Panasonic 16GB Pro High Speed SDHC Memory Card announced

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Panasonic 16GB SDHC Card Panasonic has announced the launch of Pro High Speed SDHC Memory Card. Now Panasonic will offer five models: 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB and 16GB card sizes.

The 16 GB card is a perfect solution for AVCHD High Definition recording as it delivers the speed of up to 20MB/s. Therefore it is very useful for professionals such as photographers, videographers etc.

“As more and more people become engaged in the High Definition lifestyle, there is a growing demand for recording High Definition video and high resolution digital still images,” said Zoe Susice, Panasonic’s national marketing manager.

“A key part of the High Definition lifestyle is the expansion of HD camcorders and high-resolution digital still cameras demanding card-based recording media with larger capacity and higher data transfer speeds. Our new model meets this demand with a massive 16GB data storage capacity and a high data transfer speed of up to 20MB/s,” he added further.

Specifications of the new 16GB HDHC card are:

  • Memory Capacity: 16 GB
  • Usable Capacity: 15443 MB
  • High Definition movie recording time(Mpeg-4 AVC/H.264)
  • Fine mode (13Mbps/CBR): Approx. 160 min.
  • Normal mode (9Mbps/VBR): Approx. 240 min.
  • Economy mode (6Mbps/VBR): Approx. 360 min.
  • Still images recordable (10Megapixels, 3648×2736, Normal mode): Approx. 6160
  • Physical Specification: Version 2.0
  • Data Transfer Rate: Up to 20MB/s
  • Speed Class: Class 6

    • Panasonic plans to ship the 16GB SDHC card in November 2007 at the estimated price of $319.99 (approx 13,110).