Customer Reviews

SanDisk SDCFH-1024-901 1 GB Ultra II CompactFlash Card (Retail Package)

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I recently bought a Canon Digital Rebel. When considering memory I initially figured I'd stick with the brand I used with my PowerShot S30: Viking Components. But I wanted the best, knowing that my 6.3MP photos would take longer to be recorded.

I looked at the Lexar 40x first. Lexar has a good reputation and "40x" sounds like a snappy number. For some reason, though, I liked the feedback about this [Sandisk Ultra] card more. So I bought this one and am very glad I did.

Little publicized is the fact that the Sandisk Ultra II blazes along at 60x (9 Mb/s) write speed. That translates to being able to record one more whole image per second than the Lexar, and two or three images more than SimpleTech or Viking Components. (Each card reads at the same speed, I believe -- 10 Mb/s.)

Worried about a trade-off in reliability? It's backed with a 5-year warranty. You can't go wrong with that, folks.

I got one of these for my new Nikon D70 and it works like a dream. I previously had a Canon G2 point-and-shoot with a slow 256 Mb card and it would take 3-4 seconds to grab and save the picture. With the fast 1Gb SanDisk and my Nikon D70 there is a barely noticeable lag between pressing the shutter and seeing the image on the viewfinder. You will be able to store about 96 high-res, uncompressed NEF images on the D70 with this card.

I highly recommend this card and the price is right at under $100.

I'm using this card with a Canon 20D, and it is extremely fast! Way faster scrolling between pictures I've already taken than with the Lexar 12x 512MB card I used to have. Speed doesn't matter *too* much for taking pictures with this camera since it has such a large internal buffer, but the speed is nice for reviewing pictures and transferring them to the computer.

This is undoubtely one of the best cards out there in compact flash category. However for about the same price you can buy Extreme III CF from SanDisk which has 20mb/s write speed.

However, before you buy this or any other high speed CF card take into account what it will be used for. Unless you are a professional photographer shooting 3-4 shots/sec with image size as large as 3meg, you will be fine with lesser speed cards. It is important not to get carried away with all the X (40x vs 80x etc..) and Y from different manufacturers. In most cases if you are shooting with a dSLR (D70 is what I use) your camera may have enough buffer memory to compensate a slower card. Which translates into more money saved for other stuff.

I personally like the SanDisk brand because they are one of the first one in the market with CF and most reliable and I own a 1Gig SanDisk Extreme III card that I am very happy with.

I recently purchased a digital Rebel XT camera and ordered this SanDisk 1 GB Ultra II CompactFlash Card and a Kingston 1GB Elite Pro Compact Flash Card. I ran a side by side comparison of taking 10 continuous shots with both memory cards, each jpeg file is about 2.7 ~ 3 MB. I found out the SanDisk almost have no delay and all pictures are recorded onto the memory card as soon as I took my eyes off the viewfinder. When I used the Kingston Elite Pro, it does have a delay of recording all 10 pictures onto the memory card, typically about a delay of 4~5 frames.

Frankly speaking, both memory cards are fast enough to accommodate our daily photo activity, however, the SanDisk 1 GB Ultra II card stands out to be a very fast compact flash card, which is about $69 after rebate as of 11/27/2005. The Kingston card is about $49 after rebate. Both are very cheap these days. Hope this review will help you justify which memory card to buy.

I have over 20 memory cards (CF, SD, xD, etc.) for PDAs, phones, digital cameras, etc. and this Sandisk 60x CF card is by far the fastest card I have ever used. I am using it for an 8MP Canon Digital Rebel XT SLR camera. Amazing little machine: I no longer have to wait for shots to get stored before moving to the next, it lets me take advantage of the continuous shoot mode (14 pics in 5 sec), I can now record high resolution video for up to 20 minutes in MPEG mode, and photo recall is almost instantaneous. The 2GB card is not as fast (slower interface) and much more expensive, so this card is the best compromise for speed, size, and value.

Fyi - I tried the Lexar 80x cards but their Write Acceleration technology does not work for a lot of cameras (Canon, for example) and some PDAs (select HPs), rendering them average cards for most uses. Other reviewers cite websites where you can check compatibility and speed comparisons across all cards.

I received this wonderful product as a gift during the holidays. I absolutely LOVE it. If you own a digital camera, this _IS_ the card to use. Lots of room, and fast. I was shocked.
I used this card in a 5 MegaPixel camera, a 3.2 MegaPixel, and a 2.1 MegaPixel. The same results between all three cameras - fast, fast, FAST!
If you need to transfer a ton of files between two computers using a card reader, you'll be glad you've got this card.

I recently purchased a Sony DSP F828 camera, which uses 8MP per shot, so needed LOTS of memory for it. I also wanted that memory to be as fast as possible, so as not to slow down picture-taking. The SanDisk Ultra II 1 GB CompaceFlash card was my choice (faster and cheaper than the Lexar alternatives I found), and has turned out to be a very happy one.

The only caution for those buying memory for use with the Sony DSP F828 is that its 640 x 480 movie mode is limited to 15 FPS with this memory card, whereas it can do 30 FPS with a MemoryStickPro or a Hitachi CompactFlash hard disk (the other two kinds of memory usable in this camera.) Personally, I don't see this as much of a problem, because if that matters to you, you'll need a lot more than 1 GB of memory. 5 minutes of 640 x 480 at 15 FPS used over 100 MB of memory, suggesting 30 FPS would use up 1 GB in under 25 minutes.

I am upto over 13,000 shots on my D70 using this memory card. I am very pleased with the speeds of both shooting and downloading the pix. I have a slower 256mb card and it definately limits the speed at which I can take pictures on the D70. However, this card keeps up and I have not had it slow down my camera yet. I checked several performance rating sites for digital camera's and their memory cards. This card consistently ranked near the top in terms of real world upload/download speeds. Please note that technical ##x speeds do not equate to the same real world speeds due to memory timing issues. My advice would be to spend extra money on a higher quality memory card like this to enjoy the full benefits of whatever you use it in. Don't try to save a little money on a memory card and risk the problems that can happen with a cheap card.

It would really suck to have a cheap card with a memory fault and lose out on your pictures, especially on vacation!

with the empty card, I get 291 shots on large JPEG on my Nikon D70. However, in real world I end up with between 375 and 425 shots depending on the color variation of pictures.

I own two of these 1 GB Ultra II compact flash cards and have been very impressed. They are FAST, reliable, FAST, sturdy, FAST, and they hold probably the perfect amount for a single flash card.

While 512 MB cards are great for archiving on CD-R, todays larger file sizes put a squeeze on your shot volume. If you are a JPEG shooter, 512MB cards are acceptable. If you are a RAW file format shooter (I shoot NEF) then a larger card size is almost manditory. The 1 gig size gives you enough room for a RAW shooting style, and yet allows you to avoid storing all your images on a single card. Why? Having a single point of failure in a shoot is a bad idea, and if all your images from an important shoot reside on a single flash card, you're betting everything on one small electronic media chip.

With 1 GB cards you can shoot in volume, and divide your images between two cards for safety. At the current pricing, 1 GB cards are very reasonable for this additional piece of mind. I plan to add more 1 gig cards soon.

I use the Nikon D2H camera, which is speedy shooting in RAW and compressed RAW formats, so this card is the perfect size. And it's speedy, taking full advantage of the D2H's fast buffer and max throughput (8 + frames per second in RAW format!). While I rarely actually shoot at 8 fps, I do pop off a few quick frames to catch a transition moment, and oftem pause, shift angles and fire again. This card keeps up.

As far as archiving, I currently archive on hard drives and then to DVD-R.

I've used San Disk compact flash since 1999 and so far they've never let me down.

I would consider the 2 Gig and 4 gig cards for cameras with higher Megapixel counts. Since DVD-R maxs out at 4 GB currently (not including dual layer) I would hesitate to use larger cards at this time.