Crucial Compact Flash & Canon Ixus V3 Problems
23 December 2002, 08:37 AM
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Hmm thought it was too good to be true. Crucial (made by Micron) have a great reputation for quality PC memory at a cheap price. So here is me thinking that they would do the same for Compact Flash. Someone else posted on a Digi Cam thread that they had seen problems reported at dpreview.com
I can now say after less than a week of ownership that the Crucial Card (128mb for £35 all in) is absolute pants. Last night I took the camera around a mates and took pictures which look fine on the review screen. Several mins later when browsing the card they are corrupted and pics I already had on the card and had previously downloaded to my PC were also corrupted. We arent just talking about the odd file but 5-6. Ive formatted the CF card several times, charged the battery 5 times and reseated the CF card several times to no avail.
Time to face facts. Will be calling Crucial for a refund later on today and will order another brand of CF Card. Anyone reccommend a good one for £40 or less (128mb CF 1 Card).
Simon.
I can now say after less than a week of ownership that the Crucial Card (128mb for £35 all in) is absolute pants. Last night I took the camera around a mates and took pictures which look fine on the review screen. Several mins later when browsing the card they are corrupted and pics I already had on the card and had previously downloaded to my PC were also corrupted. We arent just talking about the odd file but 5-6. Ive formatted the CF card several times, charged the battery 5 times and reseated the CF card several times to no avail.
Time to face facts. Will be calling Crucial for a refund later on today and will order another brand of CF Card. Anyone reccommend a good one for £40 or less (128mb CF 1 Card).
Simon.
23 December 2002, 09:13 AM
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I've used Kodak (10MB), Canon (8MB), Sandisk (32MB) and Jessops (48MB) cards in my original Ixus with no issues at all in two years of use.
[Edited by ChrisB - 12/23/2002 9:13:44 AM]
[Edited by ChrisB - 12/23/2002 9:13:44 AM]
23 December 2002, 09:22 AM
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I'm Course Leader in Digital Imaging and Photography at an FE College. We use a mixture of Sandisk and Jessops CF Cards (plus the Nikon cards that came with the cameras). Not had a duff one yet, and we've got over 30+ cards.
Hope you get it sorted.
Cheers
Mike
Hope you get it sorted.
Cheers
Mike
23 December 2002, 11:48 AM
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Ouch the cheapest are Fujifilm and Sandisk at around £50 for 128mb. No wonder the Crucial is so crap, its cos its dirt cheap compared to everything else.
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