SanDisk Alternative fast CF Cards?

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I am after an 8gb or 16gb cf card. I tried the Kingston 133x and it is too slow. I shoot skateboard sequences and the lag time is too much.

I have a cpl of
4gb Extreme3 and wondered if there is anythingas fast for a cheaper price, or is it Sandisk are the best by far and they are worth the money?

I need the size due to the amount of frames I shoot trying to get the sequence.
 
Have to say that the only reason I use Sandisk is because of their supposed reliability. After all, pointless spending several K on kit, then trying to save ten quid on a card only to have it lose your shots.
As it happens, a friend of mine recently came back from SSPAM (eastern Malaysia) where he'd had a problem with a 16GB SD card, resulting in him needing to use a disk recovery application to save most of his images. Still lost 180 I believe. Not funny. Must ask him what brand the card was.

In short, spend the extra (IMO).
 
Prices have just gone up, but the new 16Gb Sandisk Extreme 3's are faster at writing than my 4Gb's on my 50D.

Just paid £71 delivered from Play.com for 16Gb (was £60 a couple of months back)
 
You might already know this so apologies if you do but you can get Sandisk quite cheap if you shop online.. I dread to think how much a 4gb extreme 3 is in somewhere like jessops.

Cameras yes but memory never buy in a shop they almost always rip you off...

Again apologies if you already know this

Also it's often a lot cheaper buying multiple smaller cards... plus you have the security of if one card dies you still have photo's on the others... I hate the idea of one massive card holding all my images, been around computers for too long.
 
Creed said:
You might already know this so apologies if you do but you can get Sandisk quite cheap if you shop online.. I dread to think how much a 4gb extreme 3 is in somewhere like jessops.

Cameras yes but memory never buy in a shop they almost always rip you off...

Again apologies if you already know this

Also it's often a lot cheaper buying multiple smaller cards... plus you have the security of if one card dies you still have photo's on the others... I hate the idea of one massive card holding all my images, been around computers for too long.
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You can also get caught out with the cheap fake/replica/ripoff cars online.. Scandisk are one of the most commonly copied cards.

If your looking for the faster cards it is worth the peace of mind buying them from a reputable store. At least then you have somewhere to take it back to.



http://martybugs.net/articles/fakesandisk.cgi

http://reviews.ebay.com/FAKE-SanDisk-Extreme-Compact-Flash-Cards-Exposed_W0QQugidZ10000000001456539
 
I had a gripe with Sandisk cards, in particular the Extreme IV, when the buffer filled on my camera it took so long to transfer to CF.

I found Transcend cards were plenty faster for me with Nikon bodies.
They go from x 133, 266, and 300 speeds.

Check Amazon for deals :thumbs:
 
I have a 4GB and 1GB Sandisk CF which occasionally lose shots, which is a real pain in the bum if I am taking 200 sub-exposures for a star trail composite. I was inadvertantly sent a Kingston 4GB card by Play.com. While noticeably slower it has proved a lot more reliable.
 
Dangerous_Dave said:
I have a 4GB and 1GB Sandisk CF which occasionally lose shots, which is a real pain in the bum if I am taking 200 sub-exposures for a star trail composite. I was inadvertantly sent a Kingston 4GB card by Play.com. While noticeably slower it has proved a lot more reliable.
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Then why not throw them away and buy new ones?
 
Creed said:
Also it's often a lot cheaper buying multiple smaller cards... plus you have the security of if one card dies you still have photo's on the others... I hate the idea of one massive card holding all my images, been around computers for too long.
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Yup I know what you mean, but my 50D writes raw files around 20Mb. A 4gb card only gets around 180 shots on which for a rugby/football game means you are always running out.

I'm taking 4x 16gb and 5 x 4gb cards on holiday this year :D
 
ding76uk said:
Anyone else running transcend? Or anything else worth considering. I am not too worried about price, it is speed that is the need in my case. Shooting gigs on my 133x Kingsotn, I had to keep waiting for the card to be written to. Not good when you have a 3 song limit!
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I tried Transcend but they weren't recognised by my backup device for some reason (Innoplus iWith), so my youngest has that card for his 400D.
 
I use only Sandisk extreme 3 cards in my Nikon D300. Write speed is lightening fst even after a long burst, the Kingston 133 cards I have are rubbish and very slow write. I use 8gb cards and shoot fast motor sport, fast planes and fast birds, the Sandisk cards have not let me down. They may be a bit pricey but well worth the expense.
 
Dangerous_Dave said:
Because I'm not made of flippin' money. They are only backup cards these days on account of their reliability anyway.
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I've not had sandisk cards fail, but I have had others. I threw them away rather than risk corruption. 4Gb cards aren't that much now, probably the cheapest bit of my camera kit.

Interestingly I've had a couple of Sandisk SD cards from point and shoots to recover lost photos from. Not sure if that's a function of the camera/user or the cards. Having got the pics back we then formatted the cards and they've been ok since as far as I know.
 
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