Customer Reviews

Viking CF2GB CompactFlash 2 GB Memory Card

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I've used Viking CompactFlash cards in digital cameras for years and have *NEVER* had a problem with *ANY* of them. Never a glitch; every bit has always come through perfectly (and I did have a glitch with a CF card of leading brand "S..."). I do not own this particular Viking card, but I've owned 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, and 1GB Viking CF cards and used them in 3 different (Canon) cameras. As far as I know, this 2GB CF cards uses the same technology as at least the 1GB card I use all the time.

All that said, standard Viking CF cards are "8x" write speed (about 1.2MB/s write speed). That is slower than many other CF cards. That may be an issue for point-and-shoot digicams with limited image buffers, but I've never found that to be a problem in digital SLRs with large write buffers -- the camera continues to shoot more photos while the Viking card finishes writing to the CF card. For the price, the Vikings have been "winners" in my book.

A previous reviewer commented about difficulties with Viking Customer Service -- I have to wonder what the problem was that he experienced with the *product* that let him to call Viking's Customer Service in the first place? Was it anything serious, or did he just have a question? He never said.
(Not that the Cust Svc comments he quoted are inexcusable, if true; but they're so outrageous that they're a little hard to believe).

I own 3 compact flash cards by viking and bought them in this order, 128Mb, 256Mb, and recently 2Gb. I have never had any problems with any of these cards and have always looked for Viking Compact Flash cards whenever I needed any.

This 2Gb card works perfectly with my Ipaq pocket pc storing a variety of files from mp3 to mpeg (video) to word, excel, and maps for my pocket pc gps system.

I did try a Lexar card once and found it did not work with my pocket pc as well as this one as not all the files on it were recognised.

I will always buy Viking compact flash.

I've owned various Viking branded memory cards in the past and have always been pleased with their performance, until I purchased this 2 GB CompactFlash card.

It's possible that this card works well in other uses, but I found its performance unacceptable as storage for RAW images shot with my Canon Digital Rebel SLR. Anywhere from 1/5 to 1/10 of the images were corrupted, particularly bad in continuous shooting mode. Contrast with my Lexar Media 512 MB and 1 GB cards, which were able to shoot reliably with no corrupt images under the same conditions, and without as much of a lag time as the Viking card (often left waiting 15+ seconds after shooting as few as 3 continuous images while the card to "recovers").