CF card issues - replacement and photo recovery

[tenohfive]

I've got a Sandisk Ultra 8GB CF card that for the last couple of years has been fine but I can't get the card reader (a half decent Kingston one) to recognise the card. I've tested both the card reader and the card and it's the card that's knackered.

What should I replace it with - another Sandisk or is there something better/more reliable?

ETA: I can't change the title, but initially I couldn't get the photo's off the knackered card. After some tweaking with different USB cables I've managed to managed to sort that.

[markmullen]

Sandisk or Lexar are usually good.

Check out mymemory, they often have deals, and avoid ebay or some of the other less scrupulous online resellers as fakes are aplenty.

[Simpo Two]

I've just brought in another haul of wedding photos on a Lexar Pro 400x UDMA. I trust it. Well them, I have three.

[Turn7]

Simpo Two said:

I've just brought in another haul of wedding photos on a Lexar Pro 400x UDMA. I trust it. Well them, I have three.

Out of interest, what size card do you shoot Simpo? Id be paranoid using one large one....

[tenohfive]

Cheers gents, ordered this Lexar one.

[Simpo Two]

Turn7 said:

Out of interest, what size card do you shoot Simpo? Id be paranoid using one large one....

8Gb - more than enough for a wedding. Don't need it bigger, don't need it faster

(though obviously if I shot uncompressed RAW with a D800 it would be different)

tenohfive said:

Cheers gents, ordered this Lexar one.

Yay, another CF user! We must start a club...