Compact Flash Cards

[yihsun]

Hi all, I'm searching for a CF type I card for my Canon digital camera but there're so many different brands on the market. Would anyone please give me some advise on finding the most reliable CF card with either 512MB or 1GB capacity. (price is not an issue)

Following are the brands I'm considering:
- Ritek Ridata
- Smart Modular
- Kingston
- Sandisk

Thanks a lot for your help ^_^

 

[AndyHui]

Go with the Kingston High-Speed CF. Sandisk is incredibly expensive, and tests show that it is actually very slow.

 

[LED]

Between your list, I'd take Kingston but PNY is just as good IMO

 

[techwanabe]

I bought a Memorex CF card 128 mb for my Canon S40 - works great.

 

[yihsun]

Thanks for your reply. Does anyone use Ritek Ridata ?? It claims to be the fastest CF card on the market. I don't know how it works in reality and how fast/reliable it is.

Following is the description of the card:

The King of Speed - the fastest CF card in the market!

Your camera will be ready to take the next picture up to 700% faster than it does with most Compact Flash.
Your Digital Device will run more smoothly and start up faster due to the speed of the card.
Good Quality Control - Every single CF card is inspected after assembly, each card is initialized to verify operation of each flash storage sector.
Failure Rate is less than 0.1%.
Compatible with all products that accept Compact Flash.

1GB Ridata CompactFlash Memory Card in retail package
This card has an amazing speed of 52X Read 40X Write!!!!

Ridata? Super Fast 1GB CompactFlash Memory Card (CF 1GB Card) Compact Flash 1GB. Focus on Digital Still Camera users: Nikon, Canon, Kodak, Minolta, Pentax, Casio. Wide range devices support. For devices voltage both 5.0V & 3.3V. Great Price/Performance ratio!

Features
Read: 7.7MB/Sec; Write: 6.0MB/Sec; Transfer Rate: 7.8MB
Complies with CompactFlash specification 1.4
Compatible with PC Card ATA standard
NAND type or AND type flash memory
High transfer rate for fast copy or download
High storage capacity
Non-volatile solid-state; no moving parts maximizes battery power. Data is not lost when power is turned off
Compatible with all devices that feature a CompactFlash slot
Minimum 1,000,000 earse cycles
Minimum 10,000 insertions
Very low power consumption and automatic power saving Zero power data retention, batteries not needed

One year full warranty included, if there is any quality problem, simply return to us and we will give full refund or replace with a new one for you.

Specifications
Physical Dimensions mm (inch): 36.4x42.8x3.3 (1.433x1.685x0.130)
Number of Pins: 50
Environmental Operating Temperature: 0° C to 70° C
Storage Temperature: -25° C to 85° C
Humidity: Under 95% RH
Vibration: 15G peak-to-peak Max
Shock: 1000G Max.
Power Requirement: DC Input 5V±10% / 3.3V±5%
Power Consumption: 40mA typical

 

[oog]

Never used Ritek. I've had good experiences with Kingston.

 

[tk149]

I've been looking too, and the only CF/digital camera review I've seen said that the camera itself is the bottleneck on speed. That review was around 2 years old.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I will admit to having been a victim of the SanDisk craze. I paid around $240 for a 1.0GB card. It is quite slow, at least when compared to my 256MB Viking card.

 

[LED]

Viking is a great CFC Card and that is what I stay with. We dicussed this subject HERE and there is a link in that thread to a Review on CFC's

 

[AndyHui]

DPReview.com has a few CF speed comparisons... From what I can see, the Kingston cards do fairly well, but Sandisk is handily beaten but just about everyone else on the market. It is a slightly older review, so things may have changed, but I haven't heard anything to the contrary of those results so far.

 

[elbirth]

I have a 256MB Kingston CFC for my Canon PowerShot G3. I had gotten it because I heard decent things about it, and I was able to get it for $49 plus a $15 MIR (~$34 after everything, basically). I've been using it for a couple months now and have no complaints.... it works really well and I haven't had any issues with it.

 

[tigerwannabe]

i use the lexar media brand--works fine for me. but i think their cf cards are slower than their secure digital cards.