12Apr Transcend Premium 400x 32GB compact flash cards.
Although I’ve been very happy with the performance of the PRETEC SDXC 64GB cards I’ve been using, the toughness of a CF card still wins compared to the thinner lighter weight SD cards. Plus the combination of a 32GB CF card and a 64GB SDXC card in the camera gives me close to 90GB of footage before I have to change anything out. This basically means a whole day worth of shooting in many cases.
You still pay a premium for larger capacity compact flash cards. These Transcend 32GB CF cards are about $63 a peace, which is down from last years pricing but still about twice the dollar to GB ratio of the 64GB SDXC cards I’ve been using. I haven’t had a chance to do any speed tests yet, but it shouldn’t be hard for most cards to keep up with the 11MByte data rate of the new ALL-I format of the 5d mark III.
Once I’ve had a chance to do some speed tests on these Transcend 32GB CF cards, I’ll post some results on how they stack up against the very fast SDXC cards I’ve been using. More info to follow.
April 12th, 2012 at 1:33 pm
thanks, looking forward to your results. with the new 5d with dual slots i find myself… asking SD or CF? And, really whats the difference anyway ?
keep up the good work
April 12th, 2012 at 2:59 pm
The only difference between the two types of media is durability. I should have speed data up tomorrow.
April 12th, 2012 at 5:07 pm
Hey, what about the review of canon 5d Mark III? I really want to see, a review of this camera, made by you. It will be awesome the review.
April 12th, 2012 at 5:51 pm
Still working on it sir. I’ve been shooting with it every chance I get and I’m working on some 5dmk2 v.s. 5dmk3 stuff this weekend as well. The review is in the works.
April 12th, 2012 at 6:22 pm
I had 4 of them trandsend cards … 2 of them courupted and i sent them back … 1 x266 still works and one x133 one works for me but … its scary dealing with these cards … just know they send out batches of bad memory … i didnt loose any data but i did loose the use of the cards … its hard to tell if your cards are going not to format …
April 12th, 2012 at 7:16 pm
I’ve used my 16gb CF card for more then 2 years with no problem as well as a bunch of SD cards. Both of these cards should good results in testing (post tomorrow) so i’m not to worried. They also come with a life time replacement police so if they do fail getting a replacement shouldn’t be a big deal.
April 13th, 2012 at 6:57 pm
says the person who didnt have a $5,000 worth of footage on a card … a lifetime warranty ant going to bring that back … “my bad, it wasnt me, it was the cf card it failed ” #kanyeshrug “when can we re-shoot” thats not the conversation i want to have with a client …
April 14th, 2012 at 6:57 am
$5,000 is an exceptionally good day rate. Regardless backups every half hour to an hour is still standard when I’m shooting.
April 14th, 2012 at 6:08 pm
I never thought to back up every half and hour but when shooting long format like events … I never saw the need to back up half of a card … I always assumed to back up when card is near done … and the $5000 is not the day rate … but the production cost of a music video that I shoot goes well over $5000 and working with artist that dont have alot of time in one place or in a documentaries like the one i was shooting when the 2 cards failed …. I would like to know I have a reliable card … It does not make sense to back up every hour when your shooting for 2 days straight … I also use my cf cards a last resort back up when shooting … and never erase the card unless its back up twice … not to split hairs i just was saying that I had 2 cards that failed that were the 400x and when i researched the problem I wasnt the only one … Transend 400x CF Card has the worst rating out of the line … check amazon ratings and go though the 1 and 2 star … “it worked fine the first time and now i cant get my pictures off” are there amongst a slew of others with similar stories like me … thats where I purchased mine …