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Sandisk Extreme 16GB Compact FlashSandisk Extreme 16GBCompact Flash Memory Card. Supports 60MB/s transfers.
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326 of 326 people found the following review helpful
By PD
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I started in 2005 with the Ultra II series and have continually sold & upgraded as my needs dictated. I'm now using a Canon 5D Mark II which has HD video (I think we all know that by now), but the camera also creates a 30mb RAW file every time I snap the shutter. So, write speed is very important. I WAS using the Extreme IV series cards (45mb/sec), and even with the slower 4fps in the 5D2, the camera would hang after a few shots to write the data. Now with these new 16gb Extreme cards I get to hold down the shutter button and record WAY more images before the buffer starts to hold things up. What an improvement! This new series is worth every dollar. Remember, faster cards also give you longer battery life since the data writes faster, so that's another plus to these new Extreme cards. They are UDMA level 5 which is nice (the 5D2 handles up to 6). BTW, UDMA simply means that the card does a lot of the file processing, which gets you faster write speed. Non-UDMA cards make the camera do all the work when writing images to the card. If you have a UDMA-enabled camera, by all means get UDMA-enabled cards.
One last thing to help clear confusion on the card naming format: the 133X and 300X and all that simply means the speed that the card can write data. SanDisk doesn't use that prominently in their marketing, they tend to say "30mb/sec" or "60mb/sec", like that. Lexar uses the ###X format all the time. So when shopping around, keep this in mind:
SanDisk Ultra II: 15mb/sec (the original version) - Lexar calls it 100X (this older model SanDisk is NON-UDMA)
SanDisk Ultra II: 20mb/sec (the updated version) - Lexar calls it 133X (this older model SanDisk is NON-UDMA)
(Thanks Uri for the correction in Comments!)
SanDisk Extreme III: 20mb/sec (the original version) - Lexar calls it 133X (this older model SanDisk is NON-UDMA)
SanDisk Extreme III: 30mb/sec (the updated version) - Lexar calls it 200X (this discontinued model SanDisk is UDMA enabled)
(Thanks David for the correction in Comments!)
SanDisk Extreme IV: 45mb/sec - Lexar calls it 300X (The discontinued SanDisk Ducati line is also 45mb/sec and UDMA enabled)
SanDisk's New Extreme: 60mb/sec - Lexar calls it 400X
SanDisk's New Extreme Pro: 90mb/sec - Lexar calls it 600X
Hope that helps understand all of this!
UPDATE (12-29-2009): I also wanted to mention that I've owned nearly 15 SanDisk CF cards since 2005 and I have never had ONE fail on me. I learned a trick from a pro: after you COPY (not MOVE) your images onto your PC, always format the card IN-CAMERA before you shoot again. Don't use Windows to delete your images off the card. The CF cards get grumpy for some reason (no matter what brand you use). I've shot 20,000 images on four different camera bodies, and never one card failure in four years.
UPDATE (3-30-2011): My two 16GB cards sre still my workhorse memory, use them almost daily, not one failure. This 60mb/sec line of cards is probably the best value for your buck, you get speed, reliability and storage room for not a lot of money (ha, you'd think I work for SanDisk, lol! Just a happy customer.)
UPDATE (7-12-2011): I did it... I splurged for a red/gold SanDisk 32GB Extreme Pro CF memory card - UDMA 90MB/s 600x (SDCFXP-032G-A91, US Retail Package). Wow, the write and copy speeds are even faster, amazing. It's been my main card these past couple months. But honestly, the red/black Extreme cards that are reviewed here are fast enough (even for video) and MUCH more affordable. As always, SanDisk cards are as stable as ever. Again, just make sure you COPY from the card to your computer, never delete images off the card using your PC. Then, format the card IN-CAMERA before each new use, and your cards will work and last a very long time. I know, I already wrote this in my first update, I can't stress it enough!
UPDATE (8/7/2012): Another year and 10,000+ more images shot including a wedding two weeks ago, and the SanDisk CFs keep running at 100%, ZERO failures. They do get stress tested between photos and video on my 5D2, and sometimes it get so hot here in Phoenix that the camera actually hangs due to overheating, yet the cards don't fail. Even if one did at this point it's irrelevant, I'm a SanDisk user for the long haul. In fact, I now have my editing PC running on a SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB SATA 6.0 Gb-s2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SDSSDX-120G-G25. Sorry if this sounds like a commercial, I REALLY don't work for them, lol! I just appreciate quality stuff.
One last thing to help clear confusion on the card naming format: the 133X and 300X and all that simply means the speed that the card can write data. SanDisk doesn't use that prominently in their marketing, they tend to say "30mb/sec" or "60mb/sec", like that. Lexar uses the ###X format all the time. So when shopping around, keep this in mind:
SanDisk Ultra II: 15mb/sec (the original version) - Lexar calls it 100X (this older model SanDisk is NON-UDMA)
SanDisk Ultra II: 20mb/sec (the updated version) - Lexar calls it 133X (this older model SanDisk is NON-UDMA)
(Thanks Uri for the correction in Comments!)
SanDisk Extreme III: 20mb/sec (the original version) - Lexar calls it 133X (this older model SanDisk is NON-UDMA)
SanDisk Extreme III: 30mb/sec (the updated version) - Lexar calls it 200X (this discontinued model SanDisk is UDMA enabled)
(Thanks David for the correction in Comments!)
SanDisk Extreme IV: 45mb/sec - Lexar calls it 300X (The discontinued SanDisk Ducati line is also 45mb/sec and UDMA enabled)
SanDisk's New Extreme: 60mb/sec - Lexar calls it 400X
SanDisk's New Extreme Pro: 90mb/sec - Lexar calls it 600X
Hope that helps understand all of this!
UPDATE (12-29-2009): I also wanted to mention that I've owned nearly 15 SanDisk CF cards since 2005 and I have never had ONE fail on me. I learned a trick from a pro: after you COPY (not MOVE) your images onto your PC, always format the card IN-CAMERA before you shoot again. Don't use Windows to delete your images off the card. The CF cards get grumpy for some reason (no matter what brand you use). I've shot 20,000 images on four different camera bodies, and never one card failure in four years.
UPDATE (3-30-2011): My two 16GB cards sre still my workhorse memory, use them almost daily, not one failure. This 60mb/sec line of cards is probably the best value for your buck, you get speed, reliability and storage room for not a lot of money (ha, you'd think I work for SanDisk, lol! Just a happy customer.)
UPDATE (7-12-2011): I did it... I splurged for a red/gold SanDisk 32GB Extreme Pro CF memory card - UDMA 90MB/s 600x (SDCFXP-032G-A91, US Retail Package). Wow, the write and copy speeds are even faster, amazing. It's been my main card these past couple months. But honestly, the red/black Extreme cards that are reviewed here are fast enough (even for video) and MUCH more affordable. As always, SanDisk cards are as stable as ever. Again, just make sure you COPY from the card to your computer, never delete images off the card using your PC. Then, format the card IN-CAMERA before each new use, and your cards will work and last a very long time. I know, I already wrote this in my first update, I can't stress it enough!
UPDATE (8/7/2012): Another year and 10,000+ more images shot including a wedding two weeks ago, and the SanDisk CFs keep running at 100%, ZERO failures. They do get stress tested between photos and video on my 5D2, and sometimes it get so hot here in Phoenix that the camera actually hangs due to overheating, yet the cards don't fail. Even if one did at this point it's irrelevant, I'm a SanDisk user for the long haul. In fact, I now have my editing PC running on a SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB SATA 6.0 Gb-s2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SDSSDX-120G-G25. Sorry if this sounds like a commercial, I REALLY don't work for them, lol! I just appreciate quality stuff.
95 of 98 people found the following review helpful
By Lrn2Go
Amazon Verified Purchase
Okay, so when I recently purchased a new Camera (a Canon 7D, 18 mega-pixel stills + 1080p video camera) and I was convinced I needed the SanDisk Extreme Pro 90mb/s card to take full advantage of the 8 pictures per second burst rate this camera had to offer... then... I started looking at the prices for those cards. *wince*
So, after I'd picked my jaw off the floor, I came across this card. It's still UDMA (where the card does some of the processing, not just the camera, resulting in better speeds), still faster than any of the older Extreme (and Ultra) series cards including the Extreme IV's by a noticeable margin, and my money buys me much more storage space, at significantly lower cost. But... would it be fast 'enough'?
Well, I was still hesitant... but at almost 1/3 the cost (and since having no memory card makes my camera a little useless), I decided to pull the trigger. I dropped it in, fired it up, and put it to the test. I was expecting shutter lag... or the dreaded "busy" light flashing at me when I really let it fly on full speed. Much to my pleasant surprise, this never happened! I was able to rip away at full speed without any issues at all.
If you're thinking about buying a memory card for this camera (or another high-megapixel DSLR) and you want as much memory AND speed as your dollars can afford, with out sacrificing camera performance... this series of card is for you. I, personally, see no reason to require the MUCH more expensive Extreme Pro for use in this camera... well... unless you have money just burning a hole in your pocket. :)
So, after I'd picked my jaw off the floor, I came across this card. It's still UDMA (where the card does some of the processing, not just the camera, resulting in better speeds), still faster than any of the older Extreme (and Ultra) series cards including the Extreme IV's by a noticeable margin, and my money buys me much more storage space, at significantly lower cost. But... would it be fast 'enough'?
Well, I was still hesitant... but at almost 1/3 the cost (and since having no memory card makes my camera a little useless), I decided to pull the trigger. I dropped it in, fired it up, and put it to the test. I was expecting shutter lag... or the dreaded "busy" light flashing at me when I really let it fly on full speed. Much to my pleasant surprise, this never happened! I was able to rip away at full speed without any issues at all.
If you're thinking about buying a memory card for this camera (or another high-megapixel DSLR) and you want as much memory AND speed as your dollars can afford, with out sacrificing camera performance... this series of card is for you. I, personally, see no reason to require the MUCH more expensive Extreme Pro for use in this camera... well... unless you have money just burning a hole in your pocket. :)
43 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
I had been using SanDisk Extreme III (30 MB/s) in my Nikon digital SLR, and while they were reliable and so on, I was never able to get the full high speed frame rate Nikon promises. Instead of the 5-7 frames per second, I was getting more like 2-3.
Switching to the 60MB/s fixed that problem, and now I'm getting the full performance my camera is capable of...at least 5 fps under most conditions.
Interestingly, I also purchased a smaller card capable of 90MB/s, and saw no real difference, so I'm considering the 60MB/s version ideal - nice, since it's much less expensive than the faster cards.
Recommended if you need the best frame rate out of your camera.
Switching to the 60MB/s fixed that problem, and now I'm getting the full performance my camera is capable of...at least 5 fps under most conditions.
Interestingly, I also purchased a smaller card capable of 90MB/s, and saw no real difference, so I'm considering the 60MB/s version ideal - nice, since it's much less expensive than the faster cards.
Recommended if you need the best frame rate out of your camera.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Compact disc card
Compact disc card. It is sometimes difficult to find these cards and they are the kind I have to have for my camera.
Published 5 days ago by Nancy Nabors
5.0 out of 5 stars
Big and fast
I love this card, and so far I have not had any issues with it. It's fast, cheap and holds plenty of photos.
Published 1 month ago by Chris Z. Samaripa
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great
Quality of the flash card was terrific. Still using it ever since with no problem. Good reasonable price! Couldn't complain.
Published 1 month ago by Diana Lyn Bonadurer-Stallings
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works great
Works as advertised. Good read/write speed. Comes in handy doing burst shots. Doesn't slow down to write the buffer.
16 Gb is enough for an average shoot.
16 Gb is enough for an average shoot.
Published 1 month ago by David Simmonds
5.0 out of 5 stars
great
my second one i recommend it is a much better deal than the 8 MB 30 MB/s found at walmart for $40
Published 2 months ago by fotos.david
4.0 out of 5 stars
It works fine, but there's the Pro
It holds ok ok continous shoting, but it stops soonner than the Pro version when using RAW or recording HD video. Other than that, is an amazing product. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Fernando Barranzuela
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great
With HD camcorder it is great, my Tv station use it every day all week almost 24/7 we uses one year ago.
Published 2 months ago by Oscar Revollo
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great memory card
Card works great, I have a Canon 7D and use it for video. I record on 1080p 24fps and the buffer is great. Definitely a great buy and good investment. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dat Nguyen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Card for DSLR
This card is tried and proven. With my other cards being Extreme's I had no alternative to choose what I have trusted since my shooting days began over 10 years ago.
Published 3 months ago by Doug Ransom
1.0 out of 5 stars
FAKE CARD!!!! Don't buy off this seller.
I ordered this card and it arrived with the sticker on the wrong way and was super slow so unuseable. Waste of money and VERY disapointed.
Published 4 months ago by Em
