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Kingston Elite Pro 8 GB 133x CompactFlash Memory Card CF 8GB S2

The newly redesigned Kingston CompactFlash Elite Pro offers a minimum sustained write speed of 133x. The Elite Pro is designed specifically to help advanced amateur or professional photographers get the best performance from their high-end imaging devices and applications.

No matter how fast you work, CompactFlash Elite Pro can keep pace. With ultra-fast transfer rates and up to 8 GB capacity, you can capture more continuous, high-resolution images in less time with the Elite Pro than with traditional CompactFlash memory cards. And when you need to transfer your largest files, your production workflow will be more efficient than ever. The Kingston 8 GB Elite Pro CompactFlash card is backed by a limited lifetime warranty.

User Ratings and Reviews

1 Star can’t afford this card… too risky!
so maybe it was my bad, buying a kingston card for the first time after reading somewhat mixed reviews… i thought maybe the bad ones were just the result of defective cards. guess i got one of those… i tested it, it worked fine; i took it to a wedding (shooting RAW on a canon 5D) and it shot fine for about an hour – i had no problems with the speed – then all of a sudden started telling me the card was not formatted. yikes!

in the end, the files were all there, but i’m not touching the card again… can’t afford to have that happen to me at a wedding. going back to sandisk… i know any card can go bad, but solidity of reputation counts for something!

4 Stars Quality product but more expensive than expected.
The product works fine. There is nothing to distinguish it from the others out there except price. These types of products are a commodity; it surprises me they are still so expensive. I would base the purchase of this type of memory card on the price…although Kingston products are good quality (I’ve used many in the past) it’s just a standard memory card. For those of you unfamiliar with various types of storage media, you might find that you need a PCMCIA card adapter to use this in your computer. For example, if you are buying the compact flash to put in a picture frame you might want to put it in your computer to load first. If so, you might find that your computer has a PCMCIA slot but not a compact flash slot.

1 Star Can’t get it to work
I bought this card for my Sony A350. I have never been able to get it to work. It keeps wanting to be formatted. Kingston says they can’t help me. I have NEVER gotton ONE picture on it. What a waste.

1 Star Slow and corruptive
Great size – if it worked. I tried to use this with my Canon Powershot G5. It read the card and recognized most of the space, so all seemed well. After three pictures, the fourth was corrupted. After that, every other picture has been met with “Memory card error”, and attempts to transfer what pictures I did manage to take to my computer receive the message “Corrupt data” on the screen of the camera.

However, assuming this is a defect unit, it is also extremely slow in writing pictures – it could take more than 5 seconds just to write a 5MP picture to the card after taking it.

Would not recommend – pay a little more for a functional product.

5 Stars Works Great!
I have only had this for a few weeks but just got back from a trip in Italy and they did what they are supposed to do… They stored my pictures. For those complaining about speed, buy more expensive cards. For me, I am fine with inserting the card reader, starting the download and watching tv till they are done…

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