any one looking for CF cards should check this out...

[e h jones]

after rebate there under 80 new!!!

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/553942-REG/Lexar_CF8GB_300_381_8GB_UDMA_300x_CompactFlash.html

 

[Martin Weiss]

110 - 60 = 50 Bucks for the 300x 8gig cards. Very cool.

Unless you live outside the U.S., that is...

 

[Alexander Alexandrov]

are these as good as RED CF cards?
any downsides to these?

 

[Martin Weiss]

Yes.
No.

 

[Seth Larney]

Yes.
No.

Are, you sure?

 

[Alexander Alexandrov]

and here's 16 then too

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...16GB_300_381_16GB_UDMA_300x_CompactFlash.html

 

[Gabriele Turchi]

What about the lexar 16GB..?
Same thing?
I mean usable as the Red 16 GB?
anyone with any experience?
Thanks

G

 

[e h jones]

cf cards

cf cards

i believe there the same card.
i think if you divide the total cost plus shipping by unit and minus the rebate its much cheaper.

 

[Alexander Alexandrov]

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=27930

 

[Gabriele Turchi]

mmm...

so maybe is not the same thing...

anyone who had zero problem with those crd?

Thanks
G

 

[Dominic Cochran]

8 GB 300x Lexars are the exact same as Red's. 16 GB 300x Lexar's are NOT.

 

[Alexander Alexandrov]

and what is the exact difference of the 16GB ones?

--

also are 8GB reds different from 16GB reds in anything other than capacity?

 

[Dominic Cochran]

Red has stated themselves that for the 8 GB cards they simply rebranded the Lexar ones. However for the 16 GB cards Red designed proprietary units that had nothing at all to do with Lexar.

 

[Alexander Alexandrov]

i wonder if anyone knows the exact difference?

at lest for the 8gb red from 16gb red, other than size

 

[Martempo]

Lexar and Red 16GB - it's the firmware...

Lexar and Red 16GB - it's the firmware...

I got a definitive answer in person from Lexar a couple months ago on the Red/Lexar 8/16GB CF card issue - firmware is the only difference.
Some answers to potential questions:
a) no, you can't upgrade firmware yourself
b) they won't upgrade Lexar branded 16GB CF card firmware to Red version for "some time" or ever (bit vague on that point)
c) nothing else comes close as far as they know
d) a senior Lexar person... :leaving:

 

[ericyoung]

I got a definitive answer in person from Lexar a couple months ago on the Red/Lexar 8/16GB CF card issue - firmware is the only difference.
Some answers to potential questions:
a) no, you can't upgrade firmware yourself
b) they won't upgrade Lexar branded 16GB CF card firmware to Red version for "some time" or ever (bit vague on that point)
c) nothing else comes close as far as they know
d) a senior Lexar person... :leaving:

Umm, this doesn't sound quite right. My belief was that the Red 8GB cards were indeed rebranded Lexar 8GB cards, but were hand picked to be guaranteed to be fast enough. Ie within manufacturing tolerances, not all Lexar 8GB cards actually met the minimum transfer rate that Red 8GB cards do. If you bought Lexar ones, they might or might not work at the highest resolution/framespeed combinations - it'd literally be down to luck that you got one of the faster ones.

As far as the 16GB CF cards, Red stated that none of the off-the-shelf CF cards at the time were in reality meeting their required speed specifications, so they designed their own. Now whether Red were able to do this purely with a firmware rewrite I don't know, but I'd be surprised that Red could write better optimised firmware than Lexar with their own product! If they somehow did, then it'd make sense that they wouldn't license it to anyone else for the time being or everyone would just buy off-the-shelf Lexars.