Is SanDisk Extreme III 16GB CF a good CF? Anyone use it?

I heard that it is the biggest capabity from Sandisk.

I find Sandisk Extreme series most affordable and fast as opposed to Lexar Professional series. They're reliable too.

I have used Kingston Elite Pro and it's slow.

sandisk extreme 3 is rated 20/20 n elite pro is rated 20/25. Why do u say the elite pro is slow?

Rated only but I have tested burst with my Nikon D80 with same settings with both cards, the Sandisk takes it in much less time than the Kingston. I was using Ultra II not Extreme III some more.

get the 266 speed one....it'll pawn extreme iii...

BTW, I am referring to SD cards.

Kingston Elite Pro SD has Speeds up to 50x
Reads up to 8.2MB/sec
Writes up to 7.7MB/sec
Capacities up to 2GB

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Added on February 21, 2008, 1:21 pm

Then the SanDisk Extreme(R) Ducati Edition CompactFlash will be on par with the 266 one.

how about transcend and toshiba..? is toshiba is a good brand for camera memory? the sellers always said made in japan la.. apa la.. so.. this made in japan toshiba is really good?

Extreme II = 80x
Extreme III = 133x
Extreme IV = 266x
Extreme Ducati = 300x

What are the read/write speeds? Usually we would look for those properties and durability as one of the criteria and of course brand does play a big part.

Let's discuss that in the new thread on memory la...

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Added on February 21, 2008, 2:51 pm
Right... Sometime dunno why rated speed not important one...


I thought Extreme II is 66x only?

Ok... Here is my experinces with CF...

Kingston 1GB CF Elite Pro x 2 -> Never has a single problem. Performance so-so but never has a single failure nor problem

Kinsgton 8GB CF Elite Pro x2 -> Just bought about 7 months... last 2 days, one of the day I have 5 pictures unreable.... It is first time in my life encounter this... Reformat, and everything on liao... but still a bit scare scare

Scandisk Extreme III 16GB -> Let you know soon... Just open the box...

I am happy with Extreme III already... Kingston? Well, since the price not much diff, just better to keep my money on some that is more world known.

extreme3 sd is real good!

i m using Extreme Ducati SD ...
nice!!!

also Extreme IV CF...=)...NICER!!!

Can I know how you guys judge ar?

I mean what make you think one is better than the other?

For beginner like me, I can only judge BIGGER is better... which mean the capacity la... And no limit on what is enought....

Each Sandisk Extreme series represents different read and write speed.

judge easy...try burst mode....then ull see the difference...
with the sd extreme ducati...i can burst on d40 non stop...
with normal sd...i can burst until...6...then it starts to slow...

Brother... D40 only and you bought ducati for it ar?

What is the normal SD? 6 pictures only for burst? Then ducati neh? What you mean non-stop?

non-stop till the 4gb full wooo....

Wah....

Ducati rock!

But my friend told me Ducati has one problem... It only has size up to 8GB... And Extreme III has up to 16GB!!!!

i am using kingston elite only.
i am not a burst photographer so, so far so good.
but the only down thing for me is it takes quite long for the 2gb elite kingston to be formatted.
1gb fast.

Me only using Transcend 133x 2GB CF card. Speed is satisfactory. I don't know about you guys speed requirements lar, but I would generally prefer higher capacity with reasonable speed at reasonable price. Me no pro here, body also semi-pro lar... not yet full blown pro. Hehehe... maybe next time I shoot RAW will require this quality.

I found my 30D also slower... about 10 times slower to format a 8GB Elite compare to 1GB Elite....

But 40D is much faster... My guess is 40D using quick format kind of thing gua....


Yo...

Althought I just bought a Extreme III, but I still think capacity come first... Since Extreme III offer the biggest capacity from Sandisk, I bought it.

If talking about pure performance, I think the camera internal buffer is more important... nothing faster than DDR....

Besides, it takes ages for you to copy 2gb of pictures from the card to pc

It was very slow when I was using 10D... Since then, I always use card reader... and until now, never try direct read from 30D or 40D...

By the way, I need 20+ minutes to copy from 8GB Kingston Elite Pro 45x. This speed normal ar?

If Sandisk Extreme III is true 133x, which mean more than double of my current 45x... Does it mean I can copy 16GB data faster than 8GB?

i use apacer 8GB cf card..fast and good..value for money

From the previous shooting. I found my Extreme III certainly much faster than my Kinston Elite Pro, especially when buffer full liao and can notice the wait time before next shot.

When I reach home, I use my cheapo card reader to transfer the data. It is usually about 23 minutes with my 8GB Kingston... and I am expecting the same time for my 16G Sandisk Extreme III CF due to its faster speed. But what happen is that the 16G CF just took exactly double the time into 46 minutes!!!!

So is it my card reader limitation? Worth to buy a new card reader just for the shorter time file transfer ar? If really help, how fast can it go?

yes bro..
reader is usually the limitation..
thats y i forced myself to get a firewire reader...
firewire is better than usb 2.0...due to high sustained speed...
usb2.0 suffers spikes often...so the sustain speed is not actually good...

Brother me poor poor... computer no firewire.... waterwire got la...

How fast can you transfer?

i dunno...
baru beli...belom dapat...
hehehehe..
but for firewire hdd...the transfer is faster than my usb2.0 hdd...=)

You got a Mac mah, totally different compared to us PC users who hardly have the use for firewire ports

Brother me poor poor... no firewire...

And for HDD, I turn off PC and then use SATA cable directly. Then transfer rate and response should be the fatest....

Or else how's the point of getting a motherboard of 6 sata ports?

Any good recommendation of fast card reader ar? How about those from kinston or sandisk?

my sandisk extreme III 4gb CF, full card transfer in about 4 minutes, so you definitely need a new reader TheVOIP. I am using usb as well

That mean 3 times faster than mine... What brand is it?

for normal readers...
the result would be the same woo...
so no need change la...=)...

I also thought of just wait like that... because at home can do many things ma... like watching TV while it is transfering...

But see the price first la... If fast reader price is acceptable, can consider get one la...

ehhh some chaplang brand lo, got it from All IT, cheap also won't even dent your wallet . the sandisk card reader is over 100 if i not mistaken

Hmm.. I hope others can share thier benchmark le... So I can know how fast I can reach.

My current card reader super old liao... many years one.. maybe 5 years old... hahaha...

Other please share your speed la...

fast readers...the only that is know of is the firewire reader...
dunno of any usb 2.0 reader...=D

Or is it possible the slow speed due to my Dell 19" LCD monitor?

Let me know if upgrading to 24" can help... or maybe help... I will upgraded immediately then...

I always looking for reason for the upgrades actually....

not bcoz of the 19" actually..
but if u need reasons for the 24"...
u can ask me to poison u...=P...
i m using the 24".......2 of it...

OMG, hahah yeah yeah upgrading to 24" sure faster one

my card reader i bought it last year, USB2.0

No need poison la... will be getting it anytime... maybe some time PC fair in less than 2 months time where the price should be cheaper by at least RM100...

24" damn syiok seeing model pics!
hahahahaha...

Sure... hahahaha...

But back to original question, you guys please post and give me some ideas on how fast is your card reader la...

mine same as urs
arnd 20 mins for 8gb...=)
i use built-in card reader inside the dell 24"...

It mean the built in one no good la...

thanks anyway...

How about others?

xandman, are you using the Lacie 24 inches LCD monitor?

no la...
dell only...
cheap2 one maaa

I think size come first la... And it happen that Dell is the cheapest... just nice for poor people lik me...

and poor like me oso...=)