Customer Reviews

Lexar 1 GB Pro 40X USB CompactFlash

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Just bought it and so far so good. Used it on a trip to Southern Utah to shoot Antelope Canyon and the Wave with my Canon 10D. Filled it up twice with no issues. Lexar includes image recovery software though, just in case, which is a nice bonus. Was the fastest of all of our cards (between 4 people with digital SLRs, we had quite a variety - SanDisk, MicroDrive, Viking, SimpleTech, Lexar), when copying images to my laptop hard drive. Bit pricey, but will probably get another.

I had originally ordered the sandisk 1GB Ultra II online, but those other guys messed up my order and sent me this one instead. A little disappointed, I decided to keep this one. WOW!!! I have a Digital Rebel and I couldn't believe how fast this card was. It was storing my images faster than I could take the pictures. I'm talking about 6.3MP's. This baby is lightning fast, and a definite keeper. Boy am I glad I kept it!!

I use this product with a Nikon Coolpix 8700; out of the box and into the camera, ready to go with no set-up. Writes 2 MB images with ZERO delay, as fast as I can work the shutter. The Nikon's largest file weighs in at 24 MB, and this card swallows them in approx. 4 sec. Not bad.
Transferring to any PC or Mac with the JumpShot cable is equally sweet: insert card into cable, insert cable into USB port, and start clickin and draggin'. No set-up on either end. For a cross-platform guy like me, this kind of compatibility is a god-send. Thank you Lexar!

I started enjoying Lexar CF 40x media at the 128 Meg level. Even without considering price, it was the fastest CF card available at the time. It worked great. Still does, nearly two years later.

Now, my collection of 40x CF cards also includes one 256 meg, two 512 meg cards, and two 1 gig cards. CF has become a winner in the media wars, and Lexar cards work in all of my CF compatible devices, and work fast and error free. Other cards I have used have been as reliable, but not as fast in devices that can make use of write speed.

One last note. A Nikon user here panned the Lexar 1 gig card because he had problems getting it to work in his camera. Since I have been a Canon fan for the past 30 years, I don't care much for Nikon (boys will be boys), but I did take the time to ask a Nikon loving friend that lives in Atlanta if he had a problem using Lexar cards with his Nikon trash (he also has a Canon museum, but took the Coolpix route when he went digital). His answer was "no, Lexar cards work perfectly in anything I have that uses CF".

As I expected. Standards are standards, and Lexar is at the top of the game. I suspect either operator error, or a Nikon software glitch that caused the problem reported in that post. By the way, as I write this post, I'm listening to music on a four year old HP Jornada pocket PC that was written on the 1 gig Lexar card.

The Lexar 1 gig card is fast, reliable, and works in both old and new CF devices. It's also cheap compared to the first one I bought.

Enjoy!

These lexar 40x & 80x CF cards are great storage cards for devices that need high speed read/write capability.

Note: Microdrives are nice for MP3's players or low end pocket PCs but they are terrible options for cameras because the read and write speeds are too slow for quick shooting.

So when you need to take quick pictures or get information off the drive fast (streaming video . . .etc.) These Lexars and the SanDisk ULTRA II (my personal favorite) are the only ones I would recommend, and I do so highly.

This card works just fine with my Nikon Coolpix 8700--while I can't say what is causing the problems for the April 29 reviewer, I was able to insert the card into my 8700 and start shooting pictures right away.

I bought it 3 years ago, so far I have never had problems with it and I use it frecuetly. data transmit is very fast. recomended

Have been using this product for about one-month in my Nikon 8700. It's worked perfect from the first use.

On their website Lexar guarantees that all of their compact flash cards are compatible with your digital camera, period. Contact them

While purcasing a Nikon Coolpix 8700 thru Amazon, I was lead down the path of picking this device as the compact flash for the camera. I received both and installed the Lexar 1 GB CF into the 8700. 8700 displays "This card cannot be used". I then went to Nikon web site FAQ which clearly does NOT list this card as compatible. What gives? Why the misleading advertisment from Amazon. Sure wish I'd checked with Nikon first. What a bonehead. By the way, the card is recognized by WINXP. I am now the proud owner of a $250 external removable 1gig hard drive. Thank-You Amazon!