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Kingston Elite Pro 8 GB 133x CompactFlash Memory Card CF/8GB-S2
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(3.5 out of 5)
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Most Helpful First | Newest First | + Share10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
Quick, compatible, inexpensive.
(5 out of 5) by Jason H. Pier on Aug 8, 2008 (Washington, DC)This card was quickly shipped. It works flawlessly in my Nikon D200 digital camera. It is fast, and easily keeps up with the frame rate of my D200. I will probably buy a second one as backup.
18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
Great card! Fast speed!
(5 out of 5) by K. Wang on Jul 30, 2008 (New Orleans, LA)This is my second kingston compactflash card (another one is 4gb cf). Kingston never lets me down. It works great! Speed is very fast! There are faster CF cards available on the market, but if you want to use the cf cards on digital cameras, you don't really need faster (than 133x kingston) cards. NO camera can take advantage of the faster cards yet. Anyway, this is perfect for digital camera (Dslr).
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
Fast processer, sturdy product.
(4 out of 5) by ProPhotographer Reviewer on Dec 16, 2008 (Virginia)I'm a pro photographer.
This product came quickly, as is always needed for me. With my 40D this product processes images as quickly as I need to cover weddings and sporting events.
With this card on Raw I can get at least 750 images.
When shooting in "large" format choice, I can get at least 1500.
Since the sensor shows 999 remaining and I download after each shoot, it may be able to hold a greater amount.
For anyone shooting photos with a camera less than 10Megs, the number of files on this card for you would be tremendous, and more than you need.
Keeping too many of your prized family photos on a card and not downloading is not such a good idea....
Sturdy product. Would certainly recommend.
This product came quickly, as is always needed for me. With my 40D this product processes images as quickly as I need to cover weddings and sporting events.
With this card on Raw I can get at least 750 images.
When shooting in "large" format choice, I can get at least 1500.
Since the sensor shows 999 remaining and I download after each shoot, it may be able to hold a greater amount.
For anyone shooting photos with a camera less than 10Megs, the number of files on this card for you would be tremendous, and more than you need.
Keeping too many of your prized family photos on a card and not downloading is not such a good idea....
Sturdy product. Would certainly recommend.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
8GB Flash Review
(5 out of 5) by D. Marinko on Sep 15, 2008Card works great in my Sony A200k camera. Was concerned about write performance, but it has not been an issue. Camera has beeen very fast. Flash card does not appear to be a bottleneck at all. Good deal on this CF card for 8GB. Better bargain than SAN Disk.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Sloooww
(2 out of 5) by Patrick Rusk on Jun 29, 2009 (Austin, TX)I'm using this card with a Canon 10D DSLR. While I really like the storage capacity of this card (my readout never drops below 999 pictures remaining on the card, shooting Large/Fine JPGs), at the same time, I can't believe how slow it is compared to other CF cards I've used.
The first day I used this card (after formatting it in-camera), I decided to shoot RAW. My buffer would continually fill up, and I would have to wait a while for it to clear. I was not shooting high-speed sports photography or anything else quite so demanding. Also, while the camera is writing to the card, none of the settings functions are available. Occasionally, I would take a shot, realize I had a setting wrong and try to fix it before I even look at the picture. All of my previous cards have been fast enough that the data is written to the card before I get a chance to fiddle with my settings.
With this card, my camera ends up having to reboot itself because it got confused about whether it's supposed to finish writing the file, or access a camera setting. Several times, this has corrupted the file.
Never before, in the roughly 6 years I've owned my camera, have I ever experienced a corrupted image.
Now, I admit that part of this is my fault, and the camera's fault. Also, I do not have any experience with any other 8GB CF cards. Maybe all 8GB CF cards are similarly lethargic, but I highly doubt it.
Ever since, I've gone back to shooting JPGs instead of RAW. I still run into the data corruption once in a while, but it's taking some time to train myself out of my habits.
Overall, I would not recommend this card. It is just too slow to keep up with high-speed environments. It may work in a studio setting where you have ultimate control over your environment, but I wouldn't recommend it for photojournalistic shoots in the field.
The first day I used this card (after formatting it in-camera), I decided to shoot RAW. My buffer would continually fill up, and I would have to wait a while for it to clear. I was not shooting high-speed sports photography or anything else quite so demanding. Also, while the camera is writing to the card, none of the settings functions are available. Occasionally, I would take a shot, realize I had a setting wrong and try to fix it before I even look at the picture. All of my previous cards have been fast enough that the data is written to the card before I get a chance to fiddle with my settings.
With this card, my camera ends up having to reboot itself because it got confused about whether it's supposed to finish writing the file, or access a camera setting. Several times, this has corrupted the file.
Never before, in the roughly 6 years I've owned my camera, have I ever experienced a corrupted image.
Now, I admit that part of this is my fault, and the camera's fault. Also, I do not have any experience with any other 8GB CF cards. Maybe all 8GB CF cards are similarly lethargic, but I highly doubt it.
Ever since, I've gone back to shooting JPGs instead of RAW. I still run into the data corruption once in a while, but it's taking some time to train myself out of my habits.
Overall, I would not recommend this card. It is just too slow to keep up with high-speed environments. It may work in a studio setting where you have ultimate control over your environment, but I wouldn't recommend it for photojournalistic shoots in the field.