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Photography => Equipment and Technique => Topic started by: Moira on March 08, 2010, 01:36:14 PM

Title: CF Cards
Post by: Moira on March 08, 2010, 01:36:14 PM

Does anyone have any experience with Dane-Elec compact flash cards?  I saw them at Black's and the pricing is very good.  Unfortunately the staff in the store didn't have any knowledge about the cards, i.e. speed.

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Post by: Kin Lau on March 08, 2010, 03:49:14 PM

Black's rarely is the best place to get memory cards. Almost any place is better. I've been using the A-Data UDMA series purchased at CanadaComputers.com and they've been working very well, great bang for the buck too.

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Post by: denis on March 08, 2010, 06:17:35 PM

hi moira.
i usually stick with scandisk extreme,or recently,i bought a lexar pro 8 gb,on sale by  the way at future shop in whitby.it,s a very fast card,which is handy when doing IF,to clear your camera quickly,so you can get back into action.it,s highly recommended,for cameras with a high burst,ie( mark 11,mark 111 8-10 fr/per/sec ). since you,re hooked on IF,get a fast card. you wont regret it,as the shot of a lifetime,flies by,and your camera,s still writing files to your card.

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Post by: Michael Tam on March 09, 2010, 12:01:17 PM

For trouble-free and long term stability, Nikon recommends Lexor, more expensive or Sandisk, more economical CF  or SD cards.  Please see following thread discussions on related card issues:

http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/0087d6 (http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/0087d6)
http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00TMXp (http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00TMXp)

Good birding and photography.

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Post by: Mathew Rossi on March 09, 2010, 07:04:18 PM

For CF I only use SANDISK and they're great. For SD I usually go cheapie at TigerDirect.ca, can't beat their deals. Blacks and Henrys are a ripoff for cards IMO.

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Post by: Brian Bailey on March 09, 2010, 11:13:57 PM

I bought a Dane-Elec CF card for my first digital camera about 5 years ago.  I have never had a problem with it, but it is noticeably slower than the SanDisk Ultra or Extreme cards I use with my DSLR.  (I put it in a DSLR for comparison once.)  I think CF card failures are pretty rare.  A bigger concern is probably speed.  Rob Galbraith maintains a large CF card performance database here: http://robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007 (http://robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007)

BB

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Post by: Moira on March 10, 2010, 08:43:24 PM

Thank you all for the helpful information.

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Post by: mr.sharp-photo on March 19, 2010, 03:14:31 PM

sandisk and lexmark, from what i understand, are the two best rated cards.
low chance of corruption, won't fry or break on you.
i put a sandisk card through the washer and dryer and it still worked.