Cheap CF cards..whats right/wrong with 'em ?

gus

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wxwax

Good question.

colourbox

I saw this comparison once, but the unfortunately they say you can't use price or brand to tell whether you're buying a good card or a bad card. The flip side is that you could get quite a bargain.

gus

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mushy

gus wrote:

Tks CB..i was wanting to see inside one for the rel physical differences. Just so so many sandisc/lexar etc cards coming out of asia atm flooding ebay are fakes i though i may as well get a cheap card without paying the premium of having it marked with a brand name.

I had a friend importing flash drives to sell on ebay that were very very cheap, the reason being what was stated as the storgae capacity was not anywhere near what could be stored. ie a 2gig card could only hold about 2meg!
Careful what you buy if the price seems too good, I'd hate to hear you lost some cool lightning photo's!

SpeshulEd

I think before I paid for one of those, I'd go for a ritek card from newegg. Pretty much the same price after shipping, and I know for a fact that the ritek will work in my 20D