Best 2GB compact flash card
 

I am the new owner of a Konica Minolta DiMAGE A2 camera. I was about to buy
a SANDISK Ultra II 2GB Flash card on www.newegg.com when I read a review
from someone who had trouble with this card shooting an airshow where the
temp was 92 degrees. He had to keep cooling the camera to make the card
work. This was a big surprise to me. Can you recommend either a good card or
a good website where I can read reviews (this guy had read all the reviews
on the SanDISK card but no one mentioned heat issues). Of course the problem
COULD have been expansion in his camera somehow causing a faulty electrical
connection with the card but I have no way of knowing that (he was using a
Canon EOS 20D).

TIA.

Dick Snyder

Re: Best 2GB compact flash card
 

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 13:50:45 -0400, "Dick Snyder"
<REMOVE-dicksnyder@comcast.net> wrote:

>I am the new owner of a Konica Minolta DiMAGE A2 camera. I was about to buy
>a SANDISK Ultra II 2GB Flash card on www.newegg.com when I read a review
>from someone who had trouble with this card shooting an airshow where the
>temp was 92 degrees. He had to keep cooling the camera to make the card
>work. This was a big surprise to me. Can you recommend either a good card or
>a good website where I can read reviews (this guy had read all the reviews
>on the SanDISK card but no one mentioned heat issues). Of course the problem
>COULD have been expansion in his camera somehow causing a faulty electrical
>connection with the card but I have no way of knowing that (he was using a
>Canon EOS 20D).

Get the SanDisk Extreme III.

SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash cards are tested in extreme
temperature ranges from -13 to +185 degrees Fahrenheit so that they
can be used to shoot photos in any weather condition

http://www.sandisk.com/retail/ext3-cf.asp


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Re: Best 2GB compact flash card
 

John A. Stovall wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 13:50:45 -0400, "Dick Snyder"
> <REMOVE-dicksnyder@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I am the new owner of a Konica Minolta DiMAGE A2 camera. I was about
>> to buy a SANDISK Ultra II 2GB Flash card on www.newegg.com when I
>> read a review from someone who had trouble with this card shooting
>> an airshow where the temp was 92 degrees. He had to keep cooling the
>> camera to make the card work. This was a big surprise to me. Can you
>> recommend either a good card or a good website where I can read
>> reviews (this guy had read all the reviews on the SanDISK card but
>> no one mentioned heat issues). Of course the problem COULD have been
>> expansion in his camera somehow causing a faulty electrical
>> connection with the card but I have no way of knowing that (he was
>> using a Canon EOS 20D).
>
> Get the SanDisk Extreme III.
>
> SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash cards are tested in extreme
> temperature ranges from -13 to +185 degrees Fahrenheit so that they
> can be used to shoot photos in any weather condition
>
that's true, but rumors are that they are tend to fail.
Maybe it's camera's fault for overheating, not card's?

Re: Best 2GB compact flash card
 

> Dick Snyder wrote ...
>
> I was about to buy a SANDISK Ultra II 2GB Flash card ...
>when I read a review from someone who had trouble with this
>card shooting an airshow where the temp was 92 degrees.

I use the Sandisk Ultra II 2 GB, Extreme II 2 GB and various Lexar 1-2
GB cards from 32x to 80x and have never had a card problem, even
shooting in the desert at 105 - 110 F for many days this spring and
summer or when shooting in the low teens last winter. So I personally
don't think it's the card.

>He had to keep cooling the camera to make the card
>work. This was a big surprise to me.

The Ultra II is tested at 0 - 70 C so should be good out to 158 F. The
camera will quit long before that. Hell, you'll quit long before that
:) As John points out, the Extreme is rated for a wider range (up to
185 F) but this most likely isn't the problem.

Even if the temperature was hotter the card wouldn't fail, it would
just slow down below the rated speed (speaking from 20 years designing
IC chips). I'm not sure what the max temp rating of the 20D is but I'm
certain it's rated to fail long before 158 F, possibly as low as 110 F
or lower? I shoot mostly with a 1D Mark II, which is a lot more rugged
and sealed than a 20D, yet it's only rated from 32 - 113 F with
humidity 85% or less, which is a joke since I've often shot with it
colder than freezing, a few times hotter than 113 F and many times at
100% humidity when it was raining steadily.

>Can you recommend either a good card or
>a good website where I can read reviews

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/con...id=7-6270-6330

Get the Ultra or the Extreme and start shooting :)

Bill

Re: Best 2GB compact flash card
 

Thanks Bill. Ultra II it is!
"Bill Hilton" <bhilton665@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1124137871.191474.173600@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> Dick Snyder wrote ...
>>
>> I was about to buy a SANDISK Ultra II 2GB Flash card ...
>>when I read a review from someone who had trouble with this
>>card shooting an airshow where the temp was 92 degrees.
>
> I use the Sandisk Ultra II 2 GB, Extreme II 2 GB and various Lexar 1-2
> GB cards from 32x to 80x and have never had a card problem, even
> shooting in the desert at 105 - 110 F for many days this spring and
> summer or when shooting in the low teens last winter. So I personally
> don't think it's the card.
>
>>He had to keep cooling the camera to make the card
>>work. This was a big surprise to me.
>
> The Ultra II is tested at 0 - 70 C so should be good out to 158 F. The
> camera will quit long before that. Hell, you'll quit long before that
> :) As John points out, the Extreme is rated for a wider range (up to
> 185 F) but this most likely isn't the problem.
>
> Even if the temperature was hotter the card wouldn't fail, it would
> just slow down below the rated speed (speaking from 20 years designing
> IC chips). I'm not sure what the max temp rating of the 20D is but I'm
> certain it's rated to fail long before 158 F, possibly as low as 110 F
> or lower? I shoot mostly with a 1D Mark II, which is a lot more rugged
> and sealed than a 20D, yet it's only rated from 32 - 113 F with
> humidity 85% or less, which is a joke since I've often shot with it
> colder than freezing, a few times hotter than 113 F and many times at
> 100% humidity when it was raining steadily.
>
>>Can you recommend either a good card or
>>a good website where I can read reviews
>
> http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/con...id=7-6270-6330
>
> Get the Ultra or the Extreme and start shooting :)
>
> Bill
>

Re: Best 2GB compact flash card
 

"Dick Snyder" <REMOVE-dicksnyder@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jOudnZ2dnZ1kzD_2nZ2dneZInd6dnZ2dRVn-0J2dnZ0@comcast.com...
>I am the new owner of a Konica Minolta DiMAGE A2 camera. I was about to buy
>a SANDISK Ultra II 2GB Flash card on www.newegg.com when I read a review
>from someone who had trouble with this card shooting an airshow where the
>temp was 92 degrees. He had to keep cooling the camera to make the card
>work. This was a big surprise to me. Can you recommend either a good card
>or a good website where I can read reviews (this guy had read all the
>reviews on the SanDISK card but no one mentioned heat issues). Of course
>the problem COULD have been expansion in his camera somehow causing a
>faulty electrical connection with the card but I have no way of knowing
>that (he was using a Canon EOS 20D).
>
> TIA.
>
> Dick Snyder

I suspect his problems had nothing to do with the card...unless it was
defective.
I've used SanDisk cards from well below freezing, to 115 F.
If there was ever a worry, it didn't concern the card.

Re: Best 2GB compact flash card
 

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:25:13 +0200, "SleeperMan"
<SleeperMan@too.sleepy> wrote:

>John A. Stovall wrote:
>> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 13:50:45 -0400, "Dick Snyder"
>> <REMOVE-dicksnyder@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I am the new owner of a Konica Minolta DiMAGE A2 camera. I was about
>>> to buy a SANDISK Ultra II 2GB Flash card on www.newegg.com when I
>>> read a review from someone who had trouble with this card shooting
>>> an airshow where the temp was 92 degrees. He had to keep cooling the
>>> camera to make the card work. This was a big surprise to me. Can you
>>> recommend either a good card or a good website where I can read
>>> reviews (this guy had read all the reviews on the SanDISK card but
>>> no one mentioned heat issues). Of course the problem COULD have been
>>> expansion in his camera somehow causing a faulty electrical
>>> connection with the card but I have no way of knowing that (he was
>>> using a Canon EOS 20D).
>>
>> Get the SanDisk Extreme III.
>>
>> SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash cards are tested in extreme
>> temperature ranges from -13 to +185 degrees Fahrenheit so that they
>> can be used to shoot photos in any weather condition
>>
>that's true, but rumors are that they are tend to fail.
>Maybe it's camera's fault for overheating, not card's?
>

Been using them for Six month's daily in my Canon and no problems...



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Re: Best 2GB compact flash card
 

John A. Stovall wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:25:13 +0200, "SleeperMan"
> <SleeperMan@too.sleepy> wrote:
>
>> John A. Stovall wrote:
>>> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 13:50:45 -0400, "Dick Snyder"
>>> <REMOVE-dicksnyder@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am the new owner of a Konica Minolta DiMAGE A2 camera. I was
>>>> about to buy a SANDISK Ultra II 2GB Flash card on www.newegg.com
>>>> when I read a review from someone who had trouble with this card
>>>> shooting an airshow where the temp was 92 degrees. He had to keep
>>>> cooling the camera to make the card work. This was a big surprise
>>>> to me. Can you recommend either a good card or a good website
>>>> where I can read reviews (this guy had read all the reviews on the
>>>> SanDISK card but no one mentioned heat issues). Of course the
>>>> problem COULD have been expansion in his camera somehow causing a
>>>> faulty electrical connection with the card but I have no way of
>>>> knowing that (he was using a Canon EOS 20D).
>>>
>>> Get the SanDisk Extreme III.
>>>
>>> SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash cards are tested in extreme
>>> temperature ranges from -13 to +185 degrees Fahrenheit so that they
>>> can be used to shoot photos in any weather condition
>>>
>> that's true, but rumors are that they are tend to fail.
>> Maybe it's camera's fault for overheating, not card's?
>>
>
> Been using them for Six month's daily in my Canon and no problems...

Ok, so maybe you're lucky, and maybe that rumors are wrong...
>
>
>
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>
> "A nice man is a man of nasty ideas."
>
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> 1667-1745

Re: Best 2GB compact flash card
 

>SleeperMan wrote ...
>
> ... and maybe that rumors are wrong...

Do you have some links to these rumors (of Sandisk cards failing)?

Often these kind of rumors don't hold up (typically operator error) but
sometimes they turn out to be true, like the Lexar problems with
certain Canon cameras on certain date-stamped cards, so it's always
wise to check them out just in case :)

Bill

Re: Best 2GB compact flash card
 

Bill Hilton wrote:
>> SleeperMan wrote ...
>>
>> ... and maybe that rumors are wrong...
>
> Do you have some links to these rumors (of Sandisk cards failing)?
>
> Often these kind of rumors don't hold up (typically operator error)
> but sometimes they turn out to be true, like the Lexar problems with
> certain Canon cameras on certain date-stamped cards, so it's always
> wise to check them out just in case :)
>
> Bill

no, sorry. I know i did read on some site, and also two resellers in two
different shops told me that such cards died when they were using them for
testing purposes in the shop. OK, i guess it could be operator error, but
they told me that they were using other cards for years (like Ultra II)
without single card failing...only Extreme III one.
But, i guess if you stick this card into the camera and leave it there, it
works. Many failings are also caused by people who download their pictures
via card reader, which results in over and over switching from a camera to
reader and back and again...and again...
I bought Ultra II, also because i really don't need so extreme speed or temp
to withstand. And at last, it is a bit cheaper.