Product Description

300X high-speed CompactFlash card * 45MB per second minimum sustained write capability * 16GB card stores up to 4,400 12-megapixel JPEG digital photos depending on your digital camera's settings *

Product Details

• Brand: Lexar
• Model: CF16GB300381
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.00" h x 4.75" w x 6.50" l, 1.11 pounds

Features

• 300X high-speed CompactFlash card
• 45MB per second minimum sustained write capability
• 16GB card stores up to 4,400 12-megapixel JPEG digital photos depending on your digital camera's settings

Customer Reviews

Buy this bad boy!
I'm a photojournalist who bought the Lexar 16 gig UDMA card for my new Canon 5D Mark II. I've had occasion to use the card on a variety of assignments and for spot news during the Stanford Financial meltdown.

The card is perfect, never a hint of bogging down or image corruption no matter how fast I shoot. This is partly due to the camera, of course, but the fast write speed of the Lexar keeps up when shooting those massive 21 megapixel images or high def video. I also appreciate that Lexar lets you download "Image Rescue 3" for free when you buy the card.

Don't waste your money if you are using an older or "prosumer" camera; they probably will perform the same with a card costing half the price. Lexar designed this pricey bad boy for high-end pro cameras.

Good Speed with Capacity
As in my review of the generally similar Kingston Ultimate 266x card in the 16GB capacity, I use these high-speed cards, as opposed to the 133x class, in order to maintain as much shooting speed as possible without getting halted by buffer fills. This Lexar card serves well, as all Lexars have for me, with never a problem of data corruption or formatting quirks. I gave it four stars instead of five only because it costs so much more than the Kingston Ultimate, though I cannot perceive a performance difference, despite the fact that 300x implies more speed than 266x. No doubt the Lexar product is carrying a "name-recognition fee" due to the loyalty of professional shooters. I *can* say that either one is definitely better than the 133x-class cards in accepting a long burst of shots from my Canon 5D.

Mucho Memory
I've been using the 4s and 8s, and this is my first 16. It works like the others, but of course more pics per card. The high res cameras can fill cards pretty fast. Like the ones before, this works great. I don't notice a large benefit from the UDMA, but I assume it's there in the backgroud making transfers go a little faster.