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where to buy Sandisk extreme III CF

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triotary

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where is the best place to buy Sandisk extreme III CF?

Ebay is good but I see alot of complains that there are alot of people selling fake Sandisk on ebay.
 
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I have a question about these higher speed CF cards. Are the DSLR's capable of even writing to the disk at these speeds. I don't see the point in buying one of these if the cameras can't write to it at the max speeds...???

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Nuc said:
I have a question about these higher speed CF cards. Are the DSLR's capable of even writing to the disk at these speeds. I don't see the point in buying one of these if the cameras can't write to it at the max speeds...???

Nuc
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Choose your cards wisely. A lot of the more advanced cameras have good throughput but the digital SLRs in the lower price ranges don't come close and even the Ultra II is more than enough.
 
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bousozoku said:
Choose your cards wisely. A lot of the more advanced cameras have good throughput but the digital SLRs in the lower price ranges don't come close and even the Ultra II is more than enough.
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True. http://www.robgalbraith.com tests cameras regularly with various CF cards.

The current leader card is the Sandisk Extreme IV- and cameras out right now don't support its biggest weapon. Its new card reader allows it to transfer at speeds 2x that of existing cards though.
 
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Silentwave said:
True. http://www.robgalbraith.com tests cameras regularly with various CF cards.

The current leader card is the Sandisk Extreme IV- and cameras out right now don't support its biggest weapon. Its new card reader allows it to transfer at speeds 2x that of existing cards though.
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Thanks for the link. I looked at the different camera write speeds and it looks like the Nikon D200 beats all the other camera's. I wonder what the results will be for the Sony Alpha...

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Silentwave said:
True. http://www.robgalbraith.com tests cameras regularly with various CF cards.

The current leader card is the Sandisk Extreme IV- and cameras out right now don't support its biggest weapon. Its new card reader allows it to transfer at speeds 2x that of existing cards though.
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I'd rather have four 2 GB cards rather than one 8 GB card, just in case something went wrong.

I was noticing how much card readers make a difference. My parents' Windows machine has a built-in card reader and my external USB 2.0 reader is 8x as fast on the same Ultra II card.

Nuc said:
Thanks for the link. I looked at the different camera write speeds and it looks like the Nikon D200 beats all the other camera's. I wonder what the results will be for the Sony Alpha...

Nuc
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Just check the speed of the Minolta alpha series that the Sony used to be. ;)
 
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bousozoku said:
I'd rather have four 2 GB cards rather than one 8 GB card, just in case something went wrong.
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Very true, I do the same. It is good to have more then one card with you at all times just incase something were to happen...because you never know with technology. :)
 
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beavo451

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bousozoku said:
Choose your cards wisely. A lot of the more advanced cameras have good throughput but the digital SLRs in the lower price ranges don't come close and even the Ultra II is more than enough.
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Also, the Extreme series has a wider operating temperature over the Ultra II. I would also imagine that the QC is even more stringent on the Extremes.
 
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triotary

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Silentwave said:
True. http://www.robgalbraith.com tests cameras regularly with various CF cards.

The current leader card is the Sandisk Extreme IV- and cameras out right now don't support its biggest weapon. Its new card reader allows it to transfer at speeds 2x that of existing cards though.
Click to expand...


Sweet! I got a 20D and they going to update the 20D page soon! The last update was 2004 ~_~
 
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triotary

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too bad that they only have canon and nikon cameras in their tests >.<
 
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Since no one else has said this yet -

I buy all my memory cards from Calumet Photographic ( i go in person though )

http://www.calumetphoto.com/Computers+~+Media/Memory+~+Media/SanDisk/

I get my 2GB Extreme III CF cards from them for $109

ebay sometimes has cheaper, but there is so many scams its hard to get a real one ;)

and no. sandisk is not baaaaaad. they clearly provide a solid and dependable card, where the few lexar cards i have tried all had issues with file corruption. in my opinion. lexar is baaaaaaaad :)

edit: just looked at calumet, they lowered the price to $104 for a Extreme III 2GB CF lol!
 
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honeybee

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Where can I buy Extreme IV reader

Hi,

Can anyone tell me where I can buy Extreme IV card reader?

I am also looking for Sandisk SDHC 4GB bundled with card reader.

Thanks in advance.
 
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