Transcend 1GB CompactFlash 133 Memory Card (CF Card) Up to 30MB/s, Supports Ultra DMA transfer mode 4 with MLC NAND Flash appropriate for entry-level DSLRs TS1GCF133

I bought this card for my Canon EOS 400D, and I was pleased to see when I turned the camera on that it cheerfully displayed "1587" to show me how many raw shots could be recorded before I'd have to change cards. Woohoo! Having bought a 2Gb SanDisk Extreme IV with the camera, I didn't want to spend a fortune on spare cards so I did some research on the web to find out exactly how fast a card needs to be before the write speed of the camera falls short of the card and you are paying for "unused extra speed". I have found it difficult to find accurate sources on the web but it seems that a 133x card should be more than adequate for storing data as fast as an EOS 400D can supply it. Which of course means a less congested buffer and more shots in a row in burst mode! I have done some simple tests with this Transcend card compared to my Extreme IV, and superficially at least there is no appreciable difference in performance. I have read that the larger memory address space of high capacity cards can slow down data writing slightly as compared to smaller cards, so I will not be going higher than 16Gb. I will be buying a few more of these babies before I go off around the planet! ** Update follows (26 Mar 09) ** Since writing this review I have upgraded to the delicious Canon EOS 40D (see my review on the kit version for the low-down). The performance of the Canon EOS 40D with the Transcend 133x 16Gb card is noticeably poor compared to both the 2Gb and 4Gb versions of the SanDisk Extreme IV range. Since I do a lot of high speed shooting, I therefore sold my Transcend card with my Canon EOS 400D. So, if you are a 400D/Rebel user, this card will do fine speed-wise and it is a LOT of storage at a low price. However if you are a Canon 40D user, and you want the full shooting speed, you will probably want a faster card. I have recent reviews on the 2Gb and 4Gb SanDisk Extreme IV cards which will help you decide how fast your cards need to be.

Bought this to use as a replacement hard disk in a sixth gen iPod Classic (120GB). It had been dropped one too may times, and the existing drive was clicking and freezing badly, but replacement mechanical drives are still pretty expensive. I had bought a cheap ZIF to CF adaptor from Ebay, along with the necessary tools to split the iPod apart (about £5 all in). Got this CF card as it offered a good size for the price, and the lower speed of this card was not an issue for music playback as the bitrate is only 320kbps. The card has been great - worked straight away after a reformat with iTunes, showing 30GB of space. Upload of music was fast, and performance in use has been excellent, with near-instant restart from pause, quick track selection etc. The iPod is also marginally lighter, and the battery life is good. Recommended if you want to convert your classic to SSD storage.

I have a Sony HDV Z7E Camcorder, which can record on mini DVcam tape and/or compact flash in either SD or HDV. The problem is the card it comes with is just 8gb, which limits the compact flash recording time to 32mins. So I've been looking for something bigger and after hearing good things about this card on the broadcast forums I opted for the 32gb Transend and I haven't been disappointed. Now with a single 32gb card I can get 142 minutes of footage and with two cards I can cover most jobs. The DVraw files have worked faultlessly and the best thing is they load onto my Mac faster than real time. Great price, great product, I can't recommend it enough.

I bought this CF card a few months ago and it has been working fine in my Canon EOS400D. However, today I formatted the card in my camera only to find it had reduced capacity to 8GB. I then put the card in my card reader and formatted the card back to 16GB. My camera DID NOT like this! When I switched the camera on with the card reformatted it said there was a problem with the CF card and to replace it. So I tried reformatting it a few times in both Windows (XP) and Ubuntu Linux, same problem every time. I couldn't even reformat it in the camera back to 8GB. I did find a solution eventually which was "HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool" - a free download online. I formatted with this at 16GB and all is well again. Just thought i'd write this incase anyone else has the same problem.

Very good

Excellent , especially for my D70s camera.

Bought 2 Transcend 16Gb 133x Compact Flash SD Card and the price was a total bargain! 32 for a 16Gb card is something you don't find every day. In terms of speed it is pretty satisfactory not a super super fast card for full Raw photography in continuous shot mode but in single shot it's good. I use it for filming on a canon 5D and 7D and for video it works great, totally recommend these if your making movies on a DSLR. Haven't had a single overheating problem with them and have been filming day long shoots. For filmaking you wont find better CF card with this price! Will totally buy more of these Cf cards in the future!

I purchased this 16GB card in the hope that it would work in a Nikon D70. It does not. It works fine elsewhere, but the Nikon D70 is an old camera and this, being a new card, is not compatible. It is either too fast or too large in capacity and the Nikon does not recognise it. That's a problem with the camera (being old) and not the card. If you are looking explicitly for a card that does work in a Nikon D70 (as of April 2024) then the following card does work (it's the one I bought after finding that the Transcend card is incompatible): Integral 4GB CompactFlash.