Lexar 1 GB Platinum Compact Flash Card (CF1GB-40-634)

by Lexar

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009AFFCY
• Item model number: CF1GB-40-634
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 25, 2005

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Advanced performance technology by the leader in patented high speed performance. Built to the highest standards of reliability and durability even in harsh shooting conditions. 40X professional cards so fast your perfect shot is always captured with Write Acceleration (WA) technology.

Features:

• 40X High-Speed CompactFlash with Write Acceleration technology
• Ideal for digital cameras with 3 megapixels and above
• 100% camera compatibility guaranteed
• Faster camera recycle time so you spend less time waiting between shots
• 6 MB/sec minimum sustained write capability
• Professional-level durability for shooting in even in harsh conditions

Performance:

• Sustained write capability (host to flash) 1X=150KB/sec. 40X=6.0MB/sec.
• Start-Up Time (sleep to read/write): 10 m/sec.

Power Requirements:

• Voltage 3.3V ± 5% or 5V ± 10%
• High Performance Read Current 65mA at 5V; 50 mA at 3.3V rms
• High Performance Write Current 65 mA at 5V; 50mA at 3.3V rms

Physical Specifications:

• Length 1.433 in (36.4 mm) - Type l
• Width 1.685 in (42.80mm) - Type I
• Height 0.130 in (3.30 mm) - Type I

Environmental Specifications:

• Shock 50Gs @ 11ms
• Vibration 15 Gs peak to peak
• Operating temperature 0º C to 60º C
• Non-operating temperature -20º C to 85º C
• Humidity 5% to 96%

Certifications:
FCC part 15, VCCI, CE

Warranty:
Lifetime Limited Warranty

Product Description

A photo opportunity lasts only an instant. If your digital camera is busy processing the last one, you could miss the next one. That's where we come in. Our high-speed digital film helps your camera capture images faster, so you spend more time taking pictures and less time waiting on your camera. Lexar Media's High Speed Series Compact Flash Card CF1GB-40-634, is designed to speed up image transfer times by taking advantage of a Digital SLR camera's high-speed processor. Capable of sustained write speeds of 6mb per second, making our Compact Flash cards ideal for any photographer who demands optimal performance from the card and camera they use.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not demonstrative of Lexar's skill; this one's going back, July 14, 2006

By 

ChurchOfJesusChrist.Net (Southern Republik of California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lexar 1 GB Platinum Compact Flash Card (CF1GB-40-634) (Personal Computers)

Unlike most people, I am very picky about my flash memory. I have to be, because my camera is very picky in its highest-quality movie mode. Memory quality will make the difference between me being able to shoot less than a minute vs several minutes continuously.

However, I couldn't resist a local sale on this chip. My camera is designed to be able to take advantage of Lexar's proprietary "Write Acceleration Technology". (Cameras must be designed to be able to take advantage of this feature; mine was the first which could.) I thought every lexar CF card bore it. But there was no mention of WA anywhere on this box. This, despite that Amazon and some other sites list this card as featuring WA.

Well, I couldn't break one minute of continuous video recording with this chip (not that you won't be able to; depends the camera). It was about as bad as the worst card I've ever used in my camera. I even tried reformatting with different cluster sizes to no effect.

For anyone taking stills, this card should prove durable and Lexar has good support (long distance phone number) and you apparently get a real American when you email them. They actually have my model camera in their lab, and went so far as to test recording length on one of their higher-quality cards for me (they got near 5 minutes, about the best you can get, nearly matching my Microdrive), so I know their higher-quality cards can do more if you need it. This one's not the same.

Like all Lexar flash memory cards, it carries a lifetime warranty. This card is made in China. It came formatted in FAT. It also included a translucent plastic case.

It's not worth it for me to email Lexar to ask if this card really has WA technology. It also wasn't worth it for me to test the transfer speed on this thing in a card reader, sorry. If you're concerned about transfer speed to care, you shouldn't be buying this card. As for me, the sweet local sale price couldn't soften the taste of this card for me. This one's going back.