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| Kingston 1 GB Secure Digital Flash Card ( SD/1GB ) (Retail Package) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Kingston
Category: CE
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $0.01
You Save: $29.98 (100%)
New (41) Used (1) Refurbished (1) from $0.01
Avg. Customer Rating:  208 reviews
Format: Cd
Color: Blue
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 70.9 x 45.3 x 7.9
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: Limited lifetime warranty
MPN: SD/1GB
Model: SD/1GB
UPC: 740617080735
EAN: 0740617080735
ASIN: B00070QI1I
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good price, good card. Too bad it's not compatible with my camera! July 18, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can get it to work with my Gateway digital camera, but I have to format the card every time I turn my camera on. Oh well. It works great in my PDA and my husband's camera, so I use it for those.
Works fine July 13, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Works fine with my Nikon Coolpix camera as well as my Garmin Street pilot C550 nagivation device. No problems so far.
 Works Just Fine With My Canon SD450 July 11, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a name-brand, reasonably priced and perfectly adequate SD card. I wondered if it would keep up with my camera, especially for movies...and it does. No discernable time-lag. It is a good option for any SD camera. I am quite satisfied.
Works flawlessly July 10, 2006
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is 1 of 3 SD cards that I have for my Nikon D50 6.1MP camera. On average I get about 320 pictures on this card. Have not had 1 issue with it thus far and it can be had for a very inexpensive price. I'm tempted to get more.
Excellent price/performance for basic storage. July 5, 2006
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
While it's not one of the newer-better-faster models of SD, if you're looking to store data, use it in an MP3 player, etc. You simply can't beat the price-to-performance ratio on this little guy.
It works perfectly on my new SD-based MP3 player for skip-free performance. Transfer time was negligible (don't get me wrong it took a few minutes to transfer 1 GB of data, but not more than I'd expect for a 1GB {!} transfer; maybe 8-12 minutes? Probably less...)
Took me a while to figure out that if you format it as FAT the player only sees 512MB of space. Whereas if you format it FAT32 it sees 1GB, and uses a few MB for formatting purposes, giving somewhere around 982 MB free. More than enough for hours and hours of MP3 play time.
I'd assume this card would work well in basic cameras up to 2-3 megapixels. For higher megapixels you'll probably want to step up to a slightly faster card. But keep it Kingston. They make good products at excellent price points.
I've used their desktop valueram for a while without issue, and their SD cards are certainly no disappointment. I rate this a must-buy. Aside from which it's the only card I've seen no really negative reviews for from any source I've checked online (unlike some other "name brands" like SanDisk, Lexar, etc.), hence purchasing this one. Seriously shop it around and go to a few comparison sites that use ratings and reviews. The Kingston cards consistently get good reviews (or at least lack bad reviews), whereas the other brands are about 50/50, 60/40, etc.
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Addendum:
with a couple months' perspective: again, the card holds up well. I purchased the basic low-speed model due to price (appx $27/ea at the time). Works perfectly in my MP3 player, with the above formatting/space caveats. However, they've since dropped the price on the basic model to about $21/ea. At this price, for basic uses, I can see no reason why anyone would NOT buy this indispensable piece of peripheral equipment for cameras/MP3 players. I'm actually tempted to buy a few more for other purposes... The price for a 50x 1GB Kingston is now about $24, well worth it for newer faster digital cameras able to utilize the faster speed memory (though you may not see any increase on older cameras). Not sure what the 133x 1GB cards run, I'd guess not much more than about $35-40/ea, which would be reasonable. I'm just going to wager a guess you'll even get better $$/performace ratio out of two of the 50x 1GB Kingston cards than you'd get uot of one of the 50x 2GB cards, if you don't mind carrying 2 cards. And it might also increase compatibility slightly, since I don't know how many cameras support the larger cards yet?
Again I reiterate the basic model is good for uses where speed doesn't matter like memory cards for MP3 players that are just reading the data off a little bit at a time. But, if you need faster speeds for newer cameras using rapid shutter speeds or real-time video, you'll probably want to step up to the 50x or 133x version for a couple extra dollars, if the camera supports it. Or even step up to the 2GB cards if you're using 4-6+ megapixel resolution photo settings on a regular basis.
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