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We have been using Transcend for some time both for personal and commercial applications in the Avionics industry.Rugged and fail-safe in our experience.
This card is a great value for 32gb and wonderful for the large files produced by the Canon 5D Mark II. The slow read/write speed means the camera buffer takes a bit longer to clear and it's somewhat slow uploading to the computer, but it's not a problem with proper planning for these limitations. The one concern I had with the speed was if it could keep up with the 38mb/s video recording of the 5DII, which it does just fine.
I highly recommend especially for Canon 5D Mark II owners.5-2-2009 Update:I found out there are some situations that this car is not fast enough for after all especially when saving 25 mb raw files in rapid succesion. And while I love it the images are huge and my old 8GB cards would only hold around 250 - 260 photos. Now once it slows down of course it's slower, but, I usually only need a burst of 5 to 10 shots to get something anyway. Downloading to my Mac. I simply start the download, go put away my gear, grab a snack and drink from the kitchen and it's done.Recommendation:If you need a lot more room on your Compact Flash card and are sick and tired of running out of space and download speed isn't an issue this card is for you. It was so good to see the images remaining counter max out at 999 on my 5D Mark II for the first time. This card did NOT disappoint.
And you can shoot high definition videos and multiple images just like you can on a faster card.In Camera Speed:My faster cards "Transcend 266X Extreme Speed 8 GB cards" do NOT seem faster in the 5D Mark II then this 32GB 133x card at all. I get the exact same 13 RAW or 52 JPEG's before slowing down in continuous shooting. Introduction:I recently purchased a new Canon 5D Mark II camera. Download Computer Speed:I then headed home. And that's where the one weakness reared its head. It was half the speed of my 266x card when downloading to the computer.But hey I'm at home now and speed is not an issue. I still love this card especially for landscapes and slow paced photography and will keep it but am now looking for a faster, high capacity brother card to compliment it. On the other hand I'm sure I got some shots I might not have gotten if I had a load of smaller faster cards and was swapping them out.
I got sick and tired of having to swap out cards just when I'm lining up the prefect shot.Review:I received this new Transcend 32GB card yesterday and promptly loaded it into my 5D Mark II, formatted it and headed to the zoo. While great for land scapes or museum and even renaissance festivals it's just not fast enough when the pace really heats up. Think about your shooting style and go from there, fast and furious order something faster otherwise this card just might fit the bill.I blazed through the zoo using my normal style of 3 to 5 shots a burst getting over a thousands stills with no noticeable difference in speed and felt the freedom at last to just shoot and shoot.I also recorded an HD video of 14 minutes no problem and a to the limit low res 29 min 59 second video. There is NO hesitation and no difference. I recently photographed Hugh Jackman and the cast of X-Men Origins: Wolverine at the World Premiere in Tempe AZ and there were moments where I could have gotten some really cool shots that I missed because the card was still writing. [.].
The price was right. So far i have no problem with this CF memory card.
I can see the difference if I am taking lots of photos in rapid succession, but as one would expect there is little difference if you are not clicking the shutter like a machinegun. I recently bought this 32GB compact flash card for my Nikon D700 because I found that I was eating up the capacity of my 8GB card by taking all my photos in both RAW and HQ Jpeg. The biggest difference is when transferring the photos to the computer, where a fast card like the Ducati can dramatically reduce time spent waiting.All that said, the 32GB Transcend card is actually cheaper than the 8GB Ducati. My 8GB card (a SanDisk Extreme Ducati) was rated as one of the fastest on the market, but there are currently no equally fast 32GB cards on the market. So I ended up going for this Transcend card for higher capacity.According to highly regarded websites that measure the actual card speeds, The Transcend 32GB card should only be giving me 8-10 MB/Sec actual store speed in the camera -- Remarkably slower than the 21-28 MB/sec of the SanDisk Ducati. And it has been a great and reliable card for me. For the price, I recommend this card if you need the big capacity.
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