Comments on: High End Lexar Memory Cards Are Currently On Sale

By: Maksimilian Dikarev

Maksimilian Dikarev — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:17:00 +0000

On the 5d3, the top write speed of the SD card is 133x. Also – if you’re using both CF and SD, the camera slows both card slots to the slowest – 133x. If you use only the CF – then you write at the top allowed speed of the card.

By: Kid Digital.

Kid Digital. — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:30:00 +0000

Not sure how accurate this is, but this is the chart I choose to trust and follow.. (until someone can point me to a more thorough and credible source)
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/camera_wb_multi_page.asp?cid=6007-12452

I shoot with a 5DMKIII and didn’t realize the speed difference between CF and SD until I did more research.. I picked up 2 64GB SanDisk SDXC’s and theyre good for holding a lot (esp on vacation) but slow as shit..

Thanks to you guys for the heads up, I just bought 2 X 32GB Lexar 1000 CF’s and am super excited about these since they made the top of the list in speed! Now I can have both speed and storage for any situation! :)

By: Mike_Kelley

Mike_Kelley — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:09:00 +0000

this post needs more ballyhoo

By: Lars Relander

Lars Relander — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:06:00 +0000

On each card on sale they say “Offer ends Aug 31 ’12″ so I don’t get what the ballyhoo about “today only” is??

By: Lee Morris

Lee Morris — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:59:00 +0000

I remember spending $350 for my first 1gb card.

By: John Sannucci

John Sannucci — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:56:00 +0000

But SD cards are so much lower in price…….my first CF was $180 for 512mb card !

By: Alice Trask

Alice Trask — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:50:00 +0000

I love hearing people gripe about the prices of CF cards. 10 years ago when I first got into digital, I bought 2- 1gb CF cards and paid $300 a piece for them. When I bought my D800 a couple months ago, someone had 64gb high speed SD cards on sale for $58 each. I bought 2 of them. Trust me…the price is nothing like it used to be.

By: Lee Morris

Lee Morris — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:30:00 +0000

I agree, it does seem like prices have gone up a bit. Over a year ago I got a couple 32gb 60mbps cards and they are the exact same price today.

By: Joey Duncan

Joey Duncan — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:23:00 +0000

Why the heck are CF cards so much more than they were a years ago, $49.99 for a 16GB mid grade? I paid $35 from amazon or newegg a year ago for the sandisk version (mid grade). I know it’s probably from the floods, but HDD prices and SSD memory prices have come back down.

BTW, just to throw this out there, I have 2 Lexar CF cards (8 & 16 for my 7D) and have had no issues with this.

By: Lee Morris

Lee Morris — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:21:00 +0000

thanks!