I've crossed this komputerbay CF cards on Amazon, what do you think on this brand? I'm talking UDMA 7 1000x write speed. Anyone can share their thought? Compare with Lexar, Sandisk, etc.
I have no experience, but I wouldn't move regardless from the big brands 'cos my photos need to still be there when I get home and I don't trust anyone else...
It's quite possible that being a "no name" brand it was manufactured by one of the big boys anyway and just re-labeled. It's not every Johnny-come-lately" that can set up the manufacturing facilities for that kind of work. Buy one and give it a good workout before you do critical work with it.
I would not buy it. My main reason is that the card don't work in all Nikon cameras. They also say on Amazon that it's not compatible with Nikon bodies. So I would not use it in a Canon body. No real and good card only work with certain camera brands.
Mickey wrote:
It's quite possible that being a "no name" brand it was manufactured by one of the big boys anyway and just re-labeled. It's not every Johnny-come-lately" that can set up the manufacturing facilities for that kind of work. Buy one and give it a good workout before you do critical work with it.
They also write this on Amazon
"**NOT COMPATIBLE WITH NIKON D800 Camera (See Note Below). IMPORTANT NOTE: The Nikon D800 Camera's firmware currently only supports 128GB Compact Flash Cards manufactured by Sandisk or Lexar."
Please check compatibility with your device or its manufacturer. IMPORTANT NOTE: The Nikon D800 Camera's firmware currently only supports 128GB Compact Flash Cards manufactured by Sandisk or Lexar.
Stay away from those cards - they will not work well with Canon 5Dmark2 and probably will have issues with other cameras too - low grade product , really.
I know it sounds good, but you are getting a cheap product, that is not reliable and they have a lousy costumer service.
Don't get burned like me
NOT RECOMMENDED
PhilDrinkwater wrote:
I have no experience, but I wouldn't move regardless from the big brands 'cos my photos need to still be there when I get home and I don't trust anyone else...
Bacalhau wrote:
Stay away from those cards - they will not work well with Canon 5Dmark2 and probably will have issues with other cameras too - low grade product , really.
I know it sounds good, but you are getting a cheap product, that is not reliable and they have a lousy costumer service.
Don't get burned like me
NOT RECOMMENDED
To be honest I don't understand why anyone with an expensive decent camera would even think of using such a brand
The risk of lost shots is not worth it
If you don't want to use sandisk Kingston and transcend are both reliable cards
this is hilarious. I'm bumping it back up. After everyone flamed komputerbay as being crap, it turns out that
it's actually flash memory that was destined to be in lexar cards, but didn't quite make the quality control
pass. So it might run slightly slower than the lexar 1000x. But for 114 bucks for a 64 gig card that supposedly
hits write speeds of 95mbps I will give it a shot. I need a fast card to shoot RAW 1080p on my 5d3's so i'll try it
and report back if anyone is still interested.
jprezant wrote:
this is hilarious. I'm bumping it back up. After everyone flamed komputerbay as being crap, it turns out that
it's actually flash memory that was destined to be in lexar cards, but didn't quite make the quality control
pass. So it might run slightly slower than the lexar 1000x. But for 114 bucks for a 64 gig card that supposedly
hits write speeds of 95mbps I will give it a shot. I need a fast card to shoot RAW 1080p on my 5d3's so i'll try it
and report back if anyone is still interested.
The chips may be from the Lexar 1000x but they are substandard rejects , and even then it seems that the QC (How do you QC a reject anyway) is bad enough that lots of very bad ones get out . And I don't know of many other cards gat won't work with certain cameras at all .
Lets face it you always run the risk of data corruption , but at least with a the good known brands that risk is less . I'm not sure I'd want to shoot for a day to find I have no images (as opposed to my normal day when I find I have no good images ) I may as well have walked round with a couple of house bricks in my backpack
What's the saying ? But cheap buy twice
At the end of the day its your money to go and waste , but mine (and I susspect anybody else's with sense) is staying in my pocket .
jprezant wrote:
this is hilarious. I'm bumping it back up. After everyone flamed komputerbay as being crap, it turns out that
it's actually flash memory that was destined to be in lexar cards, but didn't quite make the quality control
pass. So it might run slightly slower than the lexar 1000x. But for 114 bucks for a 64 gig card that supposedly
hits write speeds of 95mbps I will give it a shot. I need a fast card to shoot RAW 1080p on my 5d3's so i'll try it
and report back if anyone is still interested.
Seriously? I understand saving some money on rejects like shirts and jeans, but for data?
Pray the imperfections dont come back to bite you in the ass.
It sounds like a guy in a garage, with limited English skills.
) I may as well have walked round with a couple of house bricks in my backpack