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Summary: How many pictures will it store?
Review: How many pictures will it store? It is the most commonly asked question from digital camera enthusiast but usually the question that is the most difficult to get a straight answer about. Well, considering I worked in the memory industry for over 7 years I can help clarify this perplexing question and do so unbiased as I have since changed industries.
The Smart Modular 256MB SECURE DIGITAL CARD, like most 256MB cards, will store on average 284 pictures when used with a 2 megapixel camera, 213 images when used with a 3 megapixel camera, 128 pictures when used with a 4 megapixel camera, 102 images when used with a 5 megapixel camera, and 80 pictures when used with a 6 megapixel camera. These numbers are based off the assumption that you are going to shoot your images at the highest quality JPEG setting available for the camera and understand that they are estimates and may be off by as much as 10 percent due to numerous factors including the complexity of the scene being shot and the compression algorithm used by your specific camera.
I truly hope this review was helpful to you in determining whether this card is the right capacity for your specific needs.
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Summary: Avoid this card
Review: I bought this SD card for use in my Palm Zire 71.This card doesn't look like a proper SD card, but more like a piece of PCB (printed circuit board) with a sticker on it. It does not have the official SD logo on it, and is also lacking the mandatory write protect switch. Normal SD cards have slightly recessed contacts, on the Smart Modular card they were *on* the surface of the card. After several frustrating hours of troubleshooting I decided to return it immediately. The card has repeatedly crashed my Palm, gave numerous read errors (e.g. MP3 files "chirped" and skipped a lot, JPEGs had numerous decoding artefacts). VFSMark (a benchmarking utility for external cards) refused to work with it. When using file system utilities (FileZ) to look at the contents, sometimes not all directory entries would be displayed, or the same folder name would appear *twice*. Not good. I replaced it with a Lexar card (which turned out to be a Sandisk), and haven't had a problem since.
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