Lexar Proffesional 4 Gig 80X for £29:99

[V6GTO]

Is this good, bad or indiferent?

http://www.ukdvdr.co.uk/shop/Lexar-Pro-4Gb-80x-Com...

Martin.

[VxDuncan]

Decent make, should be okay. Personally I'd get four 1gb or two 2gb's though - that way if (when) it corrupts you don't loose everything. Flash memory has a finite life and will fail eventually.

Also check your camera can use a card that big. Oh, and it's not THAT quick (I think - I use SD). If you have a pro spec DSLR you may want something quicker.

[chris.mapey]

Really good card & price. I use the 2Gb version of those. Write speeds is good & they have ben reliable.

No cause for complaints at all - I'm going to get a couple of those at that price...

Chris

[sidaorb]

I have 8 X 1GB versions of those and going to upgrade to 2gb after changing camera, great cards and the pro range carries limited lifetime warranty, which I have used twice with great service from Lexar (unlike the service from another make beginning with S******!)

[Ledaig]

sidaorb said:

I have 8 X 1GB versions of those and going to upgrade to 2gb after changing camera, great cards and the pro range carries limited lifetime warranty, which I have used twice with great service from Lexar (unlike the service from another make beginning with S******!)

Good to hear they have great customer service, but if the cards are so good why have you had to use it twice?

[sidaorb]

Over 5 years and approx 100,000 images I think thats not a bad ratio. I would point out that the failures were 3 years ago and on an old 256mb & 512mb 24x cards, both pro series and as they were no longer produced the replacements were faster cards.

[V6GTO]

VxDuncan said:

Decent make, should be okay. Personally I'd get four 1gb or two 2gb's though - that way if (when) it corrupts you don't loose everything. Flash memory has a finite life and will fail eventually.

Am using 2s at the moment...changing cards far too often.

VxDuncan said:

Also check your camera can use a card that big. Oh, and it's not THAT quick (I think - I use SD). If you have a pro spec DSLR you may want something quicker.

I have a 1DMarkIIN...I think it'll be OK (I bought a cheap 8Gig that takes 770 RAW images that works fine) My camera takes 1XCF card and 1XSD card...I can't notice any difference.

Martin.

Edited by V6GTO on Wednesday 13th June 13:46

[sidaorb]

Martin

How many 2's have you got, if they are pro's I may be interested in them email me.

Carl

[V6GTO]

sidaorb said:

Martin

How many 2's have you got, if they are pro's I may be interested in them email me.

Carl

Sorry...I'll be keeping them for "back-up"

Martin.

[Ian_H]

I got one of these last week from www.svp.co.uk because the postage was a £1 cheaper and have been using it my 1D MKIII over the weekend and it certainly doesn't appear any slower than the Extreme III 4gb cards I have

[imperialism2024]

I remember back in the day paying $110 per 1gb lexar pro CF card, and that was a good deal.