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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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Kingston 16 GB SDHC Class 4 Flash Memory Card SD4 16GB

Kingston Technology’s Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) memory cards are fully compliant with the new SD Association specification version 2.00. They are a new performance class of SD memory cards designed to meet the storage demands of high-quality digital still and video cameras and other high-resolution image recording devices.
Starting at 4GB, SDHC cards offer larger-volume data storage and optimized recording performance with support for FAT 32 file formats. In addition, Kingston’s SDHC cards use new speed “class” ratings known as Class 2, 4 and 6 that deliver a minimum data transfer rate (see specs) for optimum performance with SDHC devices.
Although identical in size to today⿿s standard SD card, the new SDHC cards are designed differently and are only recognized by SDHC host devices. To ensure compatibility, look for the SDHC logo on cards and host devices (cameras, camcorders, etc.). For added reliability and durability, our solid state SDHC memory cards are built of nonvolatile memory components and have no moving parts that could wear out or break. All cards are 100-percent tested and are backed by a lifetime warranty* and 24/7 live technical support.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Good so far
Well, I have filled up the entire card with high-def video and retrieved the data just fine, so my first impression of this data card is good. I know that a real test of data cards is over long-term use and re-use, but there are some that are also damaged or bad on the spot. My experience so far with Kingston is good, and I would recommend it.

5 Stars Tons of space for my music!!!
This little thing is just a god-sent card. Although is a Class-4 16GB SDHC it doesn’t affect at how I play my music and videos from my Cowon D2 4 GB Portable Media Player (Black) I’ve got 1/4 of my entire music collection in it. That’s about 4000 mp3 songs! So I have a lot of music for playing before changing songs, which, by the time being, I did not have the need to. And it always worked flawlessly. I can completely be confident that my data in it will be safe. I’m just waiting for the 32 GB version to drop prices. I hope this will occur soon since the advent of the higher capacity SDXC cards (note the ‘X’) is going to happen any time.

1 Star Slowest shipping of all time
Arrived about two months after I ordered it. Won’t be ordering from this group again to say the least. Absolutely pathetic service.

3 Stars Works as it is supposed to
Nice to have an alternative to the higher prices brand names, it works that same and is multi functional

5 Stars inexpensive flash card
Good thing I bought this when I purchased a Canon PowerShot 960, since the camera comes with no memory card! I also discovered that the camera, in AUTO mode, creates jpegs that are 3 Mb or more, so it will not take long to stuff this card. I should have (and just now did) buy a couple of 8 Gb Kingston cards, which are not that much more expensive. Note that this is not the fastest card available (currently Class 6), so do not expect rapid transfers to a computer.

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Transcend 16 GB SDHC Class 6 Flash Memory Card TS16GSDHC6

Class 6 specification Original NAND Flash Chips Supports Error Correcting Code (ECC) to detect and correct errors Mechanical Write Protection Switch Lifetime Warranty Specification: Durability: 10,000 insertion/removal cycles Weight: 2g Transfer Speed(4GB): Approx. 19MB/sec Read; 7MB/sec Write Transfer Speed(8GB): Approx. 19MB/sec Read; 13MB/sec Write Chipset: MLC

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Good for GPS
I am using this SD card for my PDA (asus 696) with GPS. I can put all my maps on there including some video’s and music! I don’t need the Iphone lol!

5 Stars Transcend 16GB SDHC
This card worked perfectly. It is a class 6 and I use it in my Sanyo VPC-HD1010. So far I have been very pleased (1 month) with this card. Based upon this experience, I plan to purchase a Transcend 32GB class 6 card next month.

1 Star Think a little before buying this card
Once upon a time, I was looking to get a larger SD card. 16GB for $40? Why not? I might not use all of it, but better more than less. Following that train of thought, I looked for the fastest 16GB card in the range. Transcend. An established company wouldn’t put out a lemon, would it? The 100 or so one star reviews were tempered by the 500 five star ones. I was feeling lucky, so to speak. Unfortunately, I was not (mostly). A week into college, it decided to brick up on me, right after a beach party event. To its credit, I had taken more than 1000 pictures with it over about three weeks. Still, $40 down the drain. I will never trust Transcend again, thus making the warranty useless.

Now, my point. If you’re looking at the ratings, 1/6 of the reviews are one star, for one reason or another. Most likely, you will be part of the group that has no problems. This card was EXTREMELY fast. HDTune got 17-20 mb/s consistently. It had more space than I could have ever filled. For those lucky people, this card is ideal. For the minority, this card will be hell. It has more space than you could fill over a two week cruise, before destroying every one of the pictures. Personally, I count myself lucky in that respect. All that was lost was a sunset event. But think: do you want to take that gamble with your precious memories? Do you?

3 Stars Had problems
I purchased two of these 16 GB SDHC memory cards. One failed within two weeks, the other within about one month. I may have just gotten some from a bad “batch” (I have used this brand before with no problems). If you purchase one, recommend fully testing it immediately after you receive it so if there is a problem, it can be taken care of under warranty.

5 Stars Works great in E-P1
I have had very good luck with Transcend cards, never a single problem.

These 16GB SDHC are fast and cheap.

When used with the Olympus PEN E-P1 it can store:

* 650 “Maximum Quality” (RAW -and- JPEG) photos

* 1085 RAW Photos.

* 1643 Maximum Quality JPEG images (”Large Super Fine”, no RAW)

* 10,000+ “normal” quality (but who would use this setting with the E-P1?)

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