this is an old thread to revive...
I still prefer Sandisk. No problems after 2 years of hard usage
Got my new Canon Powershot SX100IS and looked hi & low for a new mem card.
In the end, i settled for Toshiba's SDHC 4Gb (Class6, Made in Japan with Lifetime warranty). Cost HK$280 or about S$50.
Unlike the few other brands i saw, Made in China, I think Made In Japan still carries weight in reliability.
I would rather carry 4 pieces of 1GB than 1 piece of 4GB. I do not like to put all my eggs in one basket. If the basket breaks, all eggs gone. In 4 baskets at least if one breaks still have 3.
Why not 4 pieces of 4GB card? It give you more headroom if you shoot raw or do multiple exposures....besides with at least 12Mps cam nowadays....memory is always no enought :lovegrin:
Even the Professionals prefer to have many smaller capacity cards dan all in one... it's definitely much safer to do so...
Btw buying CF card don't just consider the price alone, must consider the technical specs like operating temperature etc, imagine if you go shooting at winter -10C but your CF operating temp is 0c - 60c ....chances of failure sure high....if that happens....don't blame the CF no good :lovegrin:
Also, if you do not have high speed reader then no point buying those 40MBps read/write card as the bottleneck is in the reader :lovegrin:
Even with that can you believe the tech spec? Kingston failed me at 5 degree celcius. The specs stated that its operating temperature starts from 0 degree.
You should sue Kingston then :sweatsm: