Joe, Go to newegg and read the reviews of the various cards.
Godfrey and I here on this list have found them to be reliable. Neither of us jump into things and make our purchases lightly. I've know about Transcend for several years, ever since my gf bought a 40X CF card for one of her cameras. FWIW, I am very cautious and conservative wrt to _any_ purchase I make. I read reviews, check what other people are using, and move slowly. At this point I would buy nothing but Transcend based on price/quality/performance. I have used Lexar, SanDisk, IO, and Sony at various times. Right now Transcend seems to be the best value from a known source. If it makes you comfortable to spend 3X the price to have a Lexar, then you should buy a Lexar. However, IMO, you'd be shortchanging yourself if you didn't buy at least one Transcend and test it yourself. Go to the Transcend web site - http://www.transcendusa.com/ you'll see that this is no fly-by-night outfit. They've been around a while, and make a number of fine products. This is not a company that slaps their label on a generic card made in Oooga-booga land. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Joseph Tainter > The Transcend cards are at bargain prices and are very good quality. > > Shel > > ----- > > Shel, can you clarify your assessment above? Is there independent > testing you can point to? > > I'd love to pay less, but need to be confident that the cards are as > reliable as the Lexars I've been using. Some time back we saw a report > here on how lower-priced cards are manufactured. It wasn't reassuring. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
