SanDisk 8 GB Extreme III CF Card SDCFX3 8192 901 Retail Package

Editorial Review
SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash is designed for serious professional photographers who demand one of the fastest, most rugged, and most durable memory cards on the market. Professional photographers who work under less than ideal conditions expect more from a flash memory card. More speed. More performance. More reliability. SanDisk's new Extreme III card delivers everything you want plus a whole lot more! That's because only SanDisk Extreme III memory cards feature innovative ESP Technology for the fastest speeds and highest performance. ESP stands for "Enhanced Super-Parallel Processing". Simply put, it means you are getting the fastest read/write speeds available - an amazing minimum 20MB per second sequential read and write speed - speed you'll definitely appreciate whenever you find yourself shooting and storing pictures in harsh environments, extreme temperatures or at high altitudes. Every SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash card comes with RescuePRO so you can recover images, documents, mail, video, music - just about any digital file, with ease. Built with leading-edge media recovery algorithms, RescuePro lets you preview recoverable data before you try to retrieve it. With RescuePRO's unique recovery algorithm for MPEG audio and MPEG video recovery (MPEG-1/2/3) what you see, and what you hear, is what you can recover. Data recovery software-ensures your photos will always be there (even if you delete them accidentally) Dedicated, priority technical support hotline for direct customers of SanDisk Extreme products Included travel case keeps your memory cards organized Lifetime limited warranty
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Customer Reviews

lottsa memory....very quick

2008-06-16
this card is the best one I've tried for digital photography.quick recovery time and quick download time

Totally worth it

2008-06-13
For such a great size, this card is a lot faster than I thought it would be... With that in mind, I still haven't been able to fill the card to reeaaallly test it. But that's a good thing!!

Shortened review:
Fast, reliable and consistent..... And the current price (after drop) isn't bad either :-)

Excelent and on time

2008-05-30
Now I won't worry to change CF. I recomend allways to empty the CF to the computer every event, so you will have a lot of memory to use.

Fast and reliable - exactly what you want from Extreme III

2008-05-18
Having used a smaller capacity Extreme II, I was already biased toward SanDisk CF cards. I have used other off brand cards, and have always regretted the purchase.

The Extreme III did not let me down when used inside a Canon 1d Mark II and 1d Mark IIn. Fast writes and fast downloads.

Well worth the money.

Fast and High Quality Memory

2008-05-15
I purchased the SanDisk 8 GB Extreme III for my Canon 40D and it has performed perfectly. The speed and quality are exactly what I wanted. I fully recommend this product.

Its huge and fast, although not so impressively fast

2008-07-21
I used this to take pictures of a wedding, the space was great and completely neccesary and the speed is great too. I never had to think about the card because it was doing its work so well. I used it on a rebel xti and the speed of the camera improved (of course) over a Ultra II San Disc card. After I used it on a 40D and worked like a charm. The thing is, although it is noticeably faster, Im not completely impressed with it. When I transfered the files to the computer I used a USB II port and the speed was around 10MB/sec not 30. Maybe Im wrong in some interpretation here... I dont know. Thats not so important, the important thing is that the card never limits one to take pictures becouse it cant save fast enough.

Bottom line, its great, it does it work well and as far as I know I recommend it.

Had some problems, but overall very pleased...

2008-07-19
Bought the 8gb Extreme III before going to a friend's wedding, as I had also just picked up a Canon 40D and wanted to give the camera's burst shooting a workout. All of the shots were captured quickly, I never had to wait for the camera/memory to "catch up" so I was generally pleased - until I got home...

Apparently it's not such a good idea to mess with the file structure outside of your camera. I popped the card into my computer's card reader and started to delete some blurry and duplicate shots I just didn't need. I then popped the card back into the camera to take some shots around my house and the camera read "card not formatted". At that point, I decided to pop the card back into the computer to see what the deal was. I almost had a heart-attack when I saw an empty folder where there had once been about 1300 JPG files. Luckily the story has a good ending... I used the RescuePRO software that came with the card and it found the files (even files that I had deleted manually from my camera during the wedding).

I would strongly recommend that you format your card upon first use and each time you swap between computer and camera (obviously, save the files to your computer before your re-format). After the RescuePRO memory recovery (took about 2 hours) and a fresh re-format, the card seems to work fine. I hope my incident helps current and new E-III buyers.

Good Stuff

2008-06-23
Works as advertised and doesn't skip a beat when shooting 4-5 frames per second. You'll love it especially if you shoot RAW.

Fast Disk

2008-06-19
Awesome disk. Very fast. I can snap about 1,700 fine grade (14.2 mp) on one disk. Nice quality output. Highly recommended, and merchant did a nice quick order process for me. Oh yes, I like the little disk case that they include in this kit. (:

Super Speed

2008-06-18
The Extreme III lives up to its speed ratings. I shoot a lot of quick action photography, and it is super responsive. I have Extreme II's and do notice a difference.

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