Asian Photography – July 2019

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MeMory card shootout

Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card Shootout

With the rapid improvement of the photography industry, associated industries

like the data storage sector, newer products keep hitting the market with improved

performances. Card manufacturers are looking beyond 128 GB cards, which, by today’s

standard have become normal. Most mobile phones these days feature more storage

than that and considering RAW images from DSLRs and Mirrorless cameras can be

quite heavy in terms of size, 256 GB and above seems like the way forward. This year

we have taken into account all of that and have performed our extensive tests on the

two contenders, SanDisk and Kingston in the 256 GB SD card category to see who

emerges as the winner.

Contenders

• SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS- I 256GB Card


• Kingston Canvas React SDXC V30 A1 256GB Card

Parameters

We have taken the following things into

consideration while reviewing the cards:

• Crystal Disk Mark 3.0.


• Folder Test


• In Camera performance

A

s we do every year, we asked each company to send

their best 256GB secure digital card. SanDisk sent the

SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS- I 256GB card which

promises a transfer speed of up to 170 Mb/s (read speed) and

up to 90 Mb/s (write speed) and is priced at Rs. 13,450* (MRP).

Kingston sent the Kingston Canvas React SDXC V30 A1 256GB

card which claims to have a read speed of 100 MB/s which is

priced at Rs. 12,999* (MRP).

Class 10 UHS-I/II/III are some of the fastest SD cards

available in the market currently and handles the highest quality

standard definition in stills and video recording. For today’s full

HD or 4K shooting as well as higher megapixel RAW shooting

mirrorless and DSLRs, Class 10 cards seem to be the way

forward for photographers and videographers alike.

The benchmark tests

We have been known to follow the industry very closely

and have always innovated and modified our tests according

to the industry’s improvements and standards while keeping in

mind a photographer’s needs. This year we have three tests to

determine the winner of the category - Crystal Disk Mark test,

Folder Transfer test and In-camera test.

Crystal Disk Mark 3.0.

The first card we tested was the SanDisk, which clocked

90.18 Mb/s read speed and a 71.25 Mb/s write speed. Kingston

recorded a read speed of 90.34 Mb/s and write speed of 76.

Mb/s.

Kingston

SanDisk