SanDisk 8 GB Extreme III CF Card SDCFX3-008G-A31 (Retail Package)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 1.8 x 2.6 inches ; 3.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000FKQ8LA
• Item model number: SDCFX3-008G-A31
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (108 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 1, 2008

Product Description

Product Description
SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash is designed for serious professional photographers who demand one of the fastest, most rugged, and most durable memory cards on the market. Professional photographers who work under less than ideal conditions expect more from a flash memory card. More speed. More performance. More reliability. SanDisk’s new Extreme III card delivers everything you want plus a whole lot more. This card features 30 MB/s read/write speed.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

87 of 94 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Huge, Fast, Reliable, October 4, 2006

By	Brian Koch "Aspiring Photographer" (MI United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I recently switched over to shooting RAW (7-9 meg a shot) instead of jpeg (2-4 meg a shot) so I decided to get some extra memory (I already had 1-4Gig and 5-1Gig cards.) I must say, I have not been disappointed. This card is very fast, it out preforms my Ultra IIs and the transfer rate to my computer is amazing when I use this card with the Sandisk Extreme Fire-Wire Reader.

I can put over 1,000 RAW files or about 4,000 jpegs on this card and then transfer them all over to my computer in just a few minutes instead of closer to a half-hour. It seems to average around 1Gig a minute. Using burst mode with my camera has also never been faster, this card writes the images almost instantly, with no noticeable lag time, which means you can basically shoot as fast as you camera can handle and the card will keep up.

I have been using this card for a few months now and have taken several thousand shots with it without any problems. If you have the need and the cash this is a great product.

44 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Memory Card, November 12, 2007

By	Miguel De Rivero - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a great product and fast. Fast enough for most of us. I was thinking in getting the ver. IV but for the money and how fast my Canon 40D can write, this is the right one to get. The IV is much faster but there is no DSLR capable of writing at such high speed yet. Save some money and get this one. You will be happy.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Had some problems, but overall very pleased..., July 19, 2008

By	Jason L. Walsh "DJ Jaydubs" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Bought the 8gb Extreme III before going to a friend's wedding, as I had also just picked up a Canon 40D and wanted to give the camera's burst shooting a workout. All of the shots were captured quickly, I never had to wait for the camera/memory to "catch up" so I was generally pleased - until I got home...

Apparently it's not such a good idea to mess with the file structure outside of your camera. I popped the card into my computer's card reader and started to delete some blurry and duplicate shots I just didn't need. I then popped the card back into the camera to take some shots around my house and the camera read "card not formatted". At that point, I decided to pop the card back into the computer to see what the deal was. I almost had a heart-attack when I saw an empty folder where there had once been about 1300 JPG files. Luckily the story has a good ending... I used the RescuePRO software that came with the card and it found the files (even files that I had deleted manually from my camera during the wedding).

I would strongly recommend that you format your card upon first use and each time you swap between computer and camera (obviously, save the files to your computer before your re-format). After the RescuePRO memory recovery (took about 2 hours) and a fresh re-format, the card seems to work fine. I hope my incident helps current and new E-III buyers.