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(135 customer reviews) 100 of 107 people found the following review helpful
Huge, Fast, Reliable,
October 4, 2006 Brian Koch "Aspiring Photographer" (MI United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: SanDisk 8 GB Extreme III CF Card SDCFX3-008G-A31 (Retail Package) (Personal Computers)
I recently switched over to shooting RAW (7-9 meg a shot) instead of jpeg (2-4 meg a shot) so I decided to get some extra memory (I already had 1-4Gig and 5-1Gig cards.) I must say, I have not been disappointed. This card is very fast, it out preforms my Ultra IIs and the transfer rate to my computer is amazing when I use this card with the Sandisk Extreme Fire-Wire Reader.
I can put over 1,000 RAW files or about 4,000 jpegs on this card and then transfer them all over to my computer in just a few minutes instead of closer to a half-hour. It seems to average around 1Gig a minute. Using burst mode with my camera has also never been faster, this card writes the images almost instantly, with no noticeable lag time, which means you can basically shoot as fast as you camera can handle and the card will keep up.
I have been using this card for a few months now and have taken several thousand shots with it without any problems. If you have the need and the cash this is...Read more
49 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Great Memory Card,
November 12, 2007 Miguel De Rivero - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SanDisk 8 GB Extreme III CF Card SDCFX3-008G-A31 (Retail Package) (Personal Computers)
This is a great product and fast. Fast enough for most of us. I was thinking in getting the ver. IV but for the money and how fast my Canon 40D can write, this is the right one to get. The IV is much faster but there is no DSLR capable of writing at such high speed yet. Save some money and get this one. You will be happy.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
The Usual high quality SanDisk Card,
January 11, 2008 M. ANNE (california) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SanDisk 8 GB Extreme III CF Card SDCFX3-008G-A31 (Retail Package) (Personal Computers)
Once I started shooting RAW I quickly realized that the 2 GB cards just weren't large enough for my weekend trips. I bought the Extreme III 8GB card and am confident that this is what I need. It writes quickly with the 40D and is a very good value for the amount of memory. Highly recommend. Typical SanDisk quality card; I have used a lot of them over the years and never had a failure.
