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Harley

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 5:05 am
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Can anyone give me some input on the relative importance of the speed
of compact flash cards. I have read many conflicting thoughts and
price really seems to be the factor. Many brands don't advertise this
info.

Does the read/write speed really make a difference? I'm using a Canon
A80.

Also in terms of quality and relibility, how does Sandisk rate?

thanksv

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Rick9

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 5:05 am
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"Harley" <noone.DeleteThis@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:p1qstvgl4i07hpif8tr1nhdsip16am5q8p@4ax.com...
 > Can anyone give me some input on the relative importance of the speed
 > of compact flash cards. I have read many conflicting thoughts and
 > price really seems to be the factor. Many brands don't advertise this
 > info.
 >
 > Does the read/write speed really make a difference? I'm using a Canon
 > A80.

Performance is a combination of flash card speed, camera
buffer size, image size, and whether or not one is doing burst
mode or any on-the-fly effects (sepia, etc).

I don't know about the A80, but write speeds on our A40
were 2x as fast with the Sandisk Ultra and Viking CF,
compared to non-Ultra Sandisk and SimpleTech..

 > Also in terms of quality and relibility, how does Sandisk rate?

No problems that I've heard of. Other manufacturers such
as Viking offer longer warranties though.

Rick<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->

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C.W.Cohn

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 12:32 pm
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anyone look at the specs for the Ritek Ridata CF card??
they are the fastest!

"Harley" <noone.TakeThisOut@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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 > Can anyone give me some input on the relative importance of the speed
 > of compact flash cards. I have read many conflicting thoughts and
 > price really seems to be the factor. Many brands don't advertise this
 > info.
 >
 > Does the read/write speed really make a difference? I'm using a Canon
 > A80.
 >
 > Also in terms of quality and relibility, how does Sandisk rate?
 >
 > thanksv<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Bolton Gate

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 3:13 pm
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Harley

Have a look at the link below which gives a good review of various brands
and sizes of compact flash cards.

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.dpreview.com/articles/mediacompare/" target="_blank">http://www.dpreview.com/articles/mediacompare/</a>

Bryan


"Harley" <noone.RemoveThis@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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 > Can anyone give me some input on the relative importance of the speed
 > of compact flash cards. I have read many conflicting thoughts and
 > price really seems to be the factor. Many brands don't advertise this
 > info.
 >
 > Does the read/write speed really make a difference? I'm using a Canon
 > A80.
 >
 > Also in terms of quality and relibility, how does Sandisk rate?
 >
 > thanksv<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Rolf Egil Sølvik1

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 5:04 pm
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On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 02:05:45 GMT, Harley wrote:

 >Can anyone give me some input on the relative importance of the speed
 >of compact flash cards. I have read many conflicting thoughts and
 >price really seems to be the factor. Many brands don't advertise this
 >info.

Transcend 30x or 45x are very good value for money, as I understand
the tables in the CF Performance Database over at Rob Galbraith's:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-6425" target="_blank">http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-6425</a>

The digicams there are very "Pro" and the results are such that some
cards work nice in one camera and not so good in others

 >Does the read/write speed really make a difference? I'm using a Canon
 >A80.

Sure it does - even in my A60 the equally sized but much cheaper (700
NOK in a store vs the 'online' price at 400 NOK for the cheap,
generic one), labeled "Made by Toshiba" CF gets much hotter when used
(i.e. not good for the memory chips) and is slower when I use my
card-reader. The difference may be 50-100% in favor of the Transcend
CF ("30x").

 >Also in terms of quality and relibility, how does Sandisk rate?

They're pretty good on those parameters, but I don't care much for
the dividing of the product-range (which is clever for them, not me)
into Ultra, Ultra II, Extreme and some "regular" or "standard" ones.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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