Product Description

Extreme III is the exceptional, unbeatable best-in-class solution for high profile professional photographers. As the elite flash memory cards available on the market, Extreme III has extremely fast read/write speeds. This line provides the durability and high-speed quality demanded for serious photography. SanDisk's award-winning technology solidifies the strength of the Extreme III family of high-performance flash cards

Product Details

• Brand: SanDisk
• Model: SDCFX3-2048-901
• Dimensions: 1.30" h x 4.50" w x 6.80" l, 2.00 pounds

Features

• 2 GB capacity
• Lifetime warranty
• 20 MB/sec sequential read/write speed
• Temperature tested 13 to 185 degrees F.
• Includes RescuePro data recovery software

Amazon.com Product Description
If your digital photography demands blazing speed and durability from your memory media, SanDisk has the memory cards for you. SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash media are designed for serious professional photographers who demand one of the fastest and most rugged memory cards on the market.

*Based on SanDisk internal testing.

Extreme III media are made to withstand brutal temperatures.

Ships with advanced data recovery software.

Many professionals work in less than ideal conditions, and that's why SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash cards are built to perform in the most extreme environments and temperatures, from -13 to 185 degrees Fahrenheit. Extreme III media are rigorously temperature, shock, and vibration tested, something you'll definitely appreciate whenever you find yourself shooting and storing pictures in harsh environments, extreme temperatures or at high altitudes.

Extreme III memory cards also feature SanDisk's exclusive and innovative Enhanced Super-Parallel Processing (ESP) Technology for the fastest speeds and highest performance. It means that you are getting the fastest read/write speeds available -- an amazing minimum 20MB per second sequential read and write speed.

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.

For owners of SanDisk Extreme products, SanDisk maintains a dedicated, priority technical support hotline, and you get a lifetime limited warranty. Extreme III media also ships with a travel case that keeps your memory cards organized.

What's in the Box
2 GB CompactFlash card, travel case, and RescuePro data recovery software mini-CD.

From the Manufacturer
SanDisk 2GB Extreme III memory card is fast, rugged and reliable for your most demanding professional photography needs. Designed for serious photographers who demand the fastest, most rugged, and most durable memory card on the market. 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. Speeds you’ll definitely appreciate whenever you find yourself shooting and storing pictures in harsh environments, extreme temperatures or at high altitudes. Rely on SanDisk Extreme III cards when speed is critical to getting the right shot.

Features and Benefits

• Lets you quickly capture, view, upload and transfer largeimage files
• Ideal for demanding photo shoots under severe weather conditions—heat, cold, wind, rain, snow, etc.
• Fastest read/write speeds available
• Durable, reliable and thoroughly tested
• Data recovery software—ensures your photos will always be there (even if you delete them accidentally)

Customer Reviews

Fast product for action sports
I really like using this product for taking shots of hockey. When I use the multiple shots on the camera, the card reads the shots quickly; there is not much "lag" time.

Quickie
This is a very fast memory card. It can keep up with my Rebel XT shooting 3fps.

Good cards, but poor warranty service from Sandisk
I have five of these Sandisk Extreme III 2GB CF cards. They are very fast and have mostly been reliable (hence the three-star review). However, there is more to this product than merely the item itself. The other question is how efficiently the manufacturer handles things in the event of failure. I recently had one of these cards fail and I have been disappointed by Sandisk's warranty service.

The situation was very straightforward. The card failed. I lost only one photo. No data needed to be recovered. I had all the information available, including a copy of my receipt to prove that I am the original owner. After two weeks, I am still sending follow-up messages to Sandisk asking them for a return authorization, and getting no response. Sandisk has not actually declined to replace the card -- but their process, which was already rather slow, has led to a dead-end.

Several years ago, I had a Lexar CF card fail. It was a quite different experience. They replaced the card promptly. I recognize that all electronics products can fail -- but the real test is how well the manufacturer responds when that happens. My next CF card will be a Lexar, not a Sandisk.