Panasonic has introduced the toughest SD cards ever.
The new range of storage cards will go on sale in Japan next month and will be heat proof from -17F (-27C) to 185F (85C), perfect for a trip to the Antarctic or, well, the Earth’s core. Like in that movie, The Core.
For all you avid deep-sea divers out there they can take a bath in 3.3ft of water for over half an hour and they’ll comfortably survive a decent drop from a relatively high cliff.
However, here’s where it gets really interesting. The new card range, dubbed SDAB and SDUB, can withstand electricity, contact with magnets and a trip to the X-ray room.
Tough cameras have been all the rage in recent years, but if all of your precious pictures don’t survive the elements then it all feels a little academic. Nice work, Panny.
As we mentioned, the cards, which range from 8GB to 64GB with write speeds of up to 95Mb/s go on sale in Japan on September 8, but there’s no news yet on whether they’ll make it to European or US shores.
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