Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have had two legitimate Sandisk cards fail in my M8, an Ultra II and an Extreme III. The Extreme III lasted two days. My dealer replaced it. I have had no failures with Transcend. Newegg sells their 2G 133X SD card for $8.25. Hard to beat. Len On Sep 10, 2008, at 1:33 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Another thing to keep in mind is that there are fake Sandisk cards > out there. As with so many other things, certain Chinese producers > have no respect for intellectual property and send these onto the > market. Telltale signs include ultra-low prices at ebay-based > retailers. > > Those fakes may work just as well as the real thing or they may > not. You pay your money and you take your chances. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > On Sep 10, 2008, at 1:41 AM, Eric Korenman wrote: > >> i've played with many cheap 3d party cards.. which fail. >> Not always flat out -- they can get flaky and irregularly fail. >> Dropping a picture here.. a picture there. >> >> you get what you $$ for. >> >> I am strictly a sandisk man now. >> They haven't failed me .. yet. >> >> Eric >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information