High Speed Kingston Compact Flash Ultimate 266X Memory Card - 4GB (CF/4GB-U2) for Canon EOS-10D, EOS-1D, EOS-1D Mark II, EOS-1D Mark II N, EOS-1D Mark III, EOS-1Ds, EOS-1Ds Mark II, EOS-1N, EOS-20D Digital, EOS-300D, EOS-30D, EOS-350D, EOS-40D, EOS-5D, EOS-D30, EOS-D60, EOS-DCS 5, EOS-DCS2000, EOS-Digital Rebel, EOS-Digital Rebel XT, EOS-Digital Rebel Xti PowerShot S1 IS, S10, S100 Digital ELPH, S110 Digital ELPH, S20, S200 Digital ELPH, S230 Digital ELPH, S500 Digital ELPH, S60, S70, S80, S30, S300 Digital ELPH, S330 Digital ELPH, S40, S400, S400 Digital ELPH, S410 Digital ELPH, S45, S50, Nikon D1, D1 Pro, D100, D1H, D1X, D200, D2H Set, D2Hs Set, D2X, D2Xs, D70, D70 Outfit, D70s DIGITAL CAMERA

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• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00170ZZAW
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Advanced amateurs and professional photographers need Flash memory they can count on for even the most demanding shoots. That's why Kingston® enhanced our CompactFlash® Ultimate cards. The newly redesigned Kingston CompactFlash Ultimate offers an amazing minimum sustained write speed rating of 266X, making it our fastest card to support high-end digital cameras and devices. It's designed to deliver superior results with fast data transfer and support for continuous shooting. With its ultra-fast transfer rates of 45MB/sec. read and 40MB/sec. write, you can capture more continuous, high resolution images in less time with the CompactFlash Ultimate than traditional CompactFlash memory cards.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pricey . . . but speed matters, June 23, 2008

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NMI (CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: High Speed Kingston Compact Flash Ultimate 266X Memory Card - 4GB (CF/4GB-U2) for Canon EOS-10D, EOS-1D, EOS-1D Mark II, EOS-1D Mark II N, EOS-1D Mark III, EOS-1Ds, EOS-1Ds Mark II, EOS-1N, EOS-20D Digital, EOS-300D, EOS-30D, EOS-350D, EOS-40D, EOS-5D, EOS-D30, EOS-D60, EOS-DCS 5, EOS-DCS2000, EOS-Digital Rebel, EOS-Digital Rebel XT, EOS-Digital Rebel Xti PowerShot S1 IS, S10, S100 Digital ELPH, S110 Digital ELPH, S20, S200 Digital ELPH, S230 Digital ELPH, S500 Digital ELPH, S60, S70, S80, S30, S300 Digital ELPH, S330 Digital ELPH, S40, S400, S400 Digital ELPH, S410 Digital ELPH, S45, S50, Nikon D1, D1 Pro, D100, D1H, D1X, D200, D2H Set, D2Hs Set, D2X, D2Xs, D70, D70 Outfit, D70s DIGITAL CAMERA (Personal Computers)

Works jus' fine. canon 40d was not slowed by memory card at max 6 image per second speed.

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2.0 out of 5 stars This card is slower than the Kingston 4GB 133x Card, April 27, 2009

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A. D. Lawlor (Omaha, NE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High Speed Kingston Compact Flash Ultimate 266X Memory Card - 4GB (CF/4GB-U2) for Canon EOS-10D, EOS-1D, EOS-1D Mark II, EOS-1D Mark II N, EOS-1D Mark III, EOS-1Ds, EOS-1Ds Mark II, EOS-1N, EOS-20D Digital, EOS-300D, EOS-30D, EOS-350D, EOS-40D, EOS-5D, EOS-D30, EOS-D60, EOS-DCS 5, EOS-DCS2000, EOS-Digital Rebel, EOS-Digital Rebel XT, EOS-Digital Rebel Xti PowerShot S1 IS, S10, S100 Digital ELPH, S110 Digital ELPH, S20, S200 Digital ELPH, S230 Digital ELPH, S500 Digital ELPH, S60, S70, S80, S30, S300 Digital ELPH, S330 Digital ELPH, S40, S400, S400 Digital ELPH, S410 Digital ELPH, S45, S50, Nikon D1, D1 Pro, D100, D1H, D1X, D200, D2H Set, D2Hs Set, D2X, D2Xs, D70, D70 Outfit, D70s DIGITAL CAMERA (Personal Computers)

Last year I bought a Kingston 4GB 133X Elite Pro compact flash memory card for my Canon EOS Digital Rebel camera. I was very pleased with the 133X card and haven't had any problems with it at all. However, I wanted a second card to carry around with me as I have twice filled my card while away from home.

Since the newer Kingston 4GB 266X Ultimate compact flash card was for sale at roughly the same price I paid for the slower card last year I figured I'd be happy with the faster photo download speeds from the camera to the computer. However, I was completely mistaken and sorely disappointed.

This morning I performed a file transfer speed test and while it was not a labratory tested, scientifically accurate test, it confirmed my previous observations.

The 266X card is markedly slower than the 133X card.

For my test, I formatted both cards on the camera and then I shot 40 images with my EOS camera - I just pointed the camera at a tree and held the shutter release until 40 images were captured. I then switched cards and repeated the procedure.

Then I downloaded the images (all taken at the highest jpg resolution). It took fully 31 seconds to download 40 images off the 266x card but only 22 seconds to download 40 images from the 133x card.

Next, I uploaded a 595MB file from my computer to each card using a built in USB card reader. It took 3:35 to upload the file to the 266X card. The same file uploaded to the 133X Kingston card in 3:32, not a significant difference.

I then downloaded the identical files from both cards: the 133X took 2:31 while the 266X took a full minute longer @ 3:31.

According to Kingston's own web page, I should be seeing 40MB/sec on the 266X card compared to 20MB/sec on the 133X card.

So, after tall that, what's my point? This 266X card just doesn't measure up to the advertised speed stats and I feel like I've wasted money.