Wah! We need more feedback on the PQI cards!
I don't wanna turn the thread @ Consumers Corner too OT.
Please contribute freely!
I don't wanna turn the thread @ Consumers Corner too OT.
Please contribute freely!
Originally posted by roygoh
I bought a PQI 192MB from HK right after I bought my CP995 in Singapore in Jun 2001.
Some block of memory was corrupted on that card, so whenever a picture is stored over that corrupted block, the picture becomes unreadable and lost.
After I got back to the US, I called their sales office in California, and they were kind enough to replace the card even though I bought it in HK.
The replacement card was OK and I have been using it since then for almost 2 years already, taking over 6000 shots on my CP995.
Originally posted by cyrilng
Thanks for that info but I think we're more concerned with the current batch of PQI F1 40x range of CF that are on offer to CS members at AP.
Originally posted by Noir
Note: I am using a Canon 10D and shooting in RAW. Pictures of my LCD are taken by a low quality web cam. The particular photo shown in the example above can still be linear converted as normal with no error.
Originally posted by Madcat II
I am not sure what kind of response I will get by posting this, but this is the feedback I got from another dealer I spoke to in SLS, maybe he is just trying to sell me his product...
Q: why is the CF cards in AP cheaper that yours? :dunno:
A: CF card may seems similar to you, but in actual fact, the memory chip used to build them makes a lot of difference.
Q: what's the diff?:dunno:
A: memory chips comes with different grades, better grades one are more expensive and lower grade ones cheaper, which translate to performance. Higher grades ensures proper read-write whereas lower grades may have issues during read-write. So better to pay more and buy a branded one compared to those rather unknown brands.
Well, it all depends right? Anyway I didn't participate in the recent MO, cos' I think he makes some sense.
P.S. : I am not against AP or anything, just like to ask around before I buy anything, especially when it is cheaper, needs to know why.:embrass:
Originally posted by Wai
hmm...interesting problem that you have got there...somemore is with 10D
is the error replicable?
or just only happened once??
Originally posted by Noir
It happened twice already. Any clue as to what this CCDRAW thingy is?
Originally posted by hanoman
Hi Madcat,
What that person said is true. Electronic stuff especially IC come in different rank. Some customer only willing to buy the best rank but it cost more. And some customer willing to buy lower rank (more prone to failure). What I meant by customer here are PQI, Sandisk, and many many more.
Let say there is a fab producing IC chip for CF card. They produce 1000 chips. But only 800 chips are 1st class rank. Sandisk as a vendor who has a good reputation will take these chips eventhough with a higher price. And the remaining 200 chips with a lower grade will remain in the warehouse and wait for somebody to buy, in this case PQI bought the chips with a lower price than Sandisk. We get what we pay, for S$85 (256MB) is quite reasonable. Hopefully, if any problem arise PQI will immediately change it for you.
Anyway, just happy shooting...
cheers
Originally posted by Noir
It happened twice already. Any clue as to what this CCDRAW thingy is?
But please note that ALL my pictures, including the one that displays CCDRAW, can be converted OK to TIFF.
Originally posted by Madcat II
I am not sure what kind of response I will get by posting this, but this is the feedback I got from another dealer I spoke to in SLS, maybe he is just trying to sell me his product...
Q: why is the CF cards in AP cheaper that yours? :dunno:
A: CF card may seems similar to you, but in actual fact, the memory chip used to build them makes a lot of difference.
Q: what's the diff?:dunno:
A: memory chips comes with different grades, better grades one are more expensive and lower grade ones cheaper, which translate to performance. Higher grades ensures proper read-write whereas lower grades may have issues during read-write. So better to pay more and buy a branded one compared to those rather unknown brands.
Well, it all depends right? Anyway I didn't participate in the recent MO, cos' I think he makes some sense.
P.S. : I am not against AP or anything, just like to ask around before I buy anything, especially when it is cheaper, needs to know why.:embrass:
Originally posted by dreamz2003
which are the better brands and more reliable brands, may I know? (i'm still quite new to digital cams and compact flash) thanks!