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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 8 GB SDHC Class 6 Flash Memory Card SD6 8GB

Kingston Technology’s Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) memory cards are fully compliant with the new Secure Digital Association 2.00 specification. 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.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Excellent Product
This product is reliable, fast and convenient. The “Kingston” name is recognized as a quality product and performs as expected. I would recommend this product to anyone looking for quality and reliability at a reasonable price.

5 Stars Nice 8 GB Kingston Flash Memory Cards for Cameras
Why spend more on 8GB Kingston Flash Memory Cards when you can save more than 50% at Amazon Market Place? You take digital pictures, load your pictures from the memory cards into your computer, erase the images from your memory cards, use the fresh memory cards with your camera again. In fact, you recycled the memory cards which became merely a vehicle to load and dump the pictures. Whether an expensive new one or a cheap used one does not make a difference.

5 Stars Works Great, No Problems
I bought this for a Nikon L20 10-megapixel point-and-shoot camera.

It works fine and I’ve had no issues.

I’m not sure what the high speed gets me since I am not using all that sophisticated of a camera, but it seems responsive enough.

The only downside I have discovered is that the SD card reader in my two-year-old Dell PC is not SDHC-compatible. Meaning it will not recognize a card of this capacity. It’s kindof a bummer, but I have a newer laptop that reads this 4GB card fine. This is not the card’s fault, but you may want to verify what your computer will handle before you move up to SDHC.

All in all, I am satisfied with Amazon service and pricing, as usual. I recommend the Kingston 4GB Class 6 card without hesitation.

5 Stars Quality, Compatible, Fast (for me)
As is always my experience with Kingston they make quality products at a middle price. You can find cheaper as well as more expensive cards with the same storage and speed. I feel they are more consistant than many of their peers.

As for compatibility I have never had an issue.

I have used this card in the following:

Nikon DSLR’s

Nikon point & shoots

Canon DSLR

Canon point & shoots

Panasonic Lumix Cameras

HP Computers

Sony Vaio Notebook

Dell Computers

IBM Computers

For me their cards have worked as they should in a wide array of products I own. I think the read/write class 6 are fast and at the moment class 6 is the industry standard.

If you purchase any SD card off Amazon, test it in ALL the items you may use. If any or all of them are NOT compatible you can return it. Amazon has a great return policy and you usually have 30 days. Test the SD card and if you have issues return it and try another or another brand. PNY, Sandisk, Transcend and many others that I have used also worked in all of the above products I listed.

2 Stars constantly get file errors
crap…constantly get file read erros.. ive lossed dozens of pictures or couldnt take a video because it would crap out and then freeze my camera… my cam works great with other memory card.

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