Just buy Sandisk from a major supplier like B&H or Amazon, and you won't have to worry about pirated cards. Paul On Jan 14, 2007, at 5:44 AM, Peter Fairweather wrote:
> Remember the fuss about pirate Sandisk cards on the internet? I'm > afraid it's still "caveat emptor" whatever the label says on it. > > Although I've seen the opposite advice, I agree with Godfrey about > using the camera to delete, format etc. Why introduce another possible > set of incompatibilities and problems by using your computer? > > Peter > > > > > On 1/14/07, Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The problem Boris, is that the yyyX (the card speed) thing is very >> theoretical. >> >> First if I remember it is read speed. In a camera you (mostly) don't >> care. Write speed are slower of course but the yyyX thing doesn't tell >> you anything about write speed. >> >> Second, Sandisk 133x will probably (but I'm convinced) be quite faster >> than Transcend 150x. It's like batteries... Good brands hold the >> charge, some do not. And I agree the good ones are not always the >> "big" brands. Cards are the same, Brands wit recognition like Sandisk >> will be conservative in their marketing. Transcend doesn't care and >> could market a 120x card as being 150x. I really wouldn't be >> surprised. >> >> Just my 2 cents.. >> >> -- >> >> Thibault Massart aka Thibouille >> ---------------------- >> *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
