SanDisk 512 MB CompactFlash Card Ultra

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006B9QJ
• Item model number: SDCFH-512-784
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #70,830 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 21, 2002

Product Description

Product Description
SanDisk's Ultra CompactFlash is a line of high-speed storage cards specifically designed for use in the rapidly growing market segment of high-performance digital cameras. This card is perfect for advanced photographers who require high-performance cards to quickly shoot many high-resolution images; ideal for photos of moving cars or trains, sporting events, sprinting animals or any other event that requires fast snapshot and recovery time. In advanced cameras, these cards have been developed to save large image files to the card as quickly as possible so the camera will be ready to take the next picture. SanDisk Ultra CompactFlash cards are fully compatible and interchangeable with all CompactFlash digital cameras. They also work with all SanDisk ImageMates and PC card adapters.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Big enough and fast enough, February 11, 2003

By	James F. Strasma "strasma" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I take a LOT of pictures on vacations, leave my 4 Megapixel Pentax Optio 430 camera set at peak JPEG resolution, and won't swap cards or download during even a two week vacation. Thus, a 512MB card was the minimum for me (392 1.3MB pictures.)

In addition, I wanted the fastest card available, to minimize time lost waiting for memory transfers when taking several pictures at once.

That narrowed the field to the SanDisk Ultra and a Lexar. I decided the Ultra was at least as fast, but cheaper and more readily available than the Lexar.

The results have been all I hoped -- beautiful high-res photos and lots of them. Highly recommended.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have it, May 22, 2003

By	Tommy (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Speed does not come without a price, these cards are more expensive than the regular speed CF cards. The good news is that all flash memory has dropped considerably in price in the last couple of months and should go even lower in the future.
All CF card brands are good, SAnDisk works smooter. With Lexar I had few crashes

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not the fastest, but definitely the most reliable..., November 14, 2003

By	Oyvind - See all my reviews

I bought this card about 6 months ago, and so far I've been overjoyed with its reliability and performance... I've taken it on vacation overseas, and it's taken a good pounding as well as having been exposed to excessive heat (Arizona summer), and excessive moisture (Scandinavian summer).

I have a couple of other regular Sandisk cards, which I'm also very pleased with, although they're very slow. This card was a very pleasant improvement over the regular SanDisk cards with regards to speed. There's even a kinda chic look to it in my mind. The card is reasonably fast, although not impressively fast. It should do well for most users though.

I've so far taken several thousand pictures with it, with my Canon Powershot S200 and my Canon PowerShot G5 camera. Not even once have I had an image corruption or any other type of problem. It always comes through for me. I also have several friends that have used this card, there among one professional photographer. None of them have ever had any problems either, and they all swear by Sandisk cards for one simple reason - they are the most reliable CF cards around.

Pros:
* Durable and EXTREMELY reliable
* Good capacity

Cons:
* Not all that fast - I'd say middle of the road. It seems to be about 2-3 times faster than a regular Sandisk card though.

I mean - what good is it if you've got the fastest card in the world, but you keep losing pictures? That won't happen with this card.

Based on that, I would highly recommend this product (and any other Sandisk CF card for that matter).