SanDisk Extreme III 4GB SDHC Card Overview
SanDisk Extreme III expands its award-winning, professional line of memory cards with a new 4GB SDHC (Secured Digital High Capacity) card. The SanDisk Extreme III 4GB SDHC memory card offers speed, performance and reliability to ensure you get your photos every time. A 4GB memory card can store more than 2,000 high-resolution pictures or up to 8 hours of MPEG 4 video*. As an added bonus, the card is packaged with a bonus SanDisk MicroMate™- a $20 value – so that users have a one-stop shop solution for capturing, storing and transferring their images.
To view compatible cameras, click here.
Advanced Features:
What is SDHC?
To support the higher capacity needs, SD cards are now requiring a different design. The new SD 2.0 specifications which supports 4GB and up, is called Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC). The SD Association has created and defined 3 speed classes to help you identify speed and performance capabilities/minimum requirements of SDHC cards and their SDHC host products.
Cards address data (read and write) at numerous speeds. Many factors impede this performance. SDHC guarantees a minimum read and write speed necessary to handle recording high quality video and audio. The maximum card speed may vary, but you can always depend on SDHC cards to meet your SDHC host product's high quality performance requirements.
SDHC Compatibility Information
Because SDHC works differently (supports the new higher capacity cards) this new card format is not backwards compatible with legacy SD format host devices.
The SDA speed class rating was developed to identify minimum data transfer and latency requirements for a host application and provide a means for consumers to match those requirements with an appropriately rated SD card. For example, in the emerging application of real-time video capture (camcorders, camera phones etc), in order to ensure smooth capture and playback of video, the camera buffer RAM must never experience a data over-run or under-run. This requires that the card communicate certain parameters to the camera and then meet some minimum governing parameters. An SDA speed class rating of 6 means that the card will be able to transfer (with specifically defined latencies and data allocation units) data in a random fashion without interruption. Consumers should look at the intended host device to select the correct speed class rating in the card they buy. Since speed class 6 is currently the highest rating defined by SDA, it doesn't necessarily mean that a speed class 6 is the fastest card that a consumer can buy for all applications.
By contrast, SanDisk's minimum performance rating of, for example, 20MB/sec on Extreme III cards states the performance level that those cards will deliver for sequential write and read operations in non-real-time applications such as file transfers between a card and a computer or in digital cameras between the camera's buffer and the card. In this case, the statement of performance allows customers to make a relative comparison between cards of differing performance and price points. SanDisk Extreme III cards are also speed class 6 rated.
Note: 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes; 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. Some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions, and thus is not available for data storage.
SanDisk Extreme III expands its award-winning, professional line of memory cards with a new 4GB SDHC (Secured Digital High Capacity) card. The SanDisk Extreme III 4GB SDHC memory card offers speed, performance and reliability to ensure you get your photos every time. A 4GB memory card can store more than 2,000 high-resolution pictures or up to 8 hours of MPEG 4 video*. As an added bonus, the card is packaged with a bonus SanDisk MicroMate™- a $20 value – so that users have a one-stop shop solution for capturing, storing and transferring their images.
To view compatible cameras, click here.
Advanced Features:
- Fast 20MB/sec sequential Read/Write speeds
- Ideal for demanding photo shoots under severe weather conditions – heat, cold, wind, rain, snow, etc
- Durable, reliable and thoroughly tested for heat, cold, shock and vibration
- Class 6 speed performance rating ( based on SD 2.0 specifications)
- RescuePRO® data recovery software - ensures your photos will always be there
- Dedicated technical support hotline 1-866-270-5532 ( U.S. only)
- SanDisk's lifetime limited warranty (EMEA: 10 year limited warranty)
What is SDHC?
To support the higher capacity needs, SD cards are now requiring a different design. The new SD 2.0 specifications which supports 4GB and up, is called Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC). The SD Association has created and defined 3 speed classes to help you identify speed and performance capabilities/minimum requirements of SDHC cards and their SDHC host products.
Cards address data (read and write) at numerous speeds. Many factors impede this performance. SDHC guarantees a minimum read and write speed necessary to handle recording high quality video and audio. The maximum card speed may vary, but you can always depend on SDHC cards to meet your SDHC host product's high quality performance requirements.
SDHC Compatibility Information
Because SDHC works differently (supports the new higher capacity cards) this new card format is not backwards compatible with legacy SD format host devices.
The SDA speed class rating was developed to identify minimum data transfer and latency requirements for a host application and provide a means for consumers to match those requirements with an appropriately rated SD card. For example, in the emerging application of real-time video capture (camcorders, camera phones etc), in order to ensure smooth capture and playback of video, the camera buffer RAM must never experience a data over-run or under-run. This requires that the card communicate certain parameters to the camera and then meet some minimum governing parameters. An SDA speed class rating of 6 means that the card will be able to transfer (with specifically defined latencies and data allocation units) data in a random fashion without interruption. Consumers should look at the intended host device to select the correct speed class rating in the card they buy. Since speed class 6 is currently the highest rating defined by SDA, it doesn't necessarily mean that a speed class 6 is the fastest card that a consumer can buy for all applications.
By contrast, SanDisk's minimum performance rating of, for example, 20MB/sec on Extreme III cards states the performance level that those cards will deliver for sequential write and read operations in non-real-time applications such as file transfers between a card and a computer or in digital cameras between the camera's buffer and the card. In this case, the statement of performance allows customers to make a relative comparison between cards of differing performance and price points. SanDisk Extreme III cards are also speed class 6 rated.
Note: 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes; 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. Some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions, and thus is not available for data storage.
Compatible Digital SLR Cameras
Canon
Digital Cameras SLR
EOS 10D EOS 1D EOS 1D Mark II
EOS 1Ds EOS 20D EOS 300D/Digital Rebel
EOS 350D/Rebel XT EOS 400D/Rebel Xti EOS 5D
EOS D30 EOS-1Ds Mark II
FujiFilm
Digital Cameras SLR
FinePix S2 Pro FinePix S3 Pro FinePix S5 Pro
HP
Digital Cameras SLR
C912
Kodak
Digital Cameras SLR
DCS 14N
Konica Minolta
Digital Cameras SLR
Maxxum 5D Maxxum 7D
Nikon
Digital Cameras SLR
D1H D200 D2H
D2X D50 D70s
D80
Olympus
Digital Cameras SLR
EVOLT E-1 EVOLT E-300 EVOLT E-330
EVOLT E-400 EVOLT E-500
Panasonic
Digital Cameras SLR
Lumix DMC-L1
Pentax
Digital Cameras SLR
*ist D *ist DL K100D
K10D K110D
Sigma
Digital Cameras SLR
SD9
Sony
Digital Cameras SLR
Alpha A100
Compatible Digital Cameras
Canon
Digital Cameras
IXY Digital 450 PowerShot A300 PowerShot A310
PowerShot A540 PowerShot A630 PowerShot A640
PowerShot A70 PowerShot A710 IS PowerShot A75
PowerShot A80 PowerShot G5 PowerShot G7
PowerShot PRO 90 IS PowerShot Pro1 PowerShot S1 IS
PowerShot S3 IS PowerShot S40 PowerShot S400
PowerShot S50 PowerShot SD10 PowerShot SD100
PowerShot SD40 PowerShot SD450 PowerShot SD500
PowerShot SD550 PowerShot SD600 PowerShot SD630
PowerShot SD800 IS PowerShot SD900
Casio
Digital Cameras
EXILIM EX-S2 EXILIM EX-S3 EXILIM EX-S600
EXILIM EX-S770 EXILIM EX-Z1000 EXILIM EX-Z3
EXILIM EX-Z40 Exilim EX-Z60 Exilim EX-Z600
EXILIM EX-Z700 EXILIM EX-Z770 EXILIM EX-Z850
QV-4000
Epson
Digital Cameras
PhotoPC 3100 Zoom
FujiFilm
Digital Cameras
FinePix A120 FinePix A202 FinePix A203
FinePix A205 FinePix A210 FinePix A303
FinePix A310 FinePix A330 FinePix A340
FinePix A345 FinePix A350 FinePix A360
FinePix A370 FinePix A400 FinePix A500
FinePix A600 FinePix A610 FinePix A700
FinePix A800 FinePix A820 FinePix A900
FinePix E500 FinePix E510 FinePix E550
FinePix E900 FinePix F10 FinePix F11
FinePix F20 FinePix F30 FinePix F31fd
FinePix F402 FinePix F40fd FinePix F410
FinePix F420 FinePix F440 FinePix F450
FinePix F455 FinePix F460 FinePix F470
FinePix F610 FinePix F650 FinePix F700
FinePix F710 FinePix F810 FinePix M603
FinePix S20 Pro FinePix S3000 FinePix S304
FinePix S3500 FinePix S5000 FinePix S5200
FinePix S5500 FinePix S5600 FinePix S6000fd
FinePix S602 FinePix S700 FinePix S7000
FinePix S9100 FinePix S9500 FinePix V10
FinePix Z1 FinePix Z2 FinePix Z3
FinePix Z5fd
Gateway
Digital Cameras
DC-T50
HP
Digital Cameras
Photosmart 635 Photosmart 720 Photosmart 812
Photosmart 850 Photosmart 935 Photosmart M307
Photosmart M407
Kodak
Digital Cameras
DX4530 DX6440 DX6490
EasyShare C743 EasyShare C875 Z7590
Konica
Digital Cameras
KD-300Z KD-400Z KD-500Z
Konica Minolta
Digital Cameras
DiMAGE 7Hi DiMAGE A200 DiMAGE E223
DiMAGE F100 DiMAGE F300 DiMAGE G400
DiMAGE S404 DiMAGE X DiMAGE XG
DiMAGE Xi DiMAGE Xt DiMAGE Z1
DiMAGE Z3
Kyocera
Digital Cameras
CONTAX SL300RT Finecam S5 Finecam SL400R
Nikon
Digital Cameras
CoolPix 2500 CoolPix 3700 CoolPix 4500
CoolPix 5000 CoolPix 8800 CoolPix 950
CoolPix 990 CoolPix L3 CoolPix L6
CoolPix P1 CoolPix S4 CoolPix S5
CoolPix S9
Olympus
Digital Cameras
C-50 Zoom C-5000 Zoom C-5050 Zoom
C-5060 Wide Zoom C-5500 Zoom C-60 Zoom
C-7000 Zoom C-7070 Wide Zoom C-725 Ultra Zoom
C-730 Ultra Zoom C-740 Ultra Zoom C-750 Ultra Zoom
C-755 Ultra Zoom C-760 Ultra Zoom C-765 Ultra Zoom
C-770 Ultra Zoom C-8080 Wide Zoom D-390
D-395 D-425 D-435
D-535 Zoom D-540 Zoom D-545 Zoom
D-555 Zoom D-560 Zoom D-565 Zoom
D-575 Zoom D-580 Zoom D-590 Zoom
D-595 Zoom D-630 Zoom E-10
E-100 RS E-20 FE-100
FE-110 FE-115 FE-120
FE-130 FE-140 FE-150
FE-160 FE-170 FE-180
FE-190 FE-200 FE-210
FE-230 FE-240 FE-250
Ferrari Digital 2004 IR-300 IR-500
SP-310 SP-320 SP-350
SP-500 UZ SP-510 UZ SP-550 UZ
SP-700 Stylus 1000 Stylus 300
Stylus 400 Stylus 410 Stylus 500
Stylus 600 Stylus 700 Stylus 710
Stylus 720 SW Stylus 725 SW Stylus 730
Stylus 740 Stylus 750 Stylus 760
Stylus 770 SW Stylus 800 Stylus 810
Stylus Verve Stylus Verve Digital S X-715
Panasonic
Digital Cameras
Lumix DMC-F7 Lumix DMC-FX07 Lumix DMC-FX3
Lumix DMC-FX50 Lumix DMC-FX7 Lumix DMC-FZ10
Lumix DMC-FZ50 Lumix DMC-LC20 Lumix DMC-LC5
Lumix DMC-LX2 PV-DC3010
Pentax
Digital Cameras
Optio A20 Optio M20 Optio S7
Optio W20
Ricoh
Digital Cameras
Caplio R1 Caplio RR30
Samsung
Digital Cameras
Digimax 202 Digimax 350SE Digimax 430
Digimax A7
Sanyo
Digital Cameras
DSC-MZ3 VPC-E7 VPC-S7
Sony
Digital Cameras
DSC-F717 DSC-F828 DSC-M1
DSC-M2 DSC-N1 DSC-P8
DSC-P92 DSC-R1 DSC-S600
DSC-T1 DSC-T10 DSC-T11
DSC-T3 DSC-T30 DSC-T5
DSC-U50 DSC-V3 DSC-W100
DSC-W50
Toshiba
Digital Cameras
PDR-3310 PDR-4300
Canon
Digital Cameras SLR
EOS 10D EOS 1D EOS 1D Mark II
EOS 1Ds EOS 20D EOS 300D/Digital Rebel
EOS 350D/Rebel XT EOS 400D/Rebel Xti EOS 5D
EOS D30 EOS-1Ds Mark II
FujiFilm
Digital Cameras SLR
FinePix S2 Pro FinePix S3 Pro FinePix S5 Pro
HP
Digital Cameras SLR
C912
Kodak
Digital Cameras SLR
DCS 14N
Konica Minolta
Digital Cameras SLR
Maxxum 5D Maxxum 7D
Nikon
Digital Cameras SLR
D1H D200 D2H
D2X D50 D70s
D80
Olympus
Digital Cameras SLR
EVOLT E-1 EVOLT E-300 EVOLT E-330
EVOLT E-400 EVOLT E-500
Panasonic
Digital Cameras SLR
Lumix DMC-L1
Pentax
Digital Cameras SLR
*ist D *ist DL K100D
K10D K110D
Sigma
Digital Cameras SLR
SD9
Sony
Digital Cameras SLR
Alpha A100
Compatible Digital Cameras
Canon
Digital Cameras
IXY Digital 450 PowerShot A300 PowerShot A310
PowerShot A540 PowerShot A630 PowerShot A640
PowerShot A70 PowerShot A710 IS PowerShot A75
PowerShot A80 PowerShot G5 PowerShot G7
PowerShot PRO 90 IS PowerShot Pro1 PowerShot S1 IS
PowerShot S3 IS PowerShot S40 PowerShot S400
PowerShot S50 PowerShot SD10 PowerShot SD100
PowerShot SD40 PowerShot SD450 PowerShot SD500
PowerShot SD550 PowerShot SD600 PowerShot SD630
PowerShot SD800 IS PowerShot SD900
Casio
Digital Cameras
EXILIM EX-S2 EXILIM EX-S3 EXILIM EX-S600
EXILIM EX-S770 EXILIM EX-Z1000 EXILIM EX-Z3
EXILIM EX-Z40 Exilim EX-Z60 Exilim EX-Z600
EXILIM EX-Z700 EXILIM EX-Z770 EXILIM EX-Z850
QV-4000
Epson
Digital Cameras
PhotoPC 3100 Zoom
FujiFilm
Digital Cameras
FinePix A120 FinePix A202 FinePix A203
FinePix A205 FinePix A210 FinePix A303
FinePix A310 FinePix A330 FinePix A340
FinePix A345 FinePix A350 FinePix A360
FinePix A370 FinePix A400 FinePix A500
FinePix A600 FinePix A610 FinePix A700
FinePix A800 FinePix A820 FinePix A900
FinePix E500 FinePix E510 FinePix E550
FinePix E900 FinePix F10 FinePix F11
FinePix F20 FinePix F30 FinePix F31fd
FinePix F402 FinePix F40fd FinePix F410
FinePix F420 FinePix F440 FinePix F450
FinePix F455 FinePix F460 FinePix F470
FinePix F610 FinePix F650 FinePix F700
FinePix F710 FinePix F810 FinePix M603
FinePix S20 Pro FinePix S3000 FinePix S304
FinePix S3500 FinePix S5000 FinePix S5200
FinePix S5500 FinePix S5600 FinePix S6000fd
FinePix S602 FinePix S700 FinePix S7000
FinePix S9100 FinePix S9500 FinePix V10
FinePix Z1 FinePix Z2 FinePix Z3
FinePix Z5fd
Gateway
Digital Cameras
DC-T50
HP
Digital Cameras
Photosmart 635 Photosmart 720 Photosmart 812
Photosmart 850 Photosmart 935 Photosmart M307
Photosmart M407
Kodak
Digital Cameras
DX4530 DX6440 DX6490
EasyShare C743 EasyShare C875 Z7590
Konica
Digital Cameras
KD-300Z KD-400Z KD-500Z
Konica Minolta
Digital Cameras
DiMAGE 7Hi DiMAGE A200 DiMAGE E223
DiMAGE F100 DiMAGE F300 DiMAGE G400
DiMAGE S404 DiMAGE X DiMAGE XG
DiMAGE Xi DiMAGE Xt DiMAGE Z1
DiMAGE Z3
Kyocera
Digital Cameras
CONTAX SL300RT Finecam S5 Finecam SL400R
Nikon
Digital Cameras
CoolPix 2500 CoolPix 3700 CoolPix 4500
CoolPix 5000 CoolPix 8800 CoolPix 950
CoolPix 990 CoolPix L3 CoolPix L6
CoolPix P1 CoolPix S4 CoolPix S5
CoolPix S9
Olympus
Digital Cameras
C-50 Zoom C-5000 Zoom C-5050 Zoom
C-5060 Wide Zoom C-5500 Zoom C-60 Zoom
C-7000 Zoom C-7070 Wide Zoom C-725 Ultra Zoom
C-730 Ultra Zoom C-740 Ultra Zoom C-750 Ultra Zoom
C-755 Ultra Zoom C-760 Ultra Zoom C-765 Ultra Zoom
C-770 Ultra Zoom C-8080 Wide Zoom D-390
D-395 D-425 D-435
D-535 Zoom D-540 Zoom D-545 Zoom
D-555 Zoom D-560 Zoom D-565 Zoom
D-575 Zoom D-580 Zoom D-590 Zoom
D-595 Zoom D-630 Zoom E-10
E-100 RS E-20 FE-100
FE-110 FE-115 FE-120
FE-130 FE-140 FE-150
FE-160 FE-170 FE-180
FE-190 FE-200 FE-210
FE-230 FE-240 FE-250
Ferrari Digital 2004 IR-300 IR-500
SP-310 SP-320 SP-350
SP-500 UZ SP-510 UZ SP-550 UZ
SP-700 Stylus 1000 Stylus 300
Stylus 400 Stylus 410 Stylus 500
Stylus 600 Stylus 700 Stylus 710
Stylus 720 SW Stylus 725 SW Stylus 730
Stylus 740 Stylus 750 Stylus 760
Stylus 770 SW Stylus 800 Stylus 810
Stylus Verve Stylus Verve Digital S X-715
Panasonic
Digital Cameras
Lumix DMC-F7 Lumix DMC-FX07 Lumix DMC-FX3
Lumix DMC-FX50 Lumix DMC-FX7 Lumix DMC-FZ10
Lumix DMC-FZ50 Lumix DMC-LC20 Lumix DMC-LC5
Lumix DMC-LX2 PV-DC3010
Pentax
Digital Cameras
Optio A20 Optio M20 Optio S7
Optio W20
Ricoh
Digital Cameras
Caplio R1 Caplio RR30
Samsung
Digital Cameras
Digimax 202 Digimax 350SE Digimax 430
Digimax A7
Sanyo
Digital Cameras
DSC-MZ3 VPC-E7 VPC-S7
Sony
Digital Cameras
DSC-F717 DSC-F828 DSC-M1
DSC-M2 DSC-N1 DSC-P8
DSC-P92 DSC-R1 DSC-S600
DSC-T1 DSC-T10 DSC-T11
DSC-T3 DSC-T30 DSC-T5
DSC-U50 DSC-V3 DSC-W100
DSC-W50
Toshiba
Digital Cameras
PDR-3310 PDR-4300
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