I got a DXG 581V in February, just in time for a trip to Bangkok!
It is amazing. 1080p, and so tiny…
DXG 581V
I have to admit that up until now I’ve pretty much viewed flash memory as a commodity that is purchased largely on price. I also have been very lucky, I haven’t had a flash memory failure that included any information or pictures. If I got a bad memory card (or drive), it either didn’t work from the start or it worked fine as long as I used it.
So I was a little surprised when a 4 GB SDHC card I put in the DXG581V worked for a little while then gave me a memory error when I was recording a video. I tried reformatting the card and that worked fine. The card worked in another camera. But after 10 seconds in the DXG581V I got the error. Another SD card worked fine.
When I thought about the “failure” on the flight home it dawned on me what the issue was. 1080p video is a lot more data per second than a digital still or 640x480 video I’ve recorded before. My memory errors weren’t a failure in the card, they were the result of the SD card not being able to keep up.
So I switched to a Kingston SDV/8GB, Kingston's SD card optimized for video. Once I inserted it into the camera I had no issues with the SD card keeping up, even at 1080p. I’ve done 20 minute recordings with absolutely no issues. And the video comes off the card onto my computer faster as well.
The moral of this story is speed does matter, especially with HD video.