Problem with 40D and Ridata CF cards?

fiatsurffiatsurf Registered Users Posts: 44 Big grins
edited October 22, 2007 in Accessories
Anyone else having any issues?

I just had my second Ridata 8GB 150X CF card go out on me this morning... first one is already back at Ritek for replacement. Shot a ton of pics with my 10D on the cards with no problem... now, the 40D has killed off two in the space of a couple of weeks.

I lost a few shots, but not too many. But now I'm very concerenced about trusting Ridata cards at all.

Toby

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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited October 8, 2007
    I am sorry to hear about your difficulties - I have not used Ridata cards so I cannot comment about them, and I hope your replacements arrive quickly and work flawlessly. I seriously doubt that card failure is due to the camera.

    But I will say, that I no longer use CF cards other than SanDisk or Lexar. I have had numerous failures with several different brands, and the loss and the aggravation are not worth the price differences.
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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,129 moderator
    edited October 8, 2007
    fiatsurf wrote:
    Anyone else having any issues?

    I just had my second Ridata 8GB 150X CF card go out on me this morning... first one is already back at Ritek for replacement. Shot a ton of pics with my 10D on the cards with no problem... now, the 40D has killed off two in the space of a couple of weeks.

    I lost a few shots, but not too many. But now I'm very concerenced about trusting Ridata cards at all.

    Toby

    I did not know that the Canon 10D could support 8Gig cards?

    I agree with Pathfinder, but I try to standardize on the SanDisk cards myself (for Canon use).
    ziggy53
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  • fiatsurffiatsurf Registered Users Posts: 44 Big grins
    edited October 8, 2007
    ziggy53 wrote:
    I did not know that the Canon 10D could support 8Gig cards?

    I agree with Pathfinder, but I try to standardize on the SanDisk cards myself (for Canon use).

    I think the 10D has whatever guts is necessary (FAT32?) for 8 GB cards... in any case, I took thousands of pics with the 10D and 8GB cards. Some even turned out semi-okay! :)

    Two of my cards I can return for a refund (minus shipping cost, of course) so I will buy SanDisk from here on out.

    Two of the Ridata cards I'm stuck with so they'll be relegated to the bottom of the backpack.

    Ah well. Live and learn and be thankful only 20 or so shots were lost.

    Toby
  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2007
    just wondering...did you remove or replace with the camera turned on??

    Might want to try transcend from time to time I have found their 8gb cards for under $60 +s/h on ebay and other resellers also...but check the reseller at reseller ratings link in my siggy good luck and please let us know what the verdict on the Ridata cards is.
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  • fiatsurffiatsurf Registered Users Posts: 44 Big grins
    edited October 10, 2007
    Didn't remove while camera was on so not sure what happened... one of the cards was only a couple days old when it went out.

    But, Meritline.com already credited my card (good on them!) and Ritek has sent my replacement card for the one I sent in (got the tracking number).

    So, I ordered two new SanDisk 8GB Extreme IV CF cards which should arrive Friday.

    Maybe it's a fluke? I asked about the 40D as I didn't have any problems at all with the Ridata cards in the 10D.

    In any case, I'll give the SanDisk cards a shot. Now I only need to find the right insurance plan as I have a brand new Canon 500mm f/4 IS USM L lens sitting in my apartment staring at me angrily (as I've been too chicken to take it out to the beach until I line up the insurance...). Thanks for your comments. thumb.gif

    Toby
  • BBiggsBBiggs Registered Users Posts: 688 Major grins
    edited October 10, 2007
    fiatsurf wrote:
    Didn't remove while camera was on so not sure what happened... one of the cards was only a couple days old when it went out.

    But, Meritline.com already credited my card (good on them!) and Ritek has sent my replacement card for the one I sent in (got the tracking number).

    So, I ordered two new SanDisk 8GB Extreme IV CF cards which should arrive Friday.

    Maybe it's a fluke? I asked about the 40D as I didn't have any problems at all with the Ridata cards in the 10D.

    In any case, I'll give the SanDisk cards a shot. Now I only need to find the right insurance plan as I have a brand new Canon 500mm f/4 IS USM L lens sitting in my apartment staring at me angrily (as I've been too chicken to take it out to the beach until I line up the insurance...). Thanks for your comments. thumb.gif

    Toby

    Maybe your 40D has a problem and is overvolting the cards or something? I guess you will have to see what happens with the sandisk. I use sandisk and only had a few read errors with my 2gb ultra, but nothing like this.
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  • lowbonelowbone Registered Users Posts: 35 Big grins
    edited October 22, 2007
    I recently went to Baraboo WI to photograph the Whooping Cranes they have there with my new 40D. I was shooting RAW and went through three cards. A Trancend 4 gig, a Sandisk 2 gig and an older Sandisk 1 gig. All of the photos looked great on the lcd but when I returned home and started processing the files I found out that about half of them were corrupted. I know this is different then having a card die in the camera. I called Canon today and sent the camera in for repair. I just wonder if there is some type of connection between what happened to your camera and what happened to mine.
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