Does brand matter for CF cards?

I like sandisk personally. I have 5 of there cards and not a single problem. I also use Kingston Elite cards, they also work very well.
Nick

A lot of good reviews of Transcend and they have amazing prices! If I didn't already have so much memory. I use Kingston and Sandisk as well. Kingston is awesome and once again great prices! I got 4GB 133x for $22...or $26. Still, way better than Sandisk and they're faster than the Ultra II's and roughly the same as the Extreme III so you;re in between for a way better price.

So if someone going with 16mp or 21mp cameras, will that 2gb or 4gb CF cards be enough? difficult to be 4-6 4gb cards to go with those large mp cameras, can't someone get for example 1x 12gb or 2x 8gb to use with those cameras? is it always risky to go with large size CF cards due to some lost in data by any reason? I will buy that 21mp soon and i don't know if my 2x 8GB and 1x 4GB cards are enough.

4GB maybe not but the 8GB might. Shooting RAW or not? I know 4GB is perfect for my 20D on RAW at 400 photos.

Well I have had problems with both Adata and from Sandisk Extreme IV. I keep getting some images that look corrupted. They show up fine on the LCD of the camera but when transfered (using the internal card reader) they get corrupted so I am thinking that it could be the card reader or the cards. I actually happens more often on the "Professional" cards than the others.

Not sure how much of a difference there really is, but I personally prefer Sandisk and since I have been able to get all of mine for very cheap through Sandisks generous rebate offers I am more than happy to buy their cards. As of right now I have 28GBs Sandisk CF cards, and I have never had a problem yet with any of them.

I've had nothing but trouble with Lexar, so I avoid them like the plague. Best advice is to pick a brand that works well for you and stick to it. I found Ridata to be very good, as well as Sandisk. They're all that I use.

Ive got sandisk, ridata and transcend and have no issues with any of them.

I have about 26GBs of Sandisk cards and never had any problem with it before [I remember i had one problem once but not sure if that with Sandisk or Lexar card].
And i ordered an item with also 12GB Sandisk CF Card today [I have to pay later] so then i will have about 38GBs of Sandsik CF Cards.

i use sandisk 8-gig cards only,.

ed rader

I have 2 Sandisk Cards,

1- 4gb Extreme III
1- 4gb Ultra II

Very satisfied with both.

Wish I remembered to change to s-jpeg when shooting burst, I usually forget and shoot in RAW, waste of space/buffer.

I have a 2 gig A-data one, because I'm cheap, and I've not had a problem with it at all, I've also got a 2 gig mini SD from them too, which I use every day with my music in my phone and havn't had a problem with that, either.