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21 of 21 found the following review helpful:
Great Price and PerformanceMar 20, 2008
By Kesselring I use this compact flash card with the Canon 20D. I picked this particular brand because of its price. It's frustrating to pay top dollar for new technology only to have something faster and large storage capacity come out at a cheaper price is a relatively short time.
The Transcend 4GB card didn't disappoint. I tried it just a few days after receiving it at a track and field event at the local high school. The amount of photos this card will hold will depend upon your camera settings and on the ISO level you set your camera to. (The lower the ISO or light sensitivity setting the smaller the file size.)
The card performed well and one must remember that card speed is only half of the equation. Your camera's internal buffer also plays a role. I had been using an 80x speed card and this particular card I'm reviewing is a 133x speed. I didn't notice that much of a difference in terms of writing time to my card while using the shutter and I think I was faced with a buffer issue. I was taking continous shots of hurdle jumpers and long jumpers and taking as many photos per second as the camera could handle. It was nice having a large card to handle all the photos and not have to worrying about swapping cards.
I think this card is a terrific deal and I think I will get another!
15 of 18 found the following review helpful:
Amazing for the price.Jan 27, 2008
By Mark Rogers The only reason that I didn't give this card 5 stars is because its not a 266X, which is not the cards fault, it just means it is not the fastest card out there. But for the price, I'm in LOVE with 133X!! Such a great deal. Oh, the card works fine, too. It works just like a memory card should. It stores stuff. Stuff that stays there until you erase said stuff.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Cheap, high capacityOct 16, 2008
By K. Kathmann This is a good card considering the price. After about 1000 shots over a few weeks, I did encounter an error on my 40D while shooting that required me to reformat the card and lose about 20 shots. Thankfully I was able to redo the shots, but this incident doesn't give me much confidence in this card.
As others have said it does not seem that this card is actually 133x speed.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Great value and performance in Canon 40DJul 04, 2008
By Linden I use this card in my Canon 40D DSLR and think it's great. I was a bit skeptical when I purchased this card due to its low price, but it has proven itself plenty fast enough for my camera and most likely for any camera that's not UDMA-compatible (and even then, I can't imagine needing more speed). I shoot in RAW+JPEG mode, so my average photo file size is around 15MB, and this card doesn't slow me down even when shooting action at 6.5 frames per second. That's more stress than most cameras will ever demand from their card.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Went into washer and dryer, through magnetic fields....Dec 27, 2010
By B. Rush I don't usually review things, but I've had this card for over a year with no problems...
1_ I've dropped it numerous times and left it out in every imaginable weather scenario 2_ I've just recently washed and dried it with my clothes in high heat and hot water 3_ I've been photographing magnets, and have left an earth magnet sitting on it for a day 4_ It's been through at least 5 cameras, and is still going strong - currently recording HD video in my Canon 5d Mark II
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