14 DAY TRIAL // SanDisk has expanded its Extreme III lineup with a new 8GB SDHC (secure disc high capacity) card. This capacity is enough for more than 4,000 high-resolution pictures or up to 16 hours of MPEG 4 video and the Extreme III standard ensures a read/write speed of 20 megabytes per second.
"With the introduction of more cameras that can use SDHC, including the Nikon D80 and the Canon EOS-1D Mark II, the SanDisk Extreme III card is an ideal choice for those who want maximum dependability, durability and fast download speeds," said Tanya Chuang, SanDisk's director of retail product marketing for global imaging. "Also, since many of these cameras have extended video capabilities, the 8GB capacity provides users with storage for longer movie clips."
As with all SanDisk Extreme III cards, this mode also offers the ESP ("Enhanced Super-Parallel Processing") technology for the fastest speeds and highest performance.
The cards are designed for shooting in extreme temperatures (-13 to 185 degrees Fahrenheit or -25 to 85 degrees Celsius), high altitudes and other demanding situations.
The 8GB SDHC card will be packaged with a SanDisk MicroMate USB 2.0 Reader, priced at around $20 value. The bundled card and reader are expected to ship within the next 30 days to U.S. retailers at a suggested price of $179.99. It will also be available in Europe. The package also comes with the RescuePro software to recover the accidentally deleted files and images.
The SDHC format is designed to allow for capacities greater than 2GB, but devices must be SDHC compatible in order to work with SDHC memory cards. For video applications, SanDisk Extreme III SDHC cards have a speed rating of Class 6, the highest available SDA speed class, meaning that they have a minimum continuous data transfer rate of 6MB/second.
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