Viking CF512M 512 MB CompactFlash Card

by Viking

Product Details

Product Manual [3.13mb PDF]

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Supplementary Guide [118kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.1 x 1.4 inches ; 1.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005MIS8
• Item model number: CF512M
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 25, 2001

Product Description

Five year replacement warranty and 30-day money-back guaranteeOptimized for use in PDAs MP3 players or digital camerasWrite speed guaranteed to exceed 1.2 MB per second (8X) with independent test results exceeding 2.25 MB per second (15X)High quality components guarantee steady performance the utmost durability and breadth of compatibilityIndividually tested to ensure each product works the first time everytime

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How many pictures will it store?, November 5, 2004

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Brent D. Payne "SEO Director, Tribune" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Viking CF512M 512 MB CompactFlash Card (Personal Computers)

How many pictures will it store? It is the most commonly asked question from digital camera enthusiast but usually the question that is the most difficult to get a straight answer about. Well, considering I worked in the memory industry for over 7 years I can help clarify this perplexing question and do so unbiased as I have since changed industries.

The Viking CF512M 512MB CompactFlash Card, like most 512MB cards, will store on average 568 pictures when used with a 2 megapixel camera, 426 images when used with a 3 megapixel camera, 256 pictures when used with a 4 megapixel camera, 204 images when used with a 5 megapixel camera, and 160 pictures when used with a 6 megapixel camera. These numbers are based off the assumption that you are going to shoot your images at the highest quality JPEG setting available for the camera and understand that they are estimates and may be off by as much as 10 percent due to numerous factors including the complexity of the scene being shot and the compression algorithm used by your specific camera.

I truly hope this review was helpful to you in determining whether this 512MB card is the right capacity for your specific needs.

45 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The first three months it worked great, then died!, March 6, 2003

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R. Burnthorn (Green Bay, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Viking CF512M 512 MB CompactFlash Card (Personal Computers)

I really wanted to give this unit a good review because I really liked having the 512 megs available.

I've owned this card for the last 5 months and have been going back and forth with Viking to get it replaced. They are very efficient at giving a replacement but I have recieved defective replacement units twice so far and have been without it's use for almost two months. I paid twice what it is today which doesn't bother me (technology speed).

The replacements have not accepted any data beyond 58 meg and then crashed, no matter which computer, which CF reader, My laptop or PDA, it doesn't work and now I am frustrated. All my 256 meg Sandisk, Mr Flash and Kingston work fine. If you want a reliable CF card I think you may want to look elsewhere.

31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not great, but not bad, September 6, 2003

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John Smith - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Viking CF512M 512 MB CompactFlash Card (Personal Computers)

I think a lot of people will give this thing 5 stars cause it holds a lot ... but you know that already, and it's absurd to write about that. So I'll just get this out of the way - yes, this card is 512 megs. Yes, it holds a lot.

Now as for it's quality... I use this card in my Powershot S200 digital camera, and have had some problems with it... occassionaly, it has caused the camera to give an error when it starts up. The card seems to go through 'bad streaks', in which every picture I put on it gets corrupted, for maybe 10 pics in a row.. then it works fine again. Besides this problem, I probably lose 1 in 200 to 300 pictures due to data corruption.

Personally, I take several pictures of any given object, and if one gets lost, it's no big deal. So this occasional data loss has not really been a problem for me. If the pictures or data you will store on this *are* very important, you may want to think twice before buying a Viking.

I have also used this in my Sharp Zaurus, and it has never caused any problems there.

I'll give it 3 stars because most of the time it works fine, and the problems i have had with it haven't been anything serious.