Bought a 4BG 150x Ridata CF and used it for the first time in Chiang Mai and two thirds of the way encountered card error and cannot use it anymore. Anyone facing this problem?
Bought a 4BG 150x Ridata CF and used it for the first time in Chiang Mai and two thirds of the way encountered card error and cannot use it anymore. Anyone facing this problem?
Got the same problem. Formatted with the camera and all, worked for about a month perfect before now it says memory card full after 30+ photos. Gonna change tomorrow :cry:
Bought a 4BG 150x Ridata CF and used it for the first time in Chiang Mai and two thirds of the way encountered card error and cannot use it anymore. Anyone facing this problem?
maybe you guys who have problem can start listing down serial number.
Btw, I have one too. So far no problem, except encounter one filename has extra digit, very strange. Crossing my fingers, but so far so good.
Mine just died after 2 months... now waiting for the 1-to-1 replacement from EastGear (no stock currently). Lucky only test shots... The card suddenly died - unreadable by normal reader and my 30D gave "Err CF".
I may go back to Sandisk.
Some truth in what you said. But it's the first impression that influence a lot.honestly, there's nothing wrong with brand/card/model for such failures in CF cards...
i personally got dead cards from kingston/lexar/trancend/sandisk. so i guess it's a good play of luck here.
perhaps one good way for holidays would be investing on multiple smaller cards and/or, a hdd backup device. =)
Some truth in what you said. But it's the first impression that influence a lot.
My experience with Ridata has really gone down the drain. Trojan75 and I bought the card, brand new, from EG and both our card have problem. So, what are the chances? Batch problem? How can they reassure me that the replacement will not be from the same batch? Plus, seems like there are so many people facing problem with the card worldwide, though possibly only a minority. I think I should play my cards safe.
As for hdd backup device, sure it's always good to have one around. But what if your CF card gives up on you? I think having multiple tested cards would be a more sound solution. No point for me to have 2-3 of the same card, like the thread title, and in the end have no pictures to bring home at the end of a holiday trip...
I have infinately more problems with portable HDD/card reader combo then I have with flash memories+HDD+all others computrer related problems combined.the hard drive back up device would allow you to backup your pictures into it. those "killer" shots could be saved in there right after you shot them...
but then again, these devices are not shockproof. you drop it, it's gone... =)