SanDisk Extreme III 2 or 4GB CF card

WoLoh · 24th April 2005

Is SanDisk Extreme III 2 or 4GB CF cards the fastest in the market?
Anyone knows the prices?
Has anyone tried them b4? Better than Lexar Pro 2 or 4GB CF Cards?

wrx_sti_22b · 24th April 2005

Extreme 3 claimed to have a speed of abt 20mb/s. 4GB CF cards have a lot of type, Sandisk, Lexar WA (abt 12mb/s), Kingston Elite Pro (read 10mb/s, write 8mb/s), Sandisk Ultra 2, Sandisk Extreme 3 (abt 20mb/s), Hitachi Microdrive (abt 12mb/s)...

All different read & write speed...

Correct me if i'm wrong...

But if the type is the same, whether it's 2gb or 4gb capacity should have the same performance right?...

sabahan · 24th April 2005

Extreme III is a little faster than Ultra II,I tried it on 1dmkii,after shooting 18 raw file ,extreme III take about 20 sec to complete the write cycle,ultra II take about 25 sec to complete.dun have lexar 80X card.

Altezza · 24th April 2005

A friend of mine just had his 4GB Extrme III card crash in the camera - right in front of us. Just failed halfway through the shoot for no reason - he had to switch to the SD card. Another reason to have a MK II body....

forbytes · 24th April 2005

saw a Extreme III 4 GB on shelf of South Asia. Around $850

Adam Goi · 25th April 2005

Originally Posted by forbytes

saw a Extreme III 4 GB on shelf of South Asia. Around $850

If that's the case, get 2 pieces of 2 GB lor ... slightly cheaper and can spread out the risk ...

Altezza · 25th April 2005

4BG was launched at IT show S$780. 2GBs are now $400 or so.

agape01 · 26th April 2005

Not really....

I got mine for less than $400.

But I agree with Adam. Buy 2 2GBs if you are doing critical work. And if you run out of memory space, there is always the SD card slot.

24th April 2005	#1
WoLoh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 656	SanDisk Extreme III 2 or 4GB CF card Is SanDisk Extreme III 2 or 4GB CF cards the fastest in the market? Anyone knows the prices? Has anyone tried them b4? Better than Lexar Pro 2 or 4GB CF Cards?

24th April 2005	#2
wrx_sti_22b Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: where Bill is... Posts: 3,627	Extreme 3 claimed to have a speed of abt 20mb/s. 4GB CF cards have a lot of type, Sandisk, Lexar WA (abt 12mb/s), Kingston Elite Pro (read 10mb/s, write 8mb/s), Sandisk Ultra 2, Sandisk Extreme 3 (abt 20mb/s), Hitachi Microdrive (abt 12mb/s)... All different read & write speed... Correct me if i'm wrong... But if the type is the same, whether it's 2gb or 4gb capacity should have the same performance right?...

24th April 2005	#3
sabahan Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 329	Extreme III is a little faster than Ultra II,I tried it on 1dmkii,after shooting 18 raw file ,extreme III take about 20 sec to complete the write cycle,ultra II take about 25 sec to complete.dun have lexar 80X card.

24th April 2005	#4
Altezza Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bukit Timah Posts: 261	A friend of mine just had his 4GB Extrme III card crash in the camera - right in front of us. Just failed halfway through the shoot for no reason - he had to switch to the SD card. Another reason to have a MK II body....

24th April 2005	#5
forbytes Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: West, Singapore Posts: 887	saw a Extreme III 4 GB on shelf of South Asia. Around $850

25th April 2005	#7
Altezza Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bukit Timah Posts: 261	4BG was launched at IT show S$780. 2GBs are now $400 or so.

26th April 2005	#8
agape01 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Somewhere Out There Posts: 2,255	Not really.... I got mine for less than $400. But I agree with Adam. Buy 2 2GBs if you are doing critical work. And if you run out of memory space, there is always the SD card slot.