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04/10/2005 08:19:59 PM · #1 |
What brand would you classify as "the best?"
And I am asking best in overall performance, from your camera all the way to the companies customer service.
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04/10/2005 08:24:18 PM · #2 |
| Rob Galbraith has a good resource for CF cards. |
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04/10/2005 09:30:29 PM · #3 |
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04/10/2005 09:41:45 PM · #4 |
I like the Sandisk Ultra II cards..but I read that you had problems with one in another thread..
The only other brand that I have is Simpletech. Not really a fast card though. I use Lexar (not the high speed ones) at the paper I work for and haven't had problems with any of them. The faster the card the better though IMHO.
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04/10/2005 09:43:35 PM · #5 |
Well, not every camera is alike. Some can take full advantage of the fastest speed, some can't, some can to a degree...
I have actually gone to where mk's link points before I ever bought a CF card. The info I came away with combined with my own specific needs prompted me to buy the following brand-name cards: ScanDisk (regular), ScanDisk Extreme 40x, ScanDisk Ultra II 40x and Lexar Professional 80x in 256MB (ScanDisk regular), 512MB and 1GB sizes.
With my 10Ds I can't tell a performance difference between them, except when compared to the (regular) ScanDisk, which is excruciatingly slow. I consider all others adequate for the purpose, although I have, ocassionally, lost images on each of these, which is not acceptable at all.
Speed is convenient - reliability, however, to me, is everything. Because of this, I endorse or recommend nothing.
Message edited by author 2005-04-10 21:46:20.
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04/11/2005 09:55:40 AM · #6 |
I cannot speak about service but I have owned Kingston, Sandisk and Lexar compact flash drives in varying sizes from 16MB to 1GB. My biggest concern is speed and reliability in that order.
Speed is a factor of the flash drive AND your camera. Rob Galbraith has done a significant amount of research on speed and he has a great database comparing performance of various drives and various cameras. check it out at //www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007
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04/11/2005 10:14:44 AM · #7 |
| Lexar Professional, SanDisk Ultra II and Extreme models, Kingston Elite Pro, and Transcend are all great cards. Newegg.com is a good source for low prices on CF media. |
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04/11/2005 10:44:09 AM · #8 |
i primarially use sandisk, but i had a 64MB Lexar card a while back and when i upgraded to a 1 GB i decided to pry the 64 MB one apart to look at the 'guts' and saw Sandisk written on many of the components.
are sandisk and lexar in bed together? |
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04/11/2005 11:02:26 AM · #9 |
| SanDisk is the actual inventor/developer of the CF format -- it would not surprise me if they are the OEM for other brands. |
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04/11/2005 11:27:34 AM · #10 |
| I got a 1 gig Lexar Pro when I got my camera and I have no problems with it. Of course I have nothing to compare it to in the same size and speed, but it keeps up with the camera in rapid fire with no problem. |
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04/11/2005 01:04:09 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by jmlelii:
I wnt the peoples voice! |
Why?
Do you want to know what's best, or what's the most popular?
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04/11/2005 01:10:34 PM · #12 |
| This weekend I took LOTS of pictures and used 3 types of cards: San Disk Ultra, Lexar 4x and Fujifilm. To tell you the truth - I didn't notice any performance difference at all using these cards in my 10D. I was taking action shots and still shots for Abandoned Buildings and Extreme Action, there really didn't seem be a bit of difference in how fast the cards were. All of them worked really well. |
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