. Well, after using the card for the first time I reviewed my shots from the day with a friend on her computer (using a Transcend card reader). I'd thought they'd been uploaded and that I'd then be able to transfer them to a cruzer stick, so I deleted them from my card. Then I discovered they hadn't been uploaded at all but had been simply viewed direct from the card, so I was too quick to delete them from my card, a silly mistake.
To my utter amazement I was able to recover all of my images from the deleted card, the process was actually very easy using Transcend's software which I downloaded from their site (listed on the back of the memory card's packaging).
The moral of the story is that we all make mistakes from time to time however clever we think we are. But for Transcend's recovery facility (called RecoveRx) I would have lost a day's shots, I can't describe how horrible a feeling that is, something I've never experienced before.
Having a recovery facility has now trumped my thinking, it now being more important to me than gaining a second/minute through speedy writing/reading.
I've ordered some more Transcend Ultimate 8GB memory cards, I wouldn't now use any other.
(Note for video users, the cards are UHS1 which I believe won't support 4K video (Ultra HD) which need UHS3).
| Brand | Transcend |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions | 3.2 x 0.2 x 2.41 cm; 2 Grams |
| Item model number | TS32GSDHC10U1 |
| Manufacturer | TRANSCEND |
| Series | TS32GSDHC10U1 SDHC Class 10 UHS-I U1 |
| Color | Multicoloured |
| Form Factor | SDHC |
| RAM Size | 32 GB |
| Hard Drive Size | 32 GB |
| Voltage | 5 Volts |
| Wattage | 5 |
| Hardware Platform | PC |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Item Weight | 2 g |
