I can't be the only one...
Can you tell the difference between these two cards?
Besides the one on the right is the new labeling Sandisk is using?
Here's a hint. The one on the left is about 2 years old and works flawlessly.
The one on the right is one of 4 cards I purchased that not one worked out of the package. Some my computer would not recognize when inserted in the card reader. Some the camera would not recognize when inserted in the camera. After formatting all of them both the camera and computer would recognize them.
That wasn't the end of the problems however. Below is a screen shot of Canon's "Digital Phot Professional". All four cards exhibited the same symptoms. The black rectangles are RAW images files that are corrupt and the software can't preview or open. The grey boxes with the X's through them are corrupt JPG and RAW files.
Okay, well some of them do preview. Unforntunately, that's all you get is a preview. In the image above you can see one of the previews highlighted in grey. That files was selected for editing.. The preview is fine but, when you open the image this is what you get:
But those aren't the only differences either. Sandisk claims on the packaging the ULTRA II is a 100X card. First, it not as fast as my 4 year old 80X LEXAR and it not as fast as the the older ULTRA II. It won't take as many images in a row in burst mode (same exact scene) and writes cache to the card slower.
Lets hope Sandisk makes good on this. However, I think I'll be looking for a new source for my CF cards in the future.
AgentZ
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