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Review on πŸ“Έ Enhanced Performance SimpleTech STI-CF/128 128MB CompactFlash Card by Brandon Perkins

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Thinking about buying Simpletech but according to Nikon.

After reading several reports of Simpletech cards not working in Nikon digital cameras, I decided to call Nikon myself. I've been told, and this is first hand. Simpletech's flash cards use a Hitachi controller, the fastest on the market today. These controllers don't work well with Nikon cameras because the Hitachi controller writes different parts of the image to the flash card at the same time, making the card faster. But the controllers in Nikon cameras do not take the picture at the same time, they take the picture in parts, which is slower, but works according to the Nikon principle. I then asked why other manufacturers' cards work with Nikon and they said that those manufacturers use their own controllers that are configured to work with Nikon. A Nikon tech casually mentioned that Nikon will soon be launching a new line of digital cameras with a new faster controller that will work quickly and flawlessly with Simpletech cards. Finally, he assured me that there was nothing bad or bad about Simpletech cards. At least I bought it! Here's my 2 cents in this playground argument!

Pros
  • Sturdy construction
Cons
  • No gun