Transcend 32 GB 133x CompactFlash Memory Card TS32GCF133
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Transcend 32 GB 133x CompactFlash Memory Card TS32GCF133
Customer Review: Great card for the money, works with the Canon 5D MKII
Summary: 4 Stars
Since the price of this card was about the same as a 16GB card with other more 'name' brands, I couldn't resist giving it a try and I am not disappointed. It works fine for both photos and videos in my Canon EOS 5D Mark II 21.1MP Full Frame CMOS Digital SLR Camera (Body Only).
This CF card is a great value but it's slower than other brands. However, if you have an UDMA card reader (such as the SanDisk SDDRX3-CF-A31 Extreme USB 2.0 Reader (Black), the file transfer to your computer is pretty fast.
I also have a Sandisk card that I use as I believe it's good to have one 'name' brand card too, which I trust a bit more although I've had no problems with this Transcend card.
Customer Review: Transcend reduced the speed of this card on purpose
Summary: 2 Stars
So I own 15 of those cards (a pro photographer). I started to buy them in late 2008 and was surprised how fast they were for the money. I constantly received 30Mbps downloading speed and they were fast enough to keep up with my Canon 5D cameras in Raw. I was happy. But each time I bough a new stock of cards. Usually three each time, the speed gradually went down. Second time I've purchased, it was about 28Mbps, then 25.... I am now at 18Mbps... I am so frustrating. The funny part is, TRANSCEND agrees then newer cards slower... They refused to replace... Needless to say, my old cards still perform at 30Mbps down.
So if you buy a card like this seeing this wonderful reviews, keep in mind, it is no longer a case. In fact, its a marketing trick to make you buy faster cards. I think it is very deceiving. I use to like Transcend a lot. Not anymore.
Customer Review: DOA Twice!
Summary: 1 Stars
Not sure if it is my misfortune or the 32GB cards are just bad. Card # 1 mounted on the PC as 'unreadable' (a sign of death according to those that know). I wanted to format it before use as recommended by Transcend. Tried it in the camera just in case it was an XP problem and the camera crashed - never ever seen that happen before. Amazon quickly sent out a replacement for the dead card however card #2 would not mount on the PC at all. I did use a different PC this time around just in case the PC was faulty. I also tried three different PCs, nothing worked.
So now I am awaiting a refund. Would not trust Transcend to store any data whether photographs or backup of PC data. Of course YMMV but I am keeping clear of anything these people make.
Customer Review: Big and slow
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm not sure if it's my camera (Sony A100), but the card is really slow. With my other card that's rated at 120x (4 GB), reviewing pictures is very fast. With this one, it takes a few seconds sometimes to get to the picture.
I also found out that it has a limit on number of files even when the card is not full. I was keeping all of my pictures on it in a different folder, emptying the folder that the camera saved them to. But after a while it started saying there was a card error. I would take out the card, put it back in, and take a picture, and the error would be back. After taking off the folder of pictures, the error went away.
Customer Review: Slowpoke
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased the Transcend 32 GB card thru Amazon.com several months ago to use as an extra hard drive for my Samsung Q1 SSD. This would give me 64 GB in the two (one enclosed) solid state memory drives. I choose the CF type card instead of the better, faster SD HC card because the Samsung Q1 has a CF slot where the card can be kept without protrusion. However, I found the Transcend 32 GB drive to be much too slow to work as a hard drive. I cannot play movies from the drive and cannot even play music from the drive without distortion because of its slow speed. Hopefully there are/will be much faster CF 32 GB cards available.