» Archive for the ‘Memory cards’ Category

07Feb Freenas PCI-e 4 port SATA upgrade revisited

It’s been awhile since I’ve made any changes to my original Freenas build (you can find that here). At 18TB of storage in raidz I still have 4TB left which seems to give me enough of a buffer when deleting and adding new projects to the Freenas box. The old PCI-e 4 port SATA card I’ve […]

06Feb SanDisk Extreme Plus 32GB micro sdhc speed test

I’ve been using my Gopro hero 3 allot lately and I’ve been getting occasional dropouts when shooting in protune mode. I ended up throwing the hero 3 off that cement structure 3 times in the Cobalt cage review video because of it. Turns out i’m yet another victim of Sandisks buzz word labeling system. I […]

04Feb Samsung 840 EVO 500GB drive and the 830 it’s replacing

The Samsung 840 EVO 500GB drive showed up from that ebay sale I posted a few weeks ago. The plan for this drive is to the upgrade the Samsung 830 256GB SSD that I installed a year and half ago in my Asus Zenbook ux32vd. The Zenbook still does a great job, but I want […]

01Feb USB 3.0 card reader speeds and why it matters

This question came in and I thought it might be helpful if I answer it on the site.  Since USB 3.0 has a max transfer speed of 5 Gbps and USB 2.0 has a max of 480 Mbps, and SD class 10 cards have a minimum speed of 10 Mbps, does it really make any […]

30Jan Transcend USB 3.0 card reader quick overview

I’ve had pretty good luck with the Transcend USB 3.0 card readers and I keep one in each camera bag. I needed another card reader to replace the one that was “borrowed” by a fellow filmmaker on the set of our last shoot (It’ll probably be 6 months before I see it again). When I […]

08Dec Fake Sandisk extreme cards?

I grabbed a few Sandisk Extreme 32GB cards when they went on sale over black Friday. On the right we have a standard Sandisk Extreme card from my collection, on the left we have the card ordered over black Friday. This is the first time I’ve seen a gold colored Sandisk card and it got me […]

22Nov KomputerBay 64GB SDXC cards on sale for $34

Thanks to Johnny for point this out. Looks like Amazon has the infamous KomputerBay brand of SDXC cards on sale right now for just under $34 with free shipping. That’s less then half the price of most other 64GB SDXC cards on the market. I’ve had pretty good luck with Komputerbay’s CF cards but I […]

22Nov Sony 32GB SDHC 94MB/s cards on Sale

Amazon Black Friday deals continue to cycle through. Today they are offering up Sony 32GB SDHC 94MB/s cards for $29.99 with free shipping. That’s about $16 cheaper than Sandisks 32GB 80MB/s cards. I’ve never actually tried any of these high speed Sony 32GB SDHC cards, but at that price I went ahead and ordered two for testing. […]

19Nov Seagate Backup Plus 3 TB on sale for $99

I posted that external hard drive teardown last week and now the external drives are back on sale. Right now on Amazon you can pick up the Seagate Backup Plus 3 TB drive for $99 with free shipping. The only difference between the drive in the teardown and the one on sale right now is that the […]

21Aug Pelican Memory Card Cases 0915 & 0945

Out of the blue I received 2 Pelican memory card cases in the mail. I’m not 100% sure who sent them or how they got my address. There was no note attached or any other information. Just a Pelican 0945 CF card case and a Pelican 0915 SD card case in a small box. I’ve had […]