Sony 4GB Memory Stick - PRO Duo Card - MSMT4GN

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While the original cards were pretty much capped at 25 MB/sec, the UHS-I bus interface lifted that to 104 MB/sec and the newer UHS-II bus was able to triple that potential at 312 MB/sec. But if anything happens to that memory card and you don’t have backups, then you will lose all the pictures from that trip. The Memory Stick XC has a maximum theoretical 2TB capacity, 64 times larger than that of the Memory Stick PRO Duo which is limited to 32GB.

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With a 2 GB capacity limit, the original SD cards were obviously no longer sufficient, so the SD Card association had to come up with a new specification that allowed larger capacity cards. If I wanted something with a larger capacity, I would personally go with the 120 GB version of the Sony card. Anthony Spadafora is the security and networking editor at Tom’s Guide where he covers everything from data breaches and ransomware gangs to password managers and the best way to cover your whole home or business with Wi-Fi.Moreover, it slows down the card, especially when it needs to copy-paste and move around existing information while the new data is pouring in.

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While it is not necessary to format memory cards in cameras and you could go through the same process on your computer, I find it simpler and faster to do it in camera. Lexar cards have been generally reliable, but I stay away from their SD cards due to previous failures (pins broke off, card failures, etc). After losing a memory card with the best pictures from a trip I took a while ago, I knew it was time to get organized, so that it does not happen again.

M (requires a Mechanical adapter) – Such adapter is only a physical enclosure to fit one card sized into another; all electrical pins are exactly the same.