SanDisk Extreme III 4 GB CompactFlash Memory Card SDCFX3-004G-A31
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of SanDisk Extreme III 4 GB CompactFlash Memory Card SDCFX3-004G-A31
Customer Review: Extremely Good Value
Summary: 5 Stars
Sandisk Compact flash has performed very well for me for about 4 years. This model is great, especially at today's prices.
The Extreme III product is fast enough to take RAW+JpegFine images on my Nikon D200 up to about 12-18 images non-stop. At five frames per second, I never miss the action. My key objective is great photography, not videography. Some people may be conflicted between a CAMERA and CAMCORDER usage.
Speed can be more of an issue during uploading onto my computer, where USB 2.0 is good, but I don't expect hard drive speed from Compact Flash. I simply take a break while uploading the images.
This product will allow high speed photography on a Nikon D200. Some cameras models don't have enough in-camera memory BUFFER storage to capture a long burst of images. I wouldn't blame the Extreme III compact flash speed for this shortcomming, but recommend an upgraded camera body instead.
Of course, I don't want or need 50 frames of "motion picture" sequences, yet this is possible with small jpeg ONLY image sizes. A 10 megapixel RAW image requires lots of storage.
Customer Review: Super fast super card
Summary: 5 Stars
With my Sony Alpha came a doodad that let me put in a Memory Stick Duo (the small version of Sony's Memory Stick) card (I had several 4GB Duos laying around) and then pop that duo/Compact Flash adapter into the camera. I did pop in a Duo and installed the assembly into the Sony Camera (which uses the same slot as the current Alpha 100, 200, 300, and 350) and was a happy camper for many months. Then one day these SanDisk Extreme CF cards were on sale and I bought a couple and tried one out. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that I could shoot two or three times as fast with virtually no time lag between shots! I then tried the Duo/CF adapter again and it worked fine and what I had come to expect as normally, then tried the SanDisk again and again it was super fast. There are several different speeds of SanDisk product, and the Extreme III is not even their fastest card. I don't know if you can get higher speeds with a different flavor of card, but this one rocks!Customer Review: Fast, reliable and well built.
Summary: 5 Stars
CompactFlash cards have become a commodity - an increasingly cheap one at that. But they form an essential and important crux of your photographic equipment. An admittedly lackluster and seemingly boring crux but CF cards cannot be dismissed as "once you've seen one you've seem 'em all." They are different and have substantially different performance characteristics. It is true that you can buy a card whose performance outstrips the write capability of your camera.
This card is just beyond the point of diminishing returns. It is fast enough for any of the current DSLRs. So your card will not limit the performance of your camera. And that is the minimum you can expect from your card. It also has enough head room that you can use it on future DSLRs as well, but by that time you'll be buying faster cards and much bigger cards for half the price so who cares?
Bottom line: this is a great card that delivers as promised.
Customer Review: Sandisk Extreme cards are worth the money
Summary: 5 Stars
Several years back I shot a bunch of pictures using a Sandisk Extreme III card and, because I was still shooting I just placed the card in a zippered pouch that came with the card and placed that pouch in my pants pocket. Later that day, after opening a pool it was time to launder the clothes. Unfortunetly the memory card was still in my pocket.
After the entire wash cycle and part way through the dryer cycle I discovered I was missing a memory card and found it in the dryer tumbling free (out of the pouch). Amazingly the card was still intact and so were all the images on the card. That same card is still working today. I have since standardized on the better or best line of Sandisk cards for my cameras. I have not lost a picture yet. It pays not to skimp on your memory cards.SanDisk Extreme III 4 GB CompactFlash Memory Card SDCFX3-004G-A31
Customer Review: Great card, worth the money
Summary: 5 Stars
I've got two of these now, one was purchased from bestbuy(don't buy from them they ripped me off as I payed about $20 more there...) I've only been able to compare it to a 1gb microdrive card that died on me, but these are super fast, reliable, and fair priced for what you get.
There's a newer version of this card out, the extreme iv, but it seems the price for that is over $100 so you might as well stick with these for now. Those ones are 15mb/s faster which is a noticeable amount but I've been perfectly fine w/30 mb/s and I do shoot sports and other action.
As for going for the biggest card out there like a 8 mb or 16 mb...I'd rather not unless my camera has video because that takes up a ton of space. I like my ability to have one card in the card reader and one in my camera. Plus I reformat my card fairly often anyway so my card isn't likely to be that full.