Product Description

A CompactFlash Type I memory card is a solid-state disk card with a 50-pin connector. The pins provide a connection between the memory and the CompactFlash drive in your electronic device. CompactFlash cards are used more like a hard drive than RAM. They are designed with flash technology, a non-volatile storage solution that does not lose its information when power is removed from the card. The cards contain no moving parts and are extremely rugged, providing much greater data protection than conventional magnetic disk drives. CompactFlash cards are commonly used in portable applications such as digital cameras, digital music players, and personal digital assistants (PDAs).

Product Details

• Brand: Crucial
• Model: CF8GB-300-380
• Dimensions: .10 pounds

Features

• Storage Capacity - 8GB
• Technology - Compact Flash
• Manufacturer Warranty - Lifetime warranty
• Dimensions -- 1.6" Length x 1.4" Height x 0.13" Thick (40.6 mm x 35.6 mm x 3.3 mm)
• Compatibility -- CFA certified

Customer Reviews

Outstanding when paired with a UDMA reader
This is a great little card. But there are a couple of things to keep in mind before picking it up.

1) Don't expect the 300x to make a big difference while you are out shooting, especially if you are using a modern digital SLR. Cameras seldom take full advantage of flash card speed, largely because they don't have to thanks to their big, fast internal buffers. 99.9% of the time I could get by with a glacially slow card because my DSLR can buffer 40 RAW frames before it even needs to write to the card.

2) The 300x will make a big difference when transferring files from the card to your computer, but only if paired with a UDMA card reader. On paper this card boasts 300x speed, or 45 MB/s. That seems stellar, but when I plugged it into my trusty USB 2.0 CF card readers, I found the actual transfer speed to be 4 MB/s for both reads and writes! (Yes, 4 MB/s -- that's not a typo. And yes, I'm sure it's a USB 2.0 reader using a USB 2.0 port. I even repeated the exercise with another reader from a different vendor to verify my results.) I tested by moving several GB of 15MB RAW files, as well as some 1GB video clips to measure sustained performance. Obviously the problem was that my reader could not take advantage of the full UDMA speed of this card. Fortunately I had a third UDMA USB 2.0 reader, and keeping all other variables constant, using that reader my write speed jumped to 14 MB/s and reads went to 33 MB/s, or about 220x, which is quite respectable and hugely better than the 27x speeds I was enduring before.

Make sure your reader supports UDMA and you'll be very happy with this card.

Lexar pro cards are always top knotch
i went looking for a more reliable and larger card than the 133x 4gb sony card i purchased when i bought my 40d, having had a lexar pro 2 gb card and knowing their proven reliablity i went with this card, and man, i couldnt have made a better choice. i shot a whole wedding with this card and never missed a beat. the card was as fast as the camera. even at $169, you cant find a better card. Bravo Lexar!!

Great Match for Canon 40D
Got this CF Card as an interim memory card for the Canon 40D camera [new fast digital camera] planning to use it until a bigger faster one could be located. The camera can take 6.5 pictures per second at 10+megs per picture. Turns out even at full image size this card kept up with the camera great. No problems at all. In fact after some significant research it turns out this card is about twice as fast as most of the 16GB cards currently available, and just as fast as the fastest 8GB cards. This memory card is a great match for the Canon 40D camera.