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scandisk extreme III cards

  • 13-08-2009 12:43pm
    #1
    Deano045
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭


    any one know of any were doing good deals on these?

    also from your experiences, is there much of a difference in the extreme III and the extreme II,

    thanks


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  • #2
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    Deano045 wrote: »
    any one know of any were doing good deals on these?

    also from your experiences, is there much of a difference in the extreme III and the extreme II,

    thanks

    gunns have 4gb for 37euro, thats a pretty good price. and its the 30mb/s version

    it makes a difference uploading, can make a big difference clearing the buffer depending on what card you used before. cards arent really as fast as they are rated. usually the bigger the capacity the slower it will be. a sandisk 4gb 30mb/s card will be a little quicker than 8gb 30mb/s


  • #3
    Pinarello
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭Pinarello


    kumate_champ07 wrote: »
    gunns have 4gb for 37euro, thats a pretty good price. and its the 30mb/s version

    it makes a difference uploading, can make a big difference clearing the buffer depending on what card you used before. cards arent really as fast as they are rated. usually the bigger the capacity the slower it will be. a sandisk 4gb 30mb/s card will be a little quicker than 8gb 30mb/s

    Would it be better to buy two 4gb cards instead of an 8gb card kumate_champ07?:)


  • #4
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    Pinarello wrote: »
    Would it be better to buy two 4gb cards instead of an 8gb card kumate_champ07?:)

    imo yes. would be more expensive tho

    SanDisk Extreme III 1GB, Kingston Ultimate 133X 2GB* are both faster than SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s Edition 8GB(266X)
    (eos 40d)

    http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/camera_multi_page.asp?cid=6007-9257


    u can pick your camera from a list. its strange that for the 40d the 8gb ducati is faster than 4gb by .1mb, generally its not the case


  • #5
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    that data is for clearing the camera buffer, the results for data transfer between card and computer might not corelate


  • #6
    Cameraman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 480 ✭✭Cameraman


    Faster cards are normally only needed for

    (a) Sustained bursts of RAW images
    (b) Video recording


    There's always a tradeoff with cards of size/price/security.

    You have to trade the risk of 'putting all your eggs in one basket' and therefore losing a whole shoot - versus the other risk of changing cards (bent/worn pins etc.). I have found Sandisk very reliable, and would never use any other brand.

    However, personally, like all electrical equipment, I try them out for a while before using for real. The classic tendancy is for products to fail very early or close to the end of their specified lives.
    (or if you have a warranty - 1 day after the warranty expires :D )


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