just a quick CF card question guys

gus

Im in Tiapai (sp?) airport atm waiting for Sf tin bird & they have Kingstone 8 gig 45x CF cards for $140 USD.

Is that about the going rate in a 'walk off the street' price for a US shop ? Or are they a bit cheaper in the US ?

Ta

Art Scott

that is close to what I see here in wichita but I would stay away from kinston..if it were me......ihave not had good luck with them...now san disk, lexar and transcend is all good from my stand point....but that is just my .0000001 cent worth.....

gus

cool mate...i will go & get a wonton soup & some curdled goats milk instead then. Will get a card tomorrow when im in SF.

sirsloop

140!! Holy hell... I got 133x kingston 8GBs for $50 each (sale)... and I think I paid around $100 each for my transcend 8gb 120x's. The transcends came from a reputable dealer, and the kingstons perform just as well so I think they are legit too. Screw 140... you can get much better deal!

Dee

WAY too expensive!!!!!!

I got an 8 Gig 100x for around $80 over half a year ago.

If you're coming to San Francisco's Bay Area -- just visit a Fry's Electronics Store...

Zanotti

I love Fry's, but only buy the memory there when its on sale. Their "normal" pricing is usually terrible, but their sales pricing is good.

Get a Sunday paper and all the majors will have some on sale: I look at Circuit City, Comp USA, Staples, BestBuy, Office MAx, Office Depot. One of these will have what you want on special that week. Its almost seems like they rotate who gets to have a sale.

Enjoy Cali!

Z

gus

Tks guys...im off to frys in the morning. If i survive market st that is

W.W. Webster

When it comes to memory cards, there seems to be no shortage of ill-informed folklore and pure BS everywhere you turn.

The generally accepted authoritative source is Rob Galbraith whose site tells you the effective speed of most CF and SD cards with your specific camera body. That's what really counts! Only then can you decide what is value for money in your circumstances.

He also clears up the mysteries as to who the real manufacturers are (there are very few), who is merely rebadging real manufacturers' product as their own (there are many), and how to tell a fake from the real thing.

gus

W.W. Webster wrote:

When it comes to memory cards, there seems to be no shortage of ill-informed folklore and pure BS everywhere you turn.

The generally accepted authoritative source is Rob Galbraith whose site tells you the effective speed of most CF and SD cards with your specific camera body. That's what really counts! Only then can you decide what is value for money in your circumstances.

He also clears up the mysteries as to who the real manufacturers are (there are very few), who is merely rebadging real manufacturers' product as their own (there are many), and how to tell a fake from the real thing.

Tks mate...it was that i was at tiawan airport & i was chasing a quick comparisson to a US price as i was 2 hours from leaving there to getting here (san fran)

I dont really care about anything i read. Honestly i dont. I just wanted a quick price. Im not a bum hair counter.

Eric&Susan

gus wrote:

Tks mate...it was that i was at tiawan airport & i was chasing a quick comparisson to a US price as i was 2 hours from leaving there to getting here (san fran)

I dont really care about anything i read. Honestly i dont. I just wanted a quick price. Im not a bum hair counter.

Great saying Gus.

Eric

W.W. Webster

gus wrote:

I just wanted a quick price.

I understood that, Gus. It was just that the discussion had moved on to the merits, or otherwise, of Kingston, and what constituted value for money. Hopefully the Rob Galbraith site can be helpful to someone.

Have a great trip!