Good 16gb CF card

elguapo wrote in post #11692122
The lexar on Amazon for $43 is the Lexar Platinum II 200x. The Lexar professional 300x is $117.

I don't know the difference between the platinum and the professional series of Lexar cards or your speed needs.

I like the pro cards. I have a 4 and an 8 I tried the platinum and had two failures. That was it for me.

Right now I'm liking the Transcend 16Gs from Newegg.

That's the way I look at it too. More cards/ small to medium size capacity. Plus the more stuff I have on my cards the more I procrastinate in transferring to the computer

thaking wrote in post #11693109
the reason i have avoided such large cards - if i have so many photos on one card, that's just one point of failure...card fails, i lose all photos...however, if i have my photos spread over 4 8GB cards rather than 1 32GB card, if one fails, i still have 24GB that didn't fail...but to each his own..

but then the card in the camera is safe from something happening, while the 3 others once full and tucked away somewhere could be lost/stolen/etc...
you could also make the argument that with 4 cards, you're 4 times more likely to experience a failure than a single card...

that coin flips both ways... there's no real answer if you want the most reliable/foolproof system

SMP_Homer wrote in post #11698678
but then the card in the camera is safe from something happening, while the 3 others once full and tucked away somewhere could be lost/stolen/etc...
you could also make the argument that with 4 cards, you're 4 times more likely to experience a failure than a single card...

that coin flips both ways... there's no real answer if you want the most reliable/foolproof system

Was exactly my thought also. I have 4 x 16gb Sandisk Extreme 3's who have run flawlessly for years. One Transcend 32gb (that had an issue after 6 or 7 fills). As it stands I am nervous with losing cards more than a failure. Also consider what you may miss during the change from one card to the next (or having to make a break in a video - like a wedding toast or similar). There are pros and cons to each - 4 times the number of cards also might mean 4 times the chance of a failure.
I remember my own wedding photographer using a fist full of 1gb and 4gb cards - and then having to offload them during the reception to make more room - made me wonder what she might lose in the process. Having to stop and change anything during a shoot is not ideal - be it batteries or cards.
I will stick with bigger cards (and more of them :lol
I have put my Sandisk Extreme III's through a few hundred cycles so far and no thoughts of retiring them.

SMP_Homer wrote in post #11698678
but then the card in the camera is safe from something happening, while the 3 others once full and tucked away somewhere could be lost/stolen/etc...
you could also make the argument that with 4 cards, you're 4 times more likely to experience a failure than a single card...

that coin flips both ways... there's no real answer if you want the most reliable/foolproof system

this makes zero sense...the odds of one card failing is MUCH greater than the odds of four cards failing...

think of this - you're on vacation and take 1000 photos, spread over 4 cards...one card fails and you lose those photos...you still have 750 photos...now, had you used one card and it fails, you're out 1000 photos...

i've never lost or had cards stolen, but if you're clumsy enough to lose 4 cards, you're just likely to be clumsy enough to lose one card...

the *real* answer to a foolproof system is to avoid having a single failure point - having one card provides one place for failure....

Justaddwata wrote in post #11698866
Was exactly my thought also. I have 4 x 16gb Sandisk Extreme 3's who have run flawlessly for years. One Transcend 32gb (that had an issue after 6 or 7 fills). As it stands I am nervous with losing cards more than a failure. Also consider what you may miss during the change from one card to the next (or having to make a break in a video - like a wedding toast or similar). There are pros and cons to each - 4 times the number of cards also might mean 4 times the chance of a failure.
I remember my own wedding photographer using a fist full of 1gb and 4gb cards - and then having to offload them during the reception to make more room - made me wonder what she might lose in the process. Having to stop and change anything during a shoot is not ideal - be it batteries or cards.
I will stick with bigger cards (and more of them :lol
I have put my Sandisk Extreme III's through a few hundred cycles so far and no thoughts of retiring them.

Your logic is off a lil. Your chances of a single failure is 4x as likely, but to lose all 4 is GREATLY reduced.

thaking wrote in post #11699202
this makes zero sense...the odds of one card failing is MUCH greater than the odds of four cards failing...

that's true - but it's not what I said

Transcend 400x cards are great.

^ seems to be the consensus. I'll be placing my order today for a 32G Transcend at amazon $74.39. With prime shipping it should arrive Wed which happens to be the day my 7D is scheduled to arrive.

http://www.amazon.com …r?ie=UTF8&m=ATV​PDKIKX0DER

I have a Lexar 16GB 400x Professional CF UDMA card and it fail less than 2 weeks old, I have never had a card fail before, and most cards I have bought in 10 years have been Lexar or Sandisc. I tried Image Rescue and some 3rd party software but it appears that the micro processor on the board inside has failed as apposed to corruption of data on the actual memory chip. I spoke with someone at Lexar and they have been pretty helpful about arranging retrieval of my images and replacing the card. It really sucks but what do you do? At least they are helping me out instead of making excuses.

SMP_Homer wrote in post #11698678
but then the card in the camera is safe from something happening, while the 3 others once full and tucked away somewhere could be lost/stolen/etc...
you could also make the argument that with 4 cards, you're 4 times more likely to experience a failure than a single card...

that coin flips both ways... there's no real answer if you want the most reliable/foolproof system

Another way of expressing this is that if you split your media up, say 4 cards instead of one, if you experience a failure you stand the chance of potentially saving 75% of your work! Only one of 4 cards would be likely to be down! I think the misunderstanding was that with 4 cards it's more likely that you will experience failure ( which statistically is true by 4 times, similar to buying 4 lottery tickets if the odds are 1 in 1 million then you now have 4 in 1 million ) but you decrease the magnitude of loss by spreading out the load or increasing the frequency. The only advantage of a larger card I can think of is when shooting video or at an event when frequently changing cards is not an option.

Answer: 1D-Series w/ Dual Memory Slots.

cpforyou wrote in post #11973982
Answer: 1D-Series w/ Dual Memory Slots.

Because that is so much cheaper?