Deals on CF cards

The link is for a 16GB very fast (90MB/s) CF card for $250. This sure makes me hope the Kingston 32GB 133x works at $75...I have some other stuff I want to buy.
 
mhood said:
The link is for a 16GB very fast (90MB/s) CF card for $250. This sure makes me hope the Kingston 32GB 133x works at $75...I have some other stuff I want to buy.
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Oh, a little oversight. Maybe I was too optimistic. :)

16GB, 35GB and 64GB 90MB/s Extreme Pros:

16GB $250: http://www.buydig.com/shop/product....&utm_campaign=SDCFXP016GA91&sku=SDCFXP016GA91

32GB $400: http://www.buydig.com/shop/product....&utm_campaign=SDCFXP032GA91&sku=SDCFXP032GA91

64GB $700: http://www.buydig.com/shop/product....&utm_campaign=SDCFXP064GA91&sku=SDCFXP064GA91
 
I like the 64 gig card for 700$... Like that's ever gonna happen.

Well there are folks with P2 cams that are willing to pay 600$ for a 32 gig P2 card. We never know how crazy people can be. I do think panasonic was pretty smart in there marketing.

It's like the old printer trick. The printer is 70$ But the ink is 100$ every 40 pictures batch. hehe
 
Loic said:
I like the 64 gig card for 700$... Like that's ever gonna happen.

Well there are folks with P2 cams that are willing to pay 600$ for a 32 gig P2 card. We never know how crazy people can be. I do think panasonic was pretty smart in there marketing.

It's like the old printer trick. The printer is 70$ But the ink is 100$ every 40 pictures batch. hehe
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Sometimes a project needs and deserves the recording time... however with the max clip duration that this camera imposes is simply doesn't apply here. Might as well make that two second stop a 10 second stop.

How much 24fps can you fit in one 16GB?
 
Anyone worried about the potential problem with the SanDisk Extreme 3 cards and the 7D? There's been talk of trouble with those cards and the 5Dii here: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=167750

and here: http://lightingmods.blogspot.com/2009/06/tip-canon-5d-markii-video-locks.html

I just ordered a few and I'm a bit worried about it. I'd rather not find out the hard way after my camera arrives (and I can no longer return the cards) that they don't work properly. Perhaps I should return them for the Kingston 133x cards instead? Thoughts?
 
I think it's Sandisk Extreme IV that is being recommended, not Extreme III, well at least that's what's on the B&H site.

I'm not sure why there is so much buzz about CF cards with huge capacity.
Sometime its better not to have all your eggs in one basket if you know what I mean. Have a few 8 or 16 gig ones and use them in rotation.
 
J Davis said:
I'm not sure why there is so much buzz about CF cards with huge capacity.
Sometime its better not to have all your eggs in one basket if you know what I mean. Have a few 8 or 16 gig ones and use them in rotation.
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THIS!

16GB is a ton of data. An absolute ton. Its just getting to the point where we're comfortable with tossing this amount on a single card...and I'm still weary. I'm confident in the cards holding up, but I've physically lost cards before. 64GB of data on something the size of a half dollar is unnerving!
 
J Davis said:
I think it's Sandisk Extreme IV that is being recommended, not Extreme III, well at least that's what's on the B&H site.
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Um... hit the "See more memory cards" button on the B&H site and you'll see Extreme III card listed as well. The WAY more expensive Extreme IV card is featured though (imagine that!).
 
Boz said:
Um... hit the "See more memory cards" button on the B&H site and you'll see Extreme III card listed as well. The WAY more expensive Extreme IV card is featured though (imagine that!).
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I stand corrected! Tx Boz.
 
So, given the lack of responses to my SanDisk question, I guess there isn't much fear about them working? It seems the research I've done is that the problem is inconsistent at best. Perhaps there was a batch of bad SanDisk cards? Dunno.
 
do I also have to buy a card reader for my computer or can you firewire from the camera? I only have an sd slot on my laptop
 
mtan said:
do I also have to buy a card reader for my computer or can you firewire from the camera? I only have an sd slot on my laptop
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I am in the same shape but have been looking at both the USB adapters and the PCMCIA adapters. Anyone have any recommendations?
 
Boz said:
Perhaps I should return them for the Kingston 133x cards instead? Thoughts?
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I have the Kingston, and it works fine. Seriously, there's no need for SanDisk and their crazy speeds, unless you do burst RAW photos.

Some people are paranoid about reliability and compatibility, so they decide to overpay for SanDisk. But remember that there are bad SanDisk cards, too. And people have already found some.
 
J Davis said:
I'm not sure why there is so much buzz about CF cards with huge capacity.
Sometime its better not to have all your eggs in one basket if you know what I mean. Have a few 8 or 16 gig ones and use them in rotation.
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Actually, the larger capacity cards offer better value in terms of price per GB. Smaller capacity cards will go through more write cycles and thus should theoretically wear-out faster.

If you're that concerned about losing all of your data on the card, then just download the files after each set-up. You don't have to reformat the card every time (and you shouldn't); just copy the new files.
 
I guess I can go with the kingstons for now until someone does some tests. They are cheap enough and I can always use them strictly for photos if they turn out to be not ideal for video
 
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