Micro SD, SD-HC, SD-XC differences explained.
I've been looking at Micro SD memory cards and had no idea what the difference was between them. I thought I'd post up some details for anyone looking at purchasing their first, or next Micro SD card, hope it helps.
HC - high capacity
XC - eXtended capacity
Micro SD is 2 GB and below.
Micro SD - HC is between 4 and 32 GB.
Micro SD - XC is 32 GB to 2 TB
Here's an article on the future 2TB Micro SD - XC, as of now the highest capacity is 256GB
http://www.micro-sdxc.com/
The micro SD - HC also has classifications relating to its data transfer rate
Class 2 - 2MB/sec. minimum data transfer rate
Class 4- 4MB/sec. minimum data transfer rate
Class 6- 6MB/sec. minimum data transfer rate
Class 10 - 10MB/sec. minimum data transfer rate
UHS - Ultra high speed
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UHS 1 - 10 MB/s
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UHS 3 - 30 MB/s
What are the applications for Speed Class?
Class 2 : H.264 video recording, MPEG-4, MPEG-2 video recording
Class 4: MEPG-2 (HDTV) video recording, DSC consecutive shooting
Class 6: Mega-pixel DSC consecutive shooting, professional video camera
Class 10 ; Full HD Video Recording, HD Still Image Continuous Shooting
UHS 1 ; Full HD Video Recording, HD Still Image Continuous Shooting
UHS 3 ; 4K/2K Video Recording
From The SD Association
https://www.sdcard.org/consumers/speed/speed_class/index.html
Micro SD Cards are also backward compatible with SD card devices. by using an appropriate adapter.
HC - high capacity
XC - eXtended capacity
Micro SD is 2 GB and below.
Micro SD - HC is between 4 and 32 GB.
Micro SD - XC is 32 GB to 2 TB
Here's an article on the future 2TB Micro SD - XC, as of now the highest capacity is 256GB
http://www.micro-sdxc.com/
The micro SD - HC also has classifications relating to its data transfer rate
Class 2 - 2MB/sec. minimum data transfer rate
Class 4- 4MB/sec. minimum data transfer rate
Class 6- 6MB/sec. minimum data transfer rate
Class 10 - 10MB/sec. minimum data transfer rateUHS - Ultra high speed
What are the applications for Speed Class?
Class 2 : H.264 video recording, MPEG-4, MPEG-2 video recording
Class 4: MEPG-2 (HDTV) video recording, DSC consecutive shooting
Class 6: Mega-pixel DSC consecutive shooting, professional video camera
Class 10 ; Full HD Video Recording, HD Still Image Continuous Shooting
UHS 1 ; Full HD Video Recording, HD Still Image Continuous Shooting
UHS 3 ; 4K/2K Video Recording
From The SD Association
https://www.sdcard.org/consumers/speed/speed_class/index.html
Micro SD Cards are also backward compatible with SD card devices. by using an appropriate adapter.
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Never heard of SD-XC before... awesome.
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yes, but if shooting in continuous it will fill up faster if the images are being written out to a slower card. You might be able to shoot 20 frames continuous with a fast card as the buffer becomes available again quicker, but if your card is slow you might only make it to 15 frames before the buffer is filled and you have to drop some frames.
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Originally Posted by DuckieHo  Don't most cameras have an internal memory buffer? |
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Yup, but unless you're in continuous mode, it won't allow another pic to be taken unless it's finished writing from that buffer out to storage - at least with the 2 Sony's, 1 Fuji, 1 Pentax, and finally 4 different Canon's I've owned.
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Originally Posted by DuckieHo Don't most cameras have an internal memory buffer? |
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