SanDisk 8 GB Extreme III CF Card SDCFX3-008G-A31 (Retail Package)
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Manufacturer: SanDiskAudio: English (Original Language)
Model: SDCFX3-008G-A31
Product features:
- Large 8GB capacity
- 30 MB/s Read/write speed
- Built to perform in the most extreme environments and temperatures;from -13degree F to 185 degree F
- Durable, reliable, and thoroughly tested?temperature tested (heat and cold); shock and vibration tested
- Lifetime warranty
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of SanDisk 8 GB Extreme III CF Card SDCFX3-008G-A31 (Retail Package)
Customer Review: Works great...
Summary: 5 Stars
Since I've started shooting more RAW images, the behemoth CF memory cards that used to hold 1000's of JPG's have suddenly gotten very small. I have 24GB of storage now, but that's still not enough for a busy weekend with the EOS 50D and good subject matter...
I need at least the 30MB/s speed of this card to keep it from being the limiter on rapid fire shooting of sports scenes (like soccer). Rapid bursts of 5 or 6 images each are common if you want to try and catch just the right action shot. This card keeps up.
Just make sure you format the card on your camera, not on your computer, and same goes for deleting images - do this only from your camera and not from the computer. Canon and MAC and Windows don't seem to always agree on formatting. I tend to simply reformat the card (less than 5 seconds) on the camera each time I clear the images off. If I want to leave some images on the card, I "SELECT ALL" on the camera menu and then unselect the ones I want to keep before deleting. There are also umpteen file/folder managing procedures for doing stuff like this. Bottom line - let the camera manage the formatting!
No issues retrieving over 10,000 shots from any of the SanDisk CF 30MB/s memory cards. Each card comes with a file recovery program, but I thankfully have not had to resort to that yet...
One more piece of advice - the $/byte on 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB cards is roughly the same. You want to trade off minimizing the number of times you have to change cards (lost shots, dropped camera/cards, etc.) with the number of critical pictures you EVER put on any one memory card. The more important the shots, the more important this rule. Why? These cards WILL fail, someday. All memory devices do. Also, cards can be dropped/lost. Static discharge is a known card killer. And so on. How many shots do want to lose from an important shoot? All? Half? 30%? By using multiple cards (even if they are not yet full), you are improving your chances of at least having something if a card fails or is lost. The cost of the 16GB cards is roughly 2X the 8GB, so I'd buy two 8's instead of 1 16, for this reason. I can put just over 200 RAW+JPG mode images from my 50D on one 8GB card. If I'm shooting only JPG, the number of shots tops 1,000.
Lots of good reviews out there on SanDisk cards. I'll stick with this brand given my positive experiences.
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