p.1 #1 · Reality check: RiDATA CF/SDHC cards on Canon
If you have the RiDATA Lightning Series (233X) 4GB and/or 8GB CF and/or SDHC cards, please post your comments on the cards - good or bad. I am also interested on the real-life write speed to camera and read/write speed to computers/laptops (if available). Please specify which Canon camera and also which card reader (if applicable).
p.1 #3 · Reality check: RiDATA CF/SDHC cards on Canon
I quit using RiData cards. Two of the cards I had were bad. I don't care what the guarantee is on the card....if you are losing images, the guarantee is worthless.
p.1 #5 · Reality check: RiDATA CF/SDHC cards on Canon
I have had no problems with the 2 8 gig 233x CF cards I have, using them in a 5D and 1DmkII.
Ridata takes 28 sec to empty the buffer on 1dmkII (20 shots)
Sandisk Extreme III 12gb took 29-31 same number of shots
Sandisk Ultra II 2 gb took 26 secs.
I start the clock on shutter press, release the shutter when the buffer fills and stop the clock when the light goes out. Lens cover on, set to manual and raw.
I don't notice a difference between the Ridata and Extreme card to computer, however the Ultra is noticeably slower.
"short warrantee. does not show much confidence in their product"
Or you price them high enough to cover your losses and offer a lifetime warranty
p.1 #7 · Reality check: RiDATA CF/SDHC cards on Canon
I had a couple of 2gb supremes, which I got off of newegg for dirt cheap, to shoot a track meet with. I shot a couple pictures on my 30D (backup body) while mostly using a 1D Mk II. Long story short, the 30D basically sat around all day in the hot sun and when I picked it up to shoot some stuff the card was corrupted. It was fast when it worked, but my confidence was shot.
So I made the dive and got some sandisk cards which have worked fine except for the price tag and now I shoot on Transcend and like those a lot.
p.1 #8 · Reality check: RiDATA CF/SDHC cards on Canon
I was interested in one of those 233X's, I've had a 4GB 133X for about a year now that's been working great. A new 8GB 233X is less than half the price I paid then...
p.1 #9 · Reality check: RiDATA CF/SDHC cards on Canon
dfresh wrote:
I was interested in one of those 233X's, I've had a 4GB 133X for about a year now that's been working great. A new 8GB 233X is less than half the price I paid then...
p.1 #10 · Reality check: RiDATA CF/SDHC cards on Canon
I use a 16GB x233 Lightening in my 40D. Works fine. I also have a 8GB x150 Supreme. I used my original card for about a year and it worked fine ... then failed ... and was replaced by Ridata. Prior to switching to Ridata, I used Sandisk Extreme III. The Extreme III failed and was replaced by Sandisk and has been working fine for the last two years. My feelings ... any card can fail from any manufacturer.
FYI - Sandisk cards are on sale with a rebate now. 16GB cards are a little over $100.
p.1 #11 · Reality check: RiDATA CF/SDHC cards on Canon
I bought 3 8GB Sandisk Extremes on Amazon & had 10 errors not able to restore them with the best software....all happened after I deleted some files....they turned out to be Fake cards......I just bought 3 8gb Ridata cf lightening series....shot a party ....700 + images no problems....
p.1 #12 · Reality check: RiDATA CF/SDHC cards on Canon
runamuck wrote:
Ridata is probably just as good as any other card. I have one and it works. Nuff said.
and that means what? using the 2 models of cameras you have in your profile you are right there is little difference. the realty there is that the camera is the bottleneck. with other bodies the world is a different place al together
put a Ridata 150x in a D3 and it just didn't quite keep up in any way with a a sandisk 133x extreme. i'd say with all things being equal things were not equal.
p.1 #13 · Reality check: RiDATA CF/SDHC cards on Canon
Jack M wrote:
I have had no problems with the 2 8 gig 233x CF cards I have, using them in a 5D and 1DmkII.
Ridata takes 28 sec to empty the buffer on 1dmkII (20 shots)
Sandisk Extreme III 12gb took 29-31 same number of shots
Sandisk Ultra II 2 gb took 26 secs.
I start the clock on shutter press, release the shutter when the buffer fills and stop the clock when the light goes out. Lens cover on, set to manual and raw.
I don't notice a difference between the Ridata and Extreme card to computer, however the Ultra is noticeably slower.
"short warrantee. does not show much confidence in their product"
Or you price them high enough to cover your losses and offer a lifetime warranty ...Show more →
and yes in the long run it does because i have yet to have a real sandisk card i have owned fail or go currupt in any of my cameras. i have gone through 40 cards so far and currently culled it back to a total of 12 cards that have proven to be at this point reliable. both brands at the moment are lexar and sandisk.
p.1 #14 · Reality check: RiDATA CF/SDHC cards on Canon
Sandisk is great .....But you really have to watch where you buy them from....mine came from Amazon all 3 8gb had the same serial number.
If you are not shooting for speed .......but just need the capacity are the ridata cf lightning series OK to use? I have had older RiData cfs for years (512 cards) & still have them with no problems. Using Canon DSLR's
p.1 #15 · Reality check: RiDATA CF/SDHC cards on Canon
that's the big problem with Sandisk... nice cards, too many fakes floating around. It's getting to the point that I just don't trust I'm actually getting a Sandisk. I just picked up a 4GB from Amazon and have no idea if it's fake or not. I might give Sandisk a call.
p.1 #17 · Reality check: RiDATA CF/SDHC cards on Canon
tpsfoto wrote:
Sandisk is great .....But you really have to watch where you buy them from....mine came from Amazon all 3 8gb had the same serial number.
If you are not shooting for speed .......but just need the capacity are the ridata cf lightning series OK to use? I have had older RiData cfs for years (512 cards) & still have them with no problems. Using Canon DSLR's
Or is it a batch number? The way those things are made, I very seriously doubt each one gets a unique serial number.
p.1 #18 · Reality check: RiDATA CF/SDHC cards on Canon
I used Ridata 4GB 150x CF cards for a long time in my Mark IIn and they worked perfectly.
Recently I bought the 8GB 233x Lightning series Ridata CF and started getting corrupt images. Not often - maybe 1 in a thousand. Still, I'm sending it back for a replacement. Hopefully the new one will be trouble free.
It also seems slower in my camera than the old Ridata 4GB 150x card, although I haven't really measured it - just the "feeling"
p.1 #20 · Reality check: RiDATA CF/SDHC cards on Canon
Not a RiData user but been using a pair of Transcend 133X 8GB with the 40D w/o issue so far. Write speed is good but I have not done any torture test on PC yet. Have a Transcend 8GB SDHC Class 6 too also trouble free so far. They are pretty good deals at about $40-50 a piece and you don't have to pay for the useless Sandisk warranty (yeah they just ignored my request on a brand new faulty Extreme USB reader, screw them).
