Compact Flash Cards

fatty1 · 15 Sep 2007 at 16:19

OK I have a question I am sure some of you may be able to answer I think I have been sold a rebadged ( ie a cheapy made to look expensive ) CF card, I have a 1gb sandisk ultra2 which has a read write time of like 10meg/sec the other card I have is a 4gb sandisk Extreme4 with a write time of 40meg/sec now when taking pics it takes longer for the camera to write to the 4gb card than the 1gb card but the 4gb card is supposed to be the faster of the two....I am talking like 5-10 seconds slower on the 4gb, now is this due to the size of the card or because its a dodgey card????

Cheers

Oh if it helps I was taking between 10-20 continous shots of the same object for this test same light same settings

fatty1 · 15 Sep 2007 at 20:55

Yup read some of the links its a fake and im sure the second one I am getting is a fake too grrrrrr
will get a pic up in a mo

fatty1 · 15 Sep 2007 at 21:41

Fake image 1 card on box

http://img210.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture017gg9.jpg

Sharp top corners rounded bottom

http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture021et0.jpg

All the gubbins

http://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picturexo8.jpg

fatty1 · 15 Sep 2007 at 21:48

Yeah thats what i didnt do

fatty1 · 16 Sep 2007 at 11:26

Unfortunatley I could have better spent the £30 and bought a 4gb ultra2 card which would have been faster than this pos

fatty1 · 16 Sep 2007 at 16:04

Ok ebay seller has responded to my email saying he is so sorry blah blah blah said if I send his card ( I haven't received the second card yet but its from the same guy but different ebay shop ) he will refund me he said his supplier told him cards were legit.....OK so if the second card is a fake as well how does he explaine that ??? :eek: