Amongst the a variety of types of memory cards the secure digital type, popularly regarded by its abbreviation SD, is the most frequently employed storage device in digital cameras and in other transportable entertainment devices such as camcorders etc.
Specifically the 8GB SD card is ideal for taking quality photos and recording video clips. A SD card is a requirement in digital camera that save images in RAW formats. With a SD card, the images could be moved between multiple digital devices such as from a PC to an electronic camera or from an electronic camera to an electronic camcorder. 8GB SD memory cards are ideal for taking photographs when going on a vacation or on a small trip with the family.
The 8GB SD cards are designed by well-known manufacturers such as Kingston, Transcend and Fuji. Each of the memory cards store and transfer information and facts based on two parameters. These parameters are the seeking speed and the decoding class. The seeking speed is nothing but the speed at which the photographs are read or written on the memory and are applicable to only photographs.
The decoding class or simply the class is the rate that the card can record information is applicable only while recording video clips. SDHC Cards are the advanced versions of the SD Cards and are termed secure digital higher capacity cards. Most of the digital cameras that are compatible using the SD card are also appropriate together with the SDHC cards.
SDHC Cards have greater resolution and greater information transfer speeds, when compared to the SD cards. As with an 8GB SD card, an 8GB SDHC card is employed mainly for storing pictures in RAW formats. Since the RAW image size is greater than JPEG formats, higher memory cards like 8GB and higher are always preferable.
These 8GB memory card could be also used as an USB Device capable of storing massive volume of information in addition to the picture and video clips. So information and pictures could be read directly from these memory cards by inserting it into the USB Port on the computer without the need of an additional cable.
