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About speed
There are two types of expressions in speed.One is the maximum transfer speed, and the other is “SD Speed Class”
1. Maximum Speed
This means the maximum speed in write or read operations onto SD memory card.
(*The average performance of these operations is lower than the maximum speed and depends on the situation of the inner status of SD memory card.)
 
Higher speed cards have these benefits (maximum speed)
･ Provides the speed for quick shots and less time between photos.
･ Lets you transfer large image files faster to your PC.
example:consecutive shooting of high-resolution pictures
Lower Speed
High Speed
2. SD Speed Class (Guaranteed Minimum Speed)
As described above(*), the variable speed has difficulty when recording video which requires constant writing speed.SD Speed Class is specified so that the minimum and constant speed is guaranteed for camcorders, video recorders etc. under the conditional write operation specified in the specification.
  
CLASS 10 CLASS 6 CLASS 4 CLASS 2
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