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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / November 2006CF Memory Cards?
For Canon EOS 400D?XT REBEL any recommendations on brand? Is a X50 fast enough? > For Canon EOS 400D?XT REBEL any recommendations on brand? SanDisk Ultra II <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=Search&A=details&Q=&sku=3019 64&is=REG&addedTroughType=search> Translation: $47.95 at B&H for a 1gb SanDisk Ultra II CF card. <http://www.sandisk.com/Products/Default.aspx?CatID=1061> > Is a X50 fast enough? I dunno. Probably not. I have never tried to figure out the X-times speed factor in the flash card market. Finding the "real world" performance results from independent testing (out there easily, somewhere) and using that makes more sense. I did BARELY any research when I bought the flash card for my new dSLR. Fortunately, I was informed enough that I knew I wanted something "faster" than the regular stuff since my new camera was the first dSLR with that company's New and Improved<tm>, next generation processor. I'm glad I bought "up". Not because of the many RAW/JPEG "frames" I shoot in long bursts (I don't), rather the data from the card transfers to my computer MUCH faster than it would with a cheaper (slower) card. I now have TWO (yeah, people, I know...whoopee) 1gb Ultra II cards and I'm set. Memory has gotten so cheap it's not just silly, it's stupid not to have enough storage and a backup.  Signature:) JR Canon EOS 20D Look into Adata cards. I just bought a 120x 4Gb card for about $75 for my D200. Works great, and it really is that speed, comparing it to the 80x and 140x cards that I have. There are lots of anonymous Taiwanese and Korean memory cards on the market that are much cheaper than the name brands and work just as well. Toby >> For Canon EOS 400D?XT REBEL any recommendations on brand? > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > have > enough storage and a backup. > There are lots of anonymous Taiwanese and Korean memory cards on the > market that are much cheaper than the name brands and work just as well. Agreed. I wonder if the REAL difference isn't in the warranty and flashy web site. <g> Signature:) JR >> There are lots of anonymous Taiwanese and Korean memory cards on the >> market that are much cheaper than the name brands and work just as well. > > Agreed. I wonder if the REAL difference isn't in the warranty and flashy > web > site. <g> I'm not so sure of that. I bought 2 Transcend cards from a reputable dealer (not ebay) and had both of them fail on the first use. I've used about 10 Sandisc cards and a couple of Lexars for several years without a single failure. Since we earn a portion of our household income from photography, reliability is critical. I won't ever risk that with a Transcend card, again. SignatureSkip Middleton www.shadowcatcherimagery.com www.pbase.com/skipm There are compatibility issues, apparently. When I bought my cheap card the dealer would not sell it to me until I brought in my camera to make sure that it recognized the card. It did and does and works fine, but that's little comfort to someone buying a card by mail order. Did your cards actually fail after working for some time? Toby >>> There are lots of anonymous Taiwanese and Korean memory cards on the >>> market that are much cheaper than the name brands and work just as well. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > reliability is critical. I won't ever risk that with a Transcend card, > again. > There are compatibility issues, apparently. When I bought my cheap card > the dealer would not sell it to me until I brought in my camera to make [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Toby Nope, failed first time out of the box. Formatted in camera, fired off maybe 20-30 shots, then started getting corrupt files every few frames. Same pattern with both cards. I didn't take them back, since all they would do is replace them with the same cards. What you had to do seems to be a bit of a hassle to save a few bucks. And what if I want to loan my daughter a card to use in her camera? SignatureSkip Middleton www.shadowcatcherimagery.com www.pbase.com/skipm >> There are compatibility issues, apparently. When I bought my cheap card >> the dealer would not sell it to me until I brought in my camera to make [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > What you had to do seems to be a bit of a hassle to save a few bucks. And > what if I want to loan my daughter a card to use in her camera? Well, that is something to think about. I have two super-cheap cards that continue to work perfectly after a year. I guess it's the luck of the draw. Toby >>> There are lots of anonymous Taiwanese and Korean memory cards on >>> the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > use. I've used about 10 Sandisc cards and a couple of Lexars for > several years without a single failure. This a good topic for testing and research. There are only a few controller manufacturers that all flash cards use, so the controllers should not be an issue. And there are only a handful of flash memory manufacturers too. However, the anonymous companies might be buying second-bin memory and controllers which work most of the time, but may not be up to the minimum standards that the manufacturers require to sell to their brand name customers. Having said that, I use Sandisk Ultra II in my P&S and Extreme III in my SLR. I switched to Extreme cards for the faster read/write speed in the card reader for transfers to my computer. >For Canon EOS 400D?XT REBEL any recommendations on brand? Is a X50 fast >enough? SanDisk Ulra II I use these for the Rebel XT with absolutely no problems, and they are plenty fast enough when shooting in bursts. Have never lost an image due to the card when using these. Also, be sure to format it in with the camera prior to using. Would stay away from the Lexar cards though. I bought a 2 gig 80x card and lost about 50 photos when it got corrupted somhow. Works after reformatting, but I don't use it unless the other cards I have get filled, which hasn't happened yet. >SanDisk Ulra II > >I use these for the Rebel XT with absolutely no problems Ditto. According to <nascar20fan@nascar.com>: > >For Canon EOS 400D?XT REBEL any recommendations on brand? Is a X50 fast > >enough? [ ... ] > Would stay away from the Lexar cards though. I bought a 2 gig 80x card > and lost about 50 photos when it got corrupted somhow. Works after > reformatting, but I don't use it unless the other cards I have get > filled, which hasn't happened yet. While I have two 1GB 80X Lexars, and one 4GB 133X Lexar, and they have not yet failed in my Nikon D70 -- nor in my Sun workstation when reading them (with a PCMCIA adaptor in a SCSI PCMCIA drive). No experience with the Sandisk cards in the same camera -- just in a Nikon 950 P&S. Enjoy, DoN. 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