Author Topic: sandisk worth the price? (Read 5172 times)

enzo · « **on:** January 20, 2009, 01:57:27 AM »

Hi, since we can get a cheap memory cards from cdr king even less than 1k for a 4gig sd card. is it still advisable to buy a original sandisk? i never experience loss of data from those cheap sd cards. is buying those branded sd/cf cards guarantee no error on their cards? also does sandisk have a bundle software to recover loss data?

engrmariano · « **Reply #1 on:** January 20, 2009, 09:04:05 AM »

worth for me, coz i encountered corrupted images when i use cheap CF from a popular digital accessories store.

dockie · « **Reply #2 on:** January 20, 2009, 09:13:49 AM »

i also had errors with ridata cf cards. never had them with the original sndisks. now all my memory cards are original sandisks.

Kikkomann · « **Reply #3 on:** January 20, 2009, 09:14:17 AM »

If your work depends on it, I'd say yes.

smilingFACE · « **Reply #4 on:** January 20, 2009, 09:22:38 AM »

hi boss... what do you recommend for CF card? i want to buy later afternoon for my boracay tomorrow..
what brand should i get with no error free.

thanks sir

j_chu · « **Reply #5 on:** January 20, 2009, 09:23:24 AM »

I'd say yes also

Encountered a lot of corrupted data using Ridata CF cards as well. I'm sure others have no problems with it; maybe I was just unlucky enough to get some lemons. But still most of our images are irreplaceable. I now use original Sandisk Extreme III and IV. Both are reliable and high speed to boot

Just wish I could afford the Ducatis

gpx4 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 20, 2009, 09:24:27 AM »

The incremental cost of an original Sandisk is worth the performance and most especially the peace of mind for me.

Melwyn B. Alamag · « **Reply #7 on:** January 20, 2009, 09:29:34 AM »

i think sandisk (or Lexar) are worth the price plus unlike before its not as costly. I got a extreme 3 16GB for roughly 3.6K in HK whereas before nasa 6K up ata yun. 32GB are coming in na kasi kaya naka sale na mga 16GB

aero · « **Reply #8 on:** January 20, 2009, 09:36:24 AM »

agree. do invest in quality memory cards.

of course don't depend ONLY on the cards. do make it a habit to get your photos out of your card/s and into your HDD soon as you can and practice sensible back-up practices.

engrmariano · « **Reply #9 on:** January 20, 2009, 09:59:02 AM »

Quote from: smilingFACE on January 20, 2009, 09:22:38 AM

hi boss... what do you recommend for CF card? i want to buy later afternoon for my boracay tomorrow..
what brand should i get with no error free.

thanks sir

xtreme II will do.

wwonka · « **Reply #10 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:22:18 AM »

had some sandisk extreme II, and transcend...

so far I only jad 2 files corrupted using the transcend 133x 4gb. it happened on the last 2 picture before the card get full... so i guess... dont make it full, leave some space in the CF...

after that i never had problem with my CF...

and some file can be salvages using a software.... i forgot what is the software...

but if ur budget permits, by all means get the sandisk ( original )....

that is my 2 cents

mckytm · « **Reply #11 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:45:54 AM »

Quote from: gpx4 on January 20, 2009, 09:24:27 AM

The incremental cost of an original Sandisk is worth the performance and most especially the peace of mind for me.

My thoughts exactly. Used to have a pair of non-Sandisk cards, and the images on one of them just got corrupted without any warning. After that I swore them off and now use only Sandisk -- just for peace of mind.

smilingFACE · « **Reply #12 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:57:03 AM »

thank you.. il try check to the mall..

thank you very much

Kikkomann · « **Reply #13 on:** January 20, 2009, 11:00:15 AM »

Quote from: engrmariano on January 20, 2009, 09:59:02 AM

xtreme II will do.

Maybe you mean III?

IIRC, its Ultra II > Extreme III > Extreme IV > Ducati Version.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

heckler · « **Reply #14 on:** January 20, 2009, 11:03:55 AM »

sandisk is absolutely worth it! its reliable, you get your money's worth., its ok to buy the cheap ones however its open to accidents.

in my field of sports photography i cant risk on having accidents and have some of my prize shots corrupted, thats why i only use sandisk ducati and III as back up. my humble take on this matter

wena73 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 20, 2009, 11:07:17 AM »

I think Sandisk cards are worth it. I'm using a Sandisk Extreme III 4Gb Cf and I never experienced any problems or corrupted files.
I also have a Transcend 4gb 133x Cf card and sometimes I have one or two corrupted images. I also have older transcend card but I didn't get corrupted images.

But the next time I buy again it will be Sandisk for my peace of mind.

ohmz2k1 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 20, 2009, 11:14:56 AM »

The best talaga ang Sandisk Extreme III + Sandisk MicroMate Card Reader PANALO.

neilc · « **Reply #17 on:** January 20, 2009, 12:05:18 PM »

For me, if your life or work depends on it, then by all means, go Sandisk. I shoot as a hobbyist and the cheap branded ones are okay like Transcend, Toshiba etc.

Jargon · « **Reply #18 on:** January 20, 2009, 12:53:11 PM »

I've used a Transcend 4-GB SD card on my O2 XDA Exec phone all day everyday for 3 years and it never failed. That card recorded data constantly everyday as my phone kept in sync with our company's Exchange server. I still use that SD card now on my camera. And I use 4 other Transcend SD cards that have also never failed. I have a Transcend 8-GB microSDHC Class 6 card now on my HTC Touch Pro phone. I will never buy cheap memory cards. But I will buy Transcend cards.

Transcend gets new products on the market quickly. Several months after Transcend launched its 16-GB SDHC Class 6 card, SanDisk produced a slower Class 4 version. By the time SanDisk had finally launched a 16-GB SDHC Class 6 card, Transcend's version had already been on the market (and in my camera) for almost a year.

IMm29 · « **Reply #19 on:** January 20, 2009, 01:00:10 PM »

I'm happy with the Sandisk Extreme III 8GB a friend got from HK. Have taken about 3000 shots with the new card, about 90% RAW files, and happy to note so far so good.

Encountered problems with my Ridata 8GB CF card before that, which is what prompted me to go for a Sandisk. It reached a point where only about 30% of what I shot (which was about 120 shots) was accessible, the rest were corrupted. $:-\$ Luckily, with the help of PC Inspector, I was able to restore most of the pix that were missing, but not without casualties and a lot of time spent waiting for the restore process to complete.

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