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• The SD memory card

• Strong industry support for SD

• Ideal for MPEG2 Video Recording

• Comparison chart
The SD Memory Card
A New Lifestyle is Evolving with the SD Memory Card
The heart of any Panasonic D-Snap product is the SD Memory Card. It's a high-capacity, high-speed storage medium for the digital age. Incredibly small yet durable, the SD Memory Card is about the size of a postage stamp. It can store all kinds of digital content, like video, still images, music and more! So you can transfer data easily between products with an SD Card slot.


Strong Industry Support for SD
The SD Memory Card is supported by over 650 industry-leading companies, in diverse fields, ranging from consumer electronics, personal computers, telecommunications, to photographic equipment and automobiles.


Ideal for MPEG2 Video Recording
The increasing data volume and expanding range of digital contents require high data transfer speeds. Panasonic SD Memory Cards, 256MB* and higher, achieve the data transfer speed fast enough to record MPEG2 video in fine mode.

Picture of SD line




Comparison chart
Card Type Approx. # of
JPEG photos
(640 x 480 pixels)
Approx. time,
MPEG4
video
Approx. time,
MPEG2
(DVD grade)
video
Approx. time,
MP3 audio
  Normal Fine 384Kbps 4Mbps Normal
(96Kbps)
Fine
(128 Kbps)
16MB* 220 110 5 min n/a 21 min 16 min
32MB* 440 220 11 min 1 min 43 min 32 min
64MB* 880 440 22 min 2 min 86 min 64 min
128MB* 1,760 880 45 min 4 min 172 min 128 min
256MB* 3,520 1,760 90 min 9 min 344 min 256 min
512MB* 7,040 3,520 180 min 18 min 688 min 512 min

*MB = 1 million bytes. Usable capacity will be less.



 

resources
  SD Software Updates
RealOne, Windows XP, and other SD downloads.

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  product demos
  See it in 3D
View interactive 3D demos:
  • SV-AV50 SD Digital
        Video Camera
  • SV-AV100 SD Digital
        Video Camera
  • SV-AS10 D-snap
        Digital Camera
  • SV-SD85 e-wear™
        SD Audio/MP3 Player
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  • SV-AS10 D-Snap
        Digital Camera
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        SD Audio/MP3 Player
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