Will never trust Transcend on my DSLR anymore!!!!!!

[Lord Soth]

According to some CF card expert, do not ever use your CF cards to the MAX, especially when you are the type of person who shoots in burst mode.

Leave some space between 5-10 shots and your chances of experiencing CF card failure would be lessened.

 

[JediKnight]

im not sure if its a problem with my Transcend 4gb CF card, or my camera.. but sometimes after taking a shot, it shows up for a while on the screen, but when i try to review it again, its not saved on the card.. happened quite a few times already. oh well..

May be due to bad sector on CFcard if it only affect one of the photo but not rest assuming camera is not on low-bat.

 

[trucatus]

My opinion is any brands will have problematic cards. I got a Ridata CF that serves me well. XDcard both Fijifilm and Olympus died on me less than 30 usage.
Microdrive died after 2 years plus. Sandisk SD died.

Died = cannot be formatted with camera, Mac and PC.

 

[nakedtoes]

Transcend is also a brand i would avoid at all cost... i got a flash mini sd card think is 4GB for mine hp.. after 2 weeks if fail to read...

 

[nakedtoes]

Transcend is also a brand i would avoid at all cost... i got a flash mini sd card think is 4GB for mine hp.. after 2 weeks if fail to read...

I have a friend working in this flash storage media field and he recommended me sandisk only.. unless no choice kingston..:bsmilie:

 

[smile_gerard]

I once had a problem like this. Can't remember what brand it was. But it was 256mb many years ago... The card just couldn't be read at all even on the computer. What i did was put it into a different camera and formted it. Then it could be used again. It got screwed up on a 10D.... But was saved by a canon G5... Kinda odd right. The 10D couldn't read it but the G5 could...

 

[eow]

PREVIOUSLY owned a transcend 8gb
only after the 4th exchanged...i managed to get a good one....
Good luck to those still using the transcend...

 

[optimist]

I own 5 pcs of the 8GB CF cards and a couple of the 4GB ones. So far, no problem. Over 2 years now. Recently when to Korea. Memory cards, camera, lens and the man, survived the sub zero winter without a scratch.

 

[optimist]

Sorry, typo error; 'when' should be 'went'.

 

[eosandy]

Sandisk, Lexar and Kingston used without error. Sandisk 8Gb used most often with Kingston and Lexar used when needed. All Compact Flash, All used no more than 75%.

This type of memory is known within the CF industry to have a limited (finite) number of write/read cycles.

Shoot > Download as often as possible.

Recommend going for industrial type (Apro) if you are using in harsh environments. More ex but better confidence.

Main reason I shoot most important stuff with film, DSLR as backup.

 

[afipuffy]

Use lexar pro...4Gb.
Now lexar pro 16Gb is out. Gona buy one.

 

[coolsigg]

I had been using Sandisk Ext III and Kingston CF (133X) Cards. Sandisk is still the best. Kingston (133X) r/w speed abit slow. Anyone have experience with Lexar UDMA on Nikon? TIA!

 

[gigahz]

3pcs of Kingston 4gb SDHC class 6. Never fails me.
Just a Tip.
dont use large capacity SD/CF. or more that 4GB. Camera will be having a hard time reading the whole capacity everytime you turn on/off , browse/review your images. this sometimes cause errors and take note of your battery life.