Sandisk Extreme III 16Gb - is $442 a good price?

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googlegroups@sensation.net.au - 23 Feb 2007 12:00 GMT

Just got a flyer from a large online shop that I buy from
periodically. I've had a quick look at some other sites and it seems
like this is a significant discount... good enough to jump in and grab
one. Can anyone else do anywhere near this?

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David Springthorpe (The Original) - 23 Feb 2007 12:48 GMT

>Just got a flyer from a large online shop that I buy from
>periodically. I've had a quick look at some other sites and it seems
>like this is a significant discount... good enough to jump in and grab
>one. Can anyone else do anywhere near this?

I got that also. I wonder why 'tho they put "genuine" in quotes.

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googlegroups@sensation.net.au - 23 Feb 2007 13:09 GMT

On Feb 23, 11:48 pm, "David Springthorpe (The Original)"
<david.springtho...@idx.com.au> wrote:

> >Just got a flyer from a large online shop that I buy from
> >periodically. I've had a quick look at some other sites and it seems
> >like this is a significant discount... good enough to jump in and grab
> >one. Can anyone else do anywhere near this?
>
> I got that also. I wonder why 'tho they put "genuine" in quotes.

I'd say it's just a conversational quirk of the person who wrote it.
Immediately after that s/he says:

quote from email> Some of the prices have dropped by a whopping 50%
and more, and YES, it's the "REAL McCoy".

I've already ordered a 16Gb card so if it's a ripoff price I need
someone to tell me quickly. *grin*

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R.J Heath - 23 Feb 2007 13:12 GMT

>> Just got a flyer from a large online shop that I buy from
>> periodically. I've had a quick look at some other sites and it seems
>> like this is a significant discount... good enough to jump in and grab
>> one. Can anyone else do anywhere near this?
>
> I got that also. I wonder why 'tho they put "genuine" in quotes.

I am wondering why you have (The Original) after your name

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David Springthorpe (The Original) - 23 Feb 2007 23:06 GMT

>I am wondering why you have (The Original) after your name

Troll off.

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Joe - 24 Feb 2007 08:14 GMT

Yes its a good price, who would have thought you could get 16GB of any kind
of ram for such a low price.

> Just got a flyer from a large online shop that I buy from
> periodically. I've had a quick look at some other sites and it seems
> like this is a significant discount... good enough to jump in and grab
> one. Can anyone else do anywhere near this?

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Mr.T - 24 Feb 2007 13:12 GMT

> Yes its a good price, who would have thought you could get 16GB of any kind
> of ram for such a low price.

Maybe, but since you can get 100GB of hard drive camera storage for $200, I
still can't see the value in it myself.

MrT.

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googlegroups@sensation.net.au - 24 Feb 2007 20:58 GMT

> > Yes its a good price, who would have thought you could get 16GB of any
> kind
> > of ram for such a low price.
>
> Maybe, but since you can get 100GB of hard drive camera storage for $200, I
> still can't see the value in it myself.

I have a 1DsII and use RAW mode so I've found the ~200 shots that fit
onto a 4Gb card a little limiting. I was considering purchasing
another 4Gb card, or perhaps an 8Gb, but the price of this is too good
to pass up.

Now, all I need is a matching 16Gb SD card as redundant
backup.................

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Mr.T - 25 Feb 2007 03:04 GMT

> I have a 1DsII and use RAW mode so I've found the ~200 shots that fit
> onto a 4Gb card a little limiting. I was considering purchasing
> another 4Gb card, or perhaps an 8Gb, but the price of this is too good
> to pass up.

Fair enough if that's what you need/are prepared to pay for. I'm happy
enough still using 2GB cards and a Hard Drive, but I don't shoot continuous
mode very often. ( I do shoot RAW exclusively though) But then again I don't
have a 1DSII either (but would certainly like one :-)
It's the old story however, if you can afford the camera, not much point
skimping on lenses or even memory cards I guess.

MrT.

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textilis - 25 Feb 2007 05:08 GMT

>> > Yes its a good price, who would have thought you could get 16GB of any
>> kind
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> Now, all I need is a matching 16Gb SD card as redundant
> backup.................

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textilis - 25 Feb 2007 05:24 GMT

> I have a 1DsII and use RAW mode so I've found the ~200 shots that fit
> onto a 4Gb card a little limiting. I was considering purchasing
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> Now, all I need is a matching 16Gb SD card as redundant
> backup.................

800 shots is a hell of a lot of eggs in the one basket

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googlegroups@sensation.net.au - 26 Feb 2007 05:30 GMT

> <googlegro...@sensation.net.au> wrote in message
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>
> 800 shots is a hell of a lot of eggs in the one basket

It's more that 200 shots limits me (on occasion). I'm not going to say
that I'll never do 800 shots in a single session, because one day that
may not be true. ;)

My camera can write each shot to both the CF and SD cards
simultaneously for redundancy, but at the moment I'm not even sure
that a 16Gb SDHC product exists. I'll probably grab a 4Gb SDHC card
for now, which means that if the CF card fails I will still have the
first 200 shots duplicated on the SD card.

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googlegroups@sensation.net.au - 24 Feb 2007 21:28 GMT

> Yes its a good price, who would have thought you could get 16GB of any kind
> of ram for such a low price.

Hmmm, do I smell trolling? CF is flash ROM.

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Lionel - 25 Feb 2007 01:35 GMT

>> Yes its a good price, who would have thought you could get 16GB of any kind
>> of ram for such a low price.
>
>Hmmm, do I smell trolling? CF is flash ROM.

No, it's RAM. If it was ROM, you wouldn't be able to write to it.

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googlegroups@sensation.net.au - 26 Feb 2007 05:21 GMT

> >> Yes its a good price, who would have thought you could get 16GB of any kind
> >> of ram for such a low price.
>
> >Hmmm, do I smell trolling? CF is flash ROM.
>
> No, it's RAM. If it was ROM, you wouldn't be able to write to it.

Ok, CF is block erasable programmable read only memory. Is that
better?

It can be somewhat randomly accessed but it doesn't fit the classical
definition. Comparing 16Gb of flash ROM to 16Gb of RAM is like
comparing apples with oranges. :)

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Lionel - 26 Feb 2007 11:50 GMT

>> >> Yes its a good price, who would have thought you could get 16GB of any kind
>> >> of ram for such a low price.
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>Ok, CF is block erasable programmable read only memory. Is that
>better?

Much. ;)

>It can be somewhat randomly accessed but it doesn't fit the classical
>definition. Comparing 16Gb of flash ROM to 16Gb of RAM is like
>comparing apples with oranges. :)

No, it's more like comparing apples to pears - different, but with a
lot in common.

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