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11/01/2004 12:53:46 PM · #1 |
Futureshop.ca is having a sale on Sandisk 256MB cards. They're $54.99 (with tax) on their website main site and there's a $15 mail-in rebate you can download.
So one card is less than $40. |
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11/01/2004 12:56:13 PM · #2 |
| If you have a Costco handy (and a membership), they have 512MB cards at around $39. |
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11/01/2004 12:56:34 PM · #3 |
| Sam's Club currently has 512Mb Lexmark CF cards for about $45. They're not the fastest cards in the world, but I have no complaints in my 10D. |
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11/01/2004 12:56:44 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by alansfreed:
If you have a Costco handy (and a membership), they have 512MB cards at around $39. |
WHA!?! Do you know what brand? And is that USD or CND?
(I was talking CND) |
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11/01/2004 01:04:26 PM · #5 |
| They are SanDisk and that is USD at Cosco. |
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11/01/2004 01:28:47 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by GoldBerry:
Futureshop.ca is having a sale on Sandisk 256MB cards. They're $54.99 (with tax) on their website main site and there's a $15 mail-in rebate you can download.
So one card is less than $40. |
Just a heads up, those don't look to be USB compatable, just means you have to use a reader for them that can convert. |
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11/01/2004 01:31:29 PM · #7 |
Not sure what you mean.
Aren't they just standard CF cards? They look the same, albeit, I only skimmed the info.
Here's what it says:
"This memory card is compatible with any Digital Camera, Handheld Computer or device that uses a Type I or greater compact flash slot and is compatible for 256 MB. It is 3.3 V, is shock protected to 2000 g, and has a 5 year warranty."
Message edited by author 2004-11-01 13:32:59. |
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11/01/2004 01:33:27 PM · #8 |
CF Cards are CF cards...you read them from the camera, from a card reader, from a PC card adapter etc etc...
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11/01/2004 01:36:02 PM · #9 |
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11/01/2004 03:02:27 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by doctornick:
CF Cards are CF cards...you read them from the camera, from a card reader, from a PC card adapter etc etc... |
very true, but the speed varies a lot.
A slow card is not much fun, esp on a slow-writing camera
see Rob Calbraith's cf database
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11/01/2004 03:56:56 PM · #11 |
Hey Gauti,
I think Doctornick was just referring to the actual use of CF cards. That they're all used in the exact same ways. One card doesn't do something the other doesn't - except go faster of course :-) |
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11/01/2004 04:06:58 PM · #12 |
speed aside, there is nothing compatible or not compatible... a cf card is just a cf card. No clue what the compatibilty comment was about.
the only thing is that those are slower --Cf type 1-- cards, if this is not an issue then it a great deal. |
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11/01/2004 04:13:54 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by GoldBerry:
Hey Gauti,
I think Doctornick was just referring to the actual use of CF cards. That they're all used in the exact same ways. One card doesn't do something the other doesn't - except go faster of course :-) |
Yeah, I know that :)
But since I'm also the proud (NOT!!!) owner of a cheap 4x card I just wanted people to keep in mind that you get what you pay for, and speed costs. Don't expect a cheap 4x CF to compare favorably to 45x (let alone ultrafast 80x). You'll see slower write speed to the card, long transfertimes to your PC.
On the other hand, it's of course good to have a spare/backup slow CF card if you run out of space or your main card breaks down. I mainly usa a 1GB 45x but have 2 (or 3) slow 256MB cards for backup. I need alot of space since I shoot in RAW. Yes, I've managed to fill 'em all in one day.
Shoot first, ask questions later :)
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11/01/2004 04:15:49 PM · #14 |
You're right about needing the space - I generally use up about 2 gigs per large event.
And I know how slow sucks when transferring to my pc :-(
Makes me sad.
lol |
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11/01/2004 04:20:25 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by GoldBerry:
You're right about needing the space - I generally use up about 2 gigs per large event.
And I know how slow sucks when transferring to my pc :-(
Makes me sad.
lol |
I have the same issue, and I bought a 49$ 8cf card in-board transfer unit! you install it just like a hard disk and you can download 8cards (all CF!!) at one time, they download in sequence, but you do not need to swap them in and out...really cool. |
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11/01/2004 04:22:33 PM · #16 |
Sounds sweet, my 'puter is crapping out on me again though.
One card a time is a safe bet for me right now, 'magine losing 8!
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11/01/2004 04:24:55 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by GoldBerry:
Sounds sweet, my 'puter is crapping out on me again though.
One card a time is a safe bet for me right now, 'magine losing 8! |
Yeah, good point. I just like the fact that I can put all the cards in and come back later and it,s all done, it only requires that your motherboard has a USB2.0 inner connection (not all boards have it). |
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11/01/2004 04:39:14 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by GoldBerry:
You're right about needing the space - I generally use up about 2 gigs per large event. |
yeah, for that reason I'm thinking about a standalone datastorage unti like SmartDish Flash Trax
and just use 2 fast cards, for example 256MB 80x
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11/01/2004 04:50:57 PM · #19 |
| Are those external drives finicky? As in, how reliable are they? If you drop it, is the storage fragile enough that you could lose info? That'd royally suck. I know a few years ago they weren't reliable - alot changes in a few years, tho! |
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11/01/2004 04:54:23 PM · #20 |
For the argument of 'a CF is a CF':
No they're not. Some CF cards have built-in USB electronics that allow you plug them into your computer with a much more simplistic card reader. (For instance the ones you often get bundled with Lexar cards, etc.) Faster cards, such as the Extreme and Ultra ranges, don't have these USB electronics in. This is in most cases fine, unless you happen to only have one of the cheaper card readers that relies on the card being a USB host.
I suggest we all check our facts before posting. |
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11/01/2004 05:07:44 PM · #21 |
A lot of times, Paulmdx, you don't know you're wrong till somebody tells you. You read one thing, someone reads another, walking around assuming you're wrong about everything is unhealthy - just look at philosophers :-) Don't they all die young?
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11/01/2004 05:11:22 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by GoldBerry:
Are those external drives finicky? As in, how reliable are they? If you drop it, is the storage fragile enough that you could lose info? That'd royally suck. I know a few years ago they weren't reliable - alot changes in a few years, tho! |
My bro has had one now for a few months without any problems, but he is not subjecting it to any extreme measures.
I hadn't thought of that problem, thanks for alerting me to that potential disaster. Now I just need to find a review that addresses that issue.
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11/01/2004 05:12:54 PM · #23 |
Hey Gauti, let me know what you come up with..have you priced these units out? Or similar units? Do you know roughly what sort of range they're in?
Thx |
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11/01/2004 05:15:20 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by GoldBerry:
A lot of times, Paulmdx, you don't know you're wrong till somebody tells you. You read one thing, someone reads another, walking around assuming you're wrong about everything is unhealthy - just look at philosophers :-) Don't they all die young? |
nope. ;)
Betrand Russell lived to be 92, Edmund Husserl 79, Isiah Berlin 88 just to name a few 20th cent. philosophers.
I plan to live till 125 :)
Message edited by author 2004-11-01 17:15:41.
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11/01/2004 05:18:50 PM · #25 |
| An optimistic philosopher! Isn't that an oxymoron? |
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