Lexar Professional Series 8 GB 300x UDMA CompactFlash Memory Card CF8GB-300-381

by Lexar

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 4.7 x 1.2 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000PEF254
• Item model number: CF8GB-300-381
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

The Lexar Professional UDMA 300x CompactFlash Card provides the ultimate high-speed memory card performance for professional photographers and photo enthusiasts.

The high-speed UDMA performance and reliability of this CF card dramatically improves transfer speeds from card to computer when paired with a UDMA-enabled reader, and also provides support for the next generation of high-resolution UDMA-enabled digital SLR (DSLR) cameras, yet these cards are still fully compatible with all CF devices. The Lexar Professional UDMA CF card also includes Image Rescue 4, Lexar Backup n Sync, and Corel Paint Shop Pro X software (available for free download with purchase).

With huge capacities and valuable software, the Lexar Professional UDMA 300x CF card provides advanced memory card performance so you can focus on the business of photography.


FEATURES

Blazing Card-to-Computer Download Speeds
The Lexar Professional UDMA CF card offers the ultimate performance available today when used with a UDMA-enabled device. These cards deliver incredibly fast download speeds with a minimum sustained write speed capability of a blazing 300x (45MB/sec) in all capacities to satisfy the demand for faster transfer rates from card to computer, drastically reducing post-production time.

Includes Valuable Extras
The Lexar Professional UDMA 300x CF card includes Lexar Image Rescue 3 software, which reliably recovers most photo, video, and audio files, even if they've been erased or the card has been corrupted, Lexar Backup n Sync software powered by Sharpcast provides the ability to backup, sync, and share all your valuable photos, and extend your ability to enhance, edit, and manage photos from your desktop using the full version of Corel Paint Shop Pro X software. All software is available for free download with purchas

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent speed if used with a UDMA-capable card reader, March 30, 2009

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Michael Sandman (Brookline, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexar Professional Series 8 GB 300x UDMA CompactFlash Memory Card CF8GB-300-381 (Personal Computers)

I bought the Lexar 8 GB UDMA card to use in a Canon 5D Mark II, which writes very large (20MB) files when you shoot in RAW mode (which I do). The place where I see an advantage is in downloading these large files to my computer.

Mated to a UDMA card reader, the card transfers about 72 files a minute or a bit better than one per second. My old SanDisk Extreme III card in a non-UDMA-enabled reader takes about 3-4 times longer. And of course if you have a camera that writes large files, 8GB gives you some headroom when you're out taking large number of photos -- it can take about 240 RAW images on my camera.

There's also an advantage to a high speed card like this if you shoot continuously with this type of camera, since files will be written more quickly with a fast card. If you have a UDMA-enabled camera and shoot often in continuous mode, this may be a worthwhile purchase for you. If you have a need for lots of capacity with any camera and you have or buy a UDMA-enabled card reader, this card will speed up file transfer very significantly. In my experience Lexar makes very reliable cards that do not have compatibility issues with major brands of digital SLRs.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hardcore Card, August 29, 2009

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B. Mitchell "bem202" (Stone Mountain, Georgia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexar Professional Series 8 GB 300x UDMA CompactFlash Memory Card CF8GB-300-381 (Personal Computers)

Here's my story --

At the end of a shoot it began to pour down raining, so I ran to my car and drove home. When I got home, I realized I lost my Lexar 8GB card and the only place it could be was somewhere in the park where the shoot was held. The next morning I went to the park to look for it. Fortunately, I was able to find it in the parking lot. It had been raining pretty hard all night and I was afraid that the water had damaged the card and I would have lost over 400 photos. Needless to say that the card was unharmed and I'm still using the Lexar as my primary card today.

From now on, the only cards I buy will be Lexar Professional.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast for now, June 11, 2008

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J. Coates (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexar Professional Series 8 GB 300x UDMA CompactFlash Memory Card CF8GB-300-381 (Personal Computers)

This card is so fast and so well suited to the Sony Alpha 700, that I set the camera to shoot JPEGs at high speed and use it to make movies!
If you buy from Amazon affiliate Adorama (B&H too) in 2008 and by a certain date, there is an $[...] rebate on this card.
Being a "pro" card simply means it is fast and more durable.
If you never ever shoot sports or animals, get the 8GB 133x CF on sale or if they have a rebate on that, and save some money.