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SanDisk 2GB Extreme III CompactFlash Card

2 GB - MPN: SDCFX32048901 See Product Details

Product Details of SanDisk 2GB Extreme III CompactFlash Card

Description

Designed to meet the critical speed and performance needs of serious professional photographers. Lets you quickly capture, view, upload and transfer large image files

Quick Glance

Memory Type: CompactFlash (CF) Card

Memory Size: 2 GB

Green Compliance: RoHS

Summary

Product Title: SanDisk 2GB Extreme III CompactFlash Card

Manufacturer: SanDisk

Power Score: 4.1 | 14 Reviews

Memory Type

Flash Memory Type: CompactFlash (CF) Card

Storage

Memory Size: 2 GB

General

Included Components: 2GB Extreme III CompactFlash Card RTV Travel case

Green Compliance: RoHS

Warranty

Warranty Information: Lifetime Limited

More Info

URL: Manufacturer Link

Additional Specifications

Green Compliance: Yes

Number of Memory Cards: 1

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Reviews on SanDisk 2GB Extreme III CompactFlash Card

  • 5
  By member: rboese - Dec 20, 2005

Sandisk 2GB Extreme III Compact Flash Card

Strengths: Speed, reliability.

Weakness: None.

This is the second 2GB Extreme III Compact Flash Card I have. They are the fastest of any of my CF cards, both writing and reading. In my 20D, there is a noticable difference.

  • 4
  By member: JeffreyFLA - Aug 11, 2005

SanDisk 2GB Extreme III Compact Flash Card

Strengths: Very fast writes. Good capacity.

Weakness: Not the best value per MB.

While this is a very good CF card, it is slightly slower than Sandisk's 1GB Extreme III card. Prices also make Sandisk's 1GB Extreme III a slightly better deal in terms of cost per MB at this writing. I'd recommend Sandisk's 1 GB card over this one for digital photography unless using a higher end pro camera (10 megapixels or better). A Canon 20D (8.2 megapixels) in RAW mode (no jpeg) can get...

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  • 5
  By member: techtechie - Jun 16, 2005

SanDisk 2GB Extreme III CompactFlash Card

Strengths: Very fast read/write and data transfer

Weakness: None

The SanDisk 2GB Extreme III Compact Flash Card is everything you'd want in a digital memory device. It has has a minimum of 20MB/second sequential write and read speed which should satisfy the most demanding of tasks and the 2GB capacity allows for many precious photos to be stored. It is packaged with a mini-CD -- RescuePRO, to recover photos that are accidentally deleted. I haven't had to use...

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  • 5
  By member: missaimeej - Mar 14, 2006

Extreme III 2.0GB SanDisk CF Card

Strengths: Very quick!

This is an excellent source of memory for our Canon EOS20D. This does not slow the camera down at all and we have been extremly pleased with the card. We highly recommend this CF card, you will not be disappointed.

  • 5
  By member: biologist_99 - Feb 14, 2006

Best deal now

Strengths: Fast transfer rate, lifetime warranty, included CD of data recovery software... SInce Sandisk dropped prices last week best deal around...

Weakness: None that I know of so far

Fast transfer rate takes advantage of the camera system for fast writing from buffer to flash card. This is the fastest CF cars around that I know of with the 20MB/sec transfer rate... Since Sandisk dropped prices last week best deal around...

  • 5
  By member: bballcards - Mar 3, 2006

Buy the Best -- Now Available at a Reasonable Price...

Strengths: Fastest card out there--when downloading pictures using a card reader, downloading pictures and formatting the card is an incredibly fast process.

Weakness: None.

Ever since this card was released, its price point had been well out of my range (~$200+ for a 2GB card). However, prices for flash memory have been falling like a rock, and I snagged this card for about $100 shipped (B&H Photo). Given that just about all of the premium high-speed name-brand 2GB compact flash cards are within about $20 of each other, it's now a no-brainer--buy the best--THIS...

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  • 5
  By member: atorres4 - Aug 31, 2006

Good choice

Strengths: Fast read/write. Large for most day shooting.

Weakness: May be small for shooting many days on hight resolution

I really like this card. I bought it for my Canon Digital Rebel Xt. At the beginning I wasn't sure what to expect, but it really delivers what it promises. Fast on read/write and enough storage to save a day's worth of High Resolution pictures. More if you use medium or low quality.

  • 4
  By member: zxpoppy - Feb 24, 2006

SanDisk 2GB Extreme III Compact Flash Card

Strengths: fastest card and lifetime warranty

Weakness: relatively expensive. Many devices can't yet take advantage of its speed capabilities

This is an excelent card and is very fast. I'm not sure though just how many devices can actually make use of this extra speed at the moment, but definately a good investment for the future as im sure newer devices will welcome the additional speed available with this card. Recommend this card for use in any pro-sumer or SLR digital camera.

  • 5
  By member: quality_stuff - Feb 21, 2006

2GB Extreme III Compact Flash Card

Strengths: Speed, ESP, rugged

Weakness: None

Stepping up from a standard sandisk card this is a big jump in speed. It's at least 3 times faster when using my digital rebel. And downloading pics to the computer is much faster also. It's almost worth buying it just for the time saved, never mind the big capacity.

  • 3
  By member: swapmeet_junkie - Sep 12, 2006

Seems sluggish -- no noticeable performance...

Strengths: 2GB - that is a lot of storage space! Seems to be rugged.

Weakness: I did not do a formal benchmark, but I expected noticibly faster read and write performance. It runs around the same speed as my 512MB San Disk. (Which is not even an Ultra II)

I like this device, and it has been reliable, but I am dissappointed in I/O performance. I expected to see considerable improvement during uploads to PC. I did not notice this at all. I was told it would be 10X faster than my old San Disk compact flash card -- it is clearly not. I noticed no performance improvement in writes either. I was hoping for a reduced recovery time between camera shots,...

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  • 3.6
  testseek.com - Jan 22, 2010

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