Review on 💾 SanDisk Ultra CF Card (8GB/30MB, SDCFH-008G-A11) - US Retail Package by Ben Demers

I've been using this card in my camera since early May and have been blown away by the flexibility its speed and capacity offers. Try as I might, the closest I got to filling this card was on my Canon XTi on a 5 day trip where I took over 3,000 medium/high quality (2816 x 1880) shots. I didn't have a computer or other storage with me on the trip, so I expected that at some point I'd have to delete photos to be able to save everything and be able to shoot more of what I wanted. But on the third day I realized that the card was about 2. 000 shots was only half full. I was also able to get a 90 frame burst at 3 fps on medium. In most cases, medium/high resolution on the XTi is sufficient for most prints. I've printed up to 11x14 with a little post processing with great success. So the card itself will handle a very happy journey with the right quality settings. But when I'm doing something more thoughtful, like portraits for a friend, I can take around 800 RAW photos and almost 450 RAW+JPEGs - big! (although when I need JPEG files, I usually just do a quick batch conversion when I import everything into Adobe Lightroom on my computer). However, what I like most about this card is that I can use it to take time-lapse photos, without having to carry my laptop around. If I have access to an outlet or can use an inverter in a field wagon, the only way I can set up my camera is with a locked shutter cable or a converted intervalometer that I sometimes borrow from a friend. This means I don't have to take my laptop with me, I don't have to set up software with cables, I don't have to worry about powering my laptop, I don't have to respond quickly to every computer - I can set up and move around camera communication problems much faster. There are just so many benefits! When I shoot in medium/high resolution, this card gives me enough frames for 2 minutes of high definition video at 24 fps. lap video. When I record in small/high resolution (1936x1280 is still higher than 1920x1080 1080P video) I can get almost 4 minutes. And if I'm willing to sacrifice a bit of quality for length by shooting in small/normal mode, I can get close to 10 minutes of time-lapse video. In terms of speed, this card is fast enough. Surprisingly, I get faster transfers directly from the camera via the USB cable than with my card reader, but it could just be a bad card reader. But I can transfer an almost complete map in just a few minutes. Transferring data from the camera to the card is fairly fast, and the buffer is cleared in just a few seconds after a single RAW+JPEG-L capture and about 20 seconds, to clear the entire buffer (good for 9 RAW+JPEG-L, 12 RAW or 90+ medium/high quality images). I haven't had a single case of data corruption or other problems with this CF card either. It's rock solid and I'm very glad I didn't go for something smaller or cheaper. but it could just be a bad card reader. But I can transfer an almost complete map in just a few minutes. Transferring data from the camera to the card is fairly fast, and the buffer clears in just a few seconds after a single RAW+JPEG-L capture and about 20 seconds to clear the entire buffer (good for 9 RAW+ JPEG-L, 12 RAW or more than 90 medium/high quality images). I haven't had a single case of data corruption or other problems with this CF card either. It's rock solid and I'm very glad I didn't go for something smaller or cheaper. but it could just be a bad card reader. But I can transfer an almost complete map in just a few minutes. Transferring data from the camera to the card is fairly fast, and the buffer clears in just a few seconds after a single RAW+JPEG-L capture and about 20 seconds to clear the entire buffer (good for 9 RAW+ JPEG-L, 12 RAW or more than 90 medium/high quality images). I haven't had a single case of data corruption or other problems with this CF card either. It's rock solid and I'm very happy that I didn't go for something smaller or cheaper. or more than 90 medium/high quality images). I haven't had a single case of data corruption or other problems with this CF card either. It's rock solid and I'm very glad I didn't go for something smaller or cheaper. or more than 90 medium/high quality images). I haven't had a single case of data corruption or other problems with this CF card either. It's rock solid and I'm very glad I didn't go for something smaller or cheaper. that I didn't go for something smaller or cheaper. or more than 90 medium/high quality images). I haven't had a single case of data corruption or other problems with this CF card either. It's rock solid and I'm very glad I didn't go for something smaller or cheaper. that I didn't go for something smaller or cheaper. or more than 90 medium/high quality images). I haven't had a single case of data corruption or other problems with this CF card either. It's rock solid and I'm very glad I didn't go for something smaller or cheaper.