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| Kingston CF/8GB-S2 8GB Elite Pro CompactFlash Card 133x | 
 enlarge | Brand: Kingston
Category: CE
List Price: $35.99
Buy New: $23.35
You Save: $12.64 (35%)
New (45) Used (1) from $19.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Free Memory Slots: GB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 4.5 x 0.8 x 5.5
nv:Type: Compact Flash
Memory Size: 8GB
Write Speed: 20MB/sec.
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: Limited lifetime warranty
MPN: CF/8GB-S2
Model: CF/8GB-S2
UPC: 740617123852
EAN: 0740617123852
ASIN: B000Y138EK
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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 Works...kinda January 5, 2009
This card works in my Canon 5D just fine. Formats and read/write speeds are what I expected. Where this card does not work is in any card reader. I've tried a SanDisk, Digital, and the Kingston reader, in all cases my PC locks up for a while and then says the card needs to be formatted. Attempting to format the card results in the PC saying "Insert Media" after 10 minutes or more.
To download images from my 5D, I have to use the Canon camera utility and USB cable to the camera's I/O port.
From other reviews, it seems like there are bad sectors on these cards, which is why they are so inexpensive...but also leads to minor issues in the best case, and major issues such as image loss in the worst case.
 Works great on my Canon EOS 5D December 21, 2008
I cannot say much about the longevity of this CF card - as I got it recently. Nonetheless, this CF card works just as fast as my Sandisk UltraII and Extreme CF cards. Great price on it too!
 VERY slow compared to a previous Kingston 50x card. This is more like 13.3x, not 133x. December 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
[ UPDATE: Make sure you format the card in the camera. After doing so, this card is working much better. The following was written when using the mem card straight out of the package (it was pre-formatted). ]
I bought 2 of these a few days ago, before reading the reviews here. After reading the reviews, I decided to see how it compared to my previous 2Gb Kingston 50x card.
Using my Canon Rebel XT camera, with picture setting on Large/Fine (8 megapixel photos) and in burst mode I was able to take 13 consecutive photos with this new card, and the camera completed writing to the flash card about 43 seconds after first pressing the shutter button. So yes, it will work fine for everyday shooting.
I then tried the older 50x card which I probably bought sometime around 2005. With it, I was able to take 16 consecutive photos (before it started lagging), and it completed writing all those to flash after 14 seconds. (I did both measurements 3 different times, and they all turned out pretty close)
So to make a comparison - for the 13 picts in 43 seconds, would be equivalent to 16 in 53 seconds. So the 50x card will write 16 photos in 14 seconds, the new 133x card will write 16 photos in 53 seconds.
Therefore the new card is about 4 times SLOWER than the older 50x card. Maybe someone at Kingston made a mistake and these were really 13.3x, not 133x??
The only plus to this card is its low cost and large storage size.
UPDATE: After formatting the 133x card in the camera, it is now performing comparable to the 50x card. Which that could indicate its a limitation with the camera memory interface at this point. I would up the star rating, but seems that I can't do it after the review was initially written.
 Fast processer, sturdy product. December 16, 2008
I'm a pro photographer.
This product came quickly, as is always needed for me. With my 40D this product processes images as quickly as I need to cover weddings and sporting events.
With this card on Raw I can get at least 750 images.
When shooting in "large" format choice, I can get at least 1500.
Since the sensor shows 999 remaining and I download after each shoot, it may be able to hold a greater amount.
For anyone shooting photos with a camera less than 10Megs, the number of files on this card for you would be tremendous, and more than you need.
Keeping too many of your prized family photos on a card and not downloading is not such a good idea....
Sturdy product. Would certainly recommend.
Slow.. works fine but Slow November 29, 2008
Very good price
it Works
test with sanDisk extreme 3 1GB and transcend 45X 4GB
even slower than 45X transcend 4GB CF (i have kingston card reader)
slow very slow it's about 20x speed
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