New SanDisk Confusion

[ding76uk]

I have noticed that SanDisk have re-branded their CF cards. As far as I get it they now have:

Ultra

Extreme

Extreme Pro

Am I right in thinking the new version ultra have the same write speed as the old Extreme3 cards, and the extreme is now faster than the Extreme 3?

Will be buying some cards soon and wanted to make sure I get the right ones.

Also are there any alternative cards you would recommend?

 

[mastertrinity]

ive got one of the new ultra's and they are extremely fast, especially as its 30mb/s. i dont know if its faster than the older extreme 3 but i presume it is.

 

[neil_g]

extreme pro = 90mb/s
extreme = max of 60mb/s depending on version 3 upwards
ultra = max of 30mb/s depending on version

from what i can gather from the sandisk site anyway

 

[darrenb]

New Ultra = 30MB/s
New Extreme = 60MB/s

New Ultra = Old Extreme III = 30MB/s

Old Extreme IV = 40MB/s

Ive just bought a bunch of new Ultra's.....will see how they compare to old Extreme III....

 

[OneTen]

There were older Extreme III cards at 20MB/s as well.

I've just ordered a couple of new Extreme 60 MB/s cards.

 

[Jay12329]

7 day shop have new ultra 8gb cards for 19.99. I got one at this price to try it out!
HTH
J

 

[JasonRS]

7 day shop have new ultra 8gb cards for 19.99. I got one at this price to try it out!
HTH
J

If it's one of these

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=104850

They're only Class 4 - 15MB/s, half the speed of the new Ultra's.

 

[andyred]

If it's one of these

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=104850

They're only Class 4 - 15MB/s, half the speed of the new Ultra's.

The new Ultra CF version is 30MB/s @ £19.99, which is the same speed as the old Extreme III

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=107515

 

[itsdavedotnet]

The new Ultra CF version is 30MB/s @ £19.99, which is the same speed as the old Extreme III

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=107515

Yep. It's lighter (and hence presumably worse built, not a 'pro' card) and sliiightly slower than previous extreme 3 30mbps cards in my deeply unscientific test.

 

[Jay12329]

The new Ultra CF version is 30MB/s @ £19.99, which is the same speed as the old Extreme III

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=107515

Thats the jobby. As my camera can't write at anywhere near 30mb/s and i'm not worried about download times I went for this over the faster and massively more expensive cards.
I've only once had a car fail mid flow, an ultra 2 i'd been using for data transport the day before and i forgot to format it in camera at the start of the day! So weight/professional feel aren't high on my list. HAving more money to spend on glass is!

J

 

[Richard Peters]

New Ultra = 30MB/s
New Extreme = 60MB/s

New Ultra = Old Extreme III = 30MB/s

Old Extreme IV = 40MB/s

Ive just bought a bunch of new Ultra's.....will see how they compare to old Extreme III....

Extreme IV went up to 45MB/s after a while

One thing I will say, I've got the new 60MB/s Extreme cards and using a firewire 800 reader the transfer speed is fantastic

If you have a camera that doesn't support the write speeds though it may not be worth shelling out for super quick cards.

 

[Navare]

They also use the new Class 6 memory chip the on board controller is re vamped too it's class leading but as with all Sandisk a rip off, the Transcend class 6 model is just as good and has a lifetime warranty

Rgds

 

[ding76uk]

Will look into Transcend, you used them before Navare, any problems with them, are the speeds reliable with the claims?