Kingston Elite Pro 4 GB 133x CompactFlash Memory Card CF/4GB-S2

I use 6 of these 4GB cards and have never had a card failure. They are cheap and dependable. I get about 235 RAW images on a card with my D200. I format the card in camera every time I dump a card. This is the safest way to manage CF cards. I've always used Kingston and they've never let me down.

I had to get this to store some files for computer maintainance. It took all my picture and other large files effortlessly.

I found the Kingston Elite Pro 4gb card after doing some searching. I wanted something I could use for some fun pictures at an event that was coming up. The vendor shipped very quickly, nicely packaged and with a great catalog letting me know about the other items they sell.

I think the fact that the company shipped in such a timely fashion and offered the item at a great price, was good enough. Letting me know that I could expand my relationship with them because they offered quite a few other things I might want to purchase, was helpful. I will go to them first when researching items for best prices.

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There is not much to say about this card - it performs as expected, work flawlessly in my camera and are adequately priced. If you look for medium-sized CF cards that do not cost the world and don't need extreme speeds, this card is for you!

I am an amateur photographer and I purchased 6 of these cards for my Canon 30d. These have worked great and I would recommend them to anyone needing a dependable card. My biggest concern when I bought the card was the reviews about the speed. I often shoot wildlife photos in burst and found that I was very happy with the speed of this card.

One review I read indicated that formating the card in the camera improved the speed on these cards. I can prove this to be true, however I do format them on my camera after each use.

All 3 cards I bought work fine.
I went for the 4GB cards because reviews I read said they are significantly faster than the 8GB versions of the same card.
I like the Elite Pro since they use SLC flash memory versus the MLC. They are the least expensive cards that I can find that do so. SLC flash memory has a write/erase cycle life that is 10 times more than MLC.

I have 3 of these cards for use in a 40D. They've been great, and at the price I was able to get more of them!

Good value for money, and I like the 4 GB size to spread out storage during a shoot. That way if one card fails for some reason, I don't lose 8 or 16 GB of pictures at once!

Don't buy it here. Go else where

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Doug Harper PPA Photographer

I used this card in my Marantz PMD660 audio recorder.
Had no problems using it several times in the first 5 months. (recording only)
I download audio files to PC and edit.
Then when I went to use the recorder last week and it could not recognise the format as FAT32. The card worked fine on a PC reader but the Marantz still could not recognise the format as FAT32 even after reformating on PC as suggested. I don't know if Windows, the recorder or card screwed up.
Kingston is replacing the card. No problem.

This card is really helpful for amateur, serious hobbyist. The read write capability of this card is quite good. As I know I am not going to take sports photograph, so this card is the best choice.
I love to have couple of this card in my bag.

I use it on a Nikon D200 and for the price it is a great deal. No problems over the past month that I have used it.

I'm trying to figure out why the other CF cards so much more than this one. I bought this Kingston 4GB card a few weeks ago. Works great so far! I have never used compact flash before- I am used to SD cards. Works just like my SD card (different brand). So unless I'm missing something, this card gives you more bang for the buck.

I bought this card last year, March 2008, after I purchased a Canon EOS Rebel camera. It has performed splendidly ever since.

I recently bought a 4GB Kingston 266X Ultimate compact flash card to compliment (and replace) my 133X card but after running some speed tests I determined that the 133x card performs much better.

At least I have a back-up card.

Now, at $14, this card is well worth the price.

Bought this as an add-on to my order to get my free super-saver shipping. I already had a 2GB Sandisk Ultra III. I tested it against the Kingston Elite with similar results. The Kingston had slightly lower write speeds and slightly higher read speeds. I am a casual photographer using an Olympus E-510 DSLR and this card meets all my needs while staying within my budget. It may not be the fastest card on the market, but for the average user it should do the trick.

I purchased this card because it is one of the best buys in a 4GB CF card and because I have had good experiences with Kingston memory products. This card did not disappoint me. I stuck it into my Olympus E510 which recognized it and wrote files to it with no problem.

There have been several comments that the card is slow. I have no other cards for comparison, but here are some figures to consider. I timed the reading and writing of files to my computer, a Toshiba A215 laptop, from 2 different USB 2.0 CF card readers. The times from both card readers were identical. I was able to write 229 mb of 21 camera raw files from the card to my computer in 20 seconds. Writing to the card was slower; it took 30 seconds to write 139 mb of 13 camera raw files from the computer to the card. Writing to the computer took about 1 sec per file whereas writing to the card took 2.3 seconds per file. These times will vary depending on the camera and the size of the file being written, the raw files I was writing were 10 - 11 mb. Nevertheless, for the average user who is not constantly shooting in the burst mode this card should be fast enough. For the money, I don't think you can get a better CF card.

I bought two of these cards at the same time. I've been using them for a good month now. So far, I haven't had any problems. The read and write time is the same as my Sony card that is rated the same speed. I feel that you can get a lemon in every brand, so you should give them a try and see how they work for you. For the price, its worth it.

I bought this card for my 4+ year old Canon Digital Rebel (6MP), and it works well. The camera shows 999 pictures possible, but I guess thats because it can display only 3 digits. After shooting a few high-resolution JPG pictures, it is still showing 999 :) I guess it is plenty of space for a 6MP SLR.

I gave it only 4-star because of the speed. I have been using a Lexar 80x card. This being 133x, I was hoping for at least similar performance, but it is slower - not much, but it is. But then I had paid $90 for that 1GB card 4 years ago, and 4GB card cost me less than $15. Cant really complain, can I? :)

Best bang for the buck out there. I have 5 of these cards now and while there are faster cards available, this is the best compromise on speed and price I have found. The cards are reliable and download almost as fast as cards priced much higher.

nice item, works fine, and I haven't had any problem at all with its operation.

Had no problems with this flash card. It loaded pretty fast from camera to computer. Had over 700 pictures so it did take a few minutes. Never heard of this brand, but for the price it was great. No complaints from me.

As many digital cameras enter the 2009 market with increased resolution, the need for compact flash cards able to hold at least 4GB of memory is apparent. I own 10 PNY CF and SD cards ranging in size from 1-4 GB. They are reliable, durable, and priced below most of the competition. These are a good buy.

With so many different brands of compact flash cards on the market, I chose the Kingston Brand due to their long history of fine computer memory products. I was not disappointed. These compact flash cards are being used in my Canon 40D DSLR camera with a high burst rate of 6.5 frames per second. A fast write speed is required to maintain this burst of pictures transferring to the card and this card doesn't slow the camera down. I am very pleased with my purchase and Kingston is still on the top of my short list.

It's a compactflash card being used in an Olympus digital SLR and it works just like it should.

We selected a 4GB card because we could dump it to a computer and completely back it up onto a single DVD. If you go for a larger card, you might have to slice and dice it onto multiple disks.

it seems to be a bit slower than a lexar pro with the same write speed.

Até agora, atendeu perfeitamente minhas expectativas, gravação e reprodução de imagens muito rápida, ótima relação custo-benefício. Eu recomendo a compra, pela confiabilidade da marca Kingston e pelo excelente preço.

After some research I selected this 4GB CompactFlash card from Amazon for use in my Nikon D70 DSLR. Although the camera manual doesn't mention this card as being supported, tests have shown that it works great. I can now shoot 700 images in Raw mode. And the card is fast enough for burst shooting in Raw. For my purposes, having 700 shots available means I can go a whole night of D70 astrophotography without needing to change the card. Great product, great price.

so far the card has worked great! I have not maxed out the card and tried to put on the computer, however the amount of pictures that I have put on the card, downloaded without a problem. The cost was a great saving and the shipping time was wonderful! Will def. use them again and thank you, as I used this card when I went to Bonaire!

I would prefer to use a Lexar CF for the speed and reliability but their priced so high it cuts into my lens budget! I've used Sandisks and found them a good solid card also but I was really leery of using a Kingston on a professional job. Speed is very important to me but also I want a very reliable card.

I shoot with a Nikon D300 using a D70 as a backup. I started using 4GB Kinston CF cards this summer - I just couldn't ignore the great price and solid reviews. I use cards in less than ideal situations, a thunder storm, dusty dirty days, crazy hot days - so far not in snow... I have filled, downloaded and reformatted the four cards I purchased this year at least 10 times each. I've never had a card so much as hiccup. For the price it's five stars!

I own a Canon Digital Rebel XTI and this card is just perfect for this camera.

I bought this Compact Flash card to use it with my new Sony Alpha A200, I have a week shooting everything, everywhere like a mad. I've tested shooting jpg's and RAW's, and also in burst mode and I gotta tell you, 0 complains to the Kingston. Great capacity (4GB), fast as it said it is (133x) and so far no image damaged.

So, don't buy this card for a Pro work, isn't made to do this job. This is a memory card of excelent performance for us the amateurs/high enthusiatic photographers, you can't find a better deal for the money.

This card works perfectly with my Sony a200 dslr. It holds nearly 500 pics at the highest resolution, and it works flawlessly. You can't ask for more than that.

This card is very good. it's fast and for the price (free after rebate), it's the best thing out there!

I got this for $[...]. The rebate from Kingston was good! The card is excellent! No problem at all! It offers faster speed in reading 25MB/Sec compared to Scandisk Extreem III at 20MB/sec. The writing speed is the same for both brands.

Scandisk has offered a multiple rebates. However, the rebate from Scandisk is SCAM! They have all kind of reasons to deny your rebate. So BE CAUTIOUS

Highly recommended it.

Got this card to use as some temporary storage in a computer. While the read speed on the card is perfectly reasonable (25-35MB/sec), the write speed is pitiful (1.5MB/sec, *at best*.) That makes it more or less unusable for read-write storage.

I use this card in a Canon 20D to shoot a wedding. I had no occurences of lag times and during processing, uploading was the same.

Good buy for the money.

I bought this card to go with my new Olympus E-510. It is has been great so far. It is a good deal for the price. Yeah it could be faster, but then again you can get the faster cards and pay much more for little perceived benefit.

Fast and good perfomance with my Canon Rebel XTi, I never got a problem with Kingston products.

I use this as a backup to my sandisk ducati 8MB for my canon 40D. Not as fast but can handle the 5 to 6 frame per second without an issue on sport mode.

Very good product for my new Roland Fantom Keyboard
Thank you very much

I am using this card in my Canon A750. It works great and enlarges the original 32MB memory to 4GB!! I love it.

What more can I say? Memory from one of the first and leading 3rd party memory manufacturers of the world. It's back by their true lifetime warranty - unlike some other companies who only talk the talk but don't walk the walk. But seeing that I've never received nor experienced a failed memory from them I shouldn't really vouch for that claim. Anyway, with the special rebates they were offering it really was a no brainer for my purchase.

Product is OK. It does not give the number of shots that a San Disk 4 gig will. It is working OK, no problems yet.

Product was relatively inexpensive, which was nice. I used it as a storage card for digital music for a car stereo. When copying data to the card, it went pretty slow. So I downloaded a flash memory benchmark program and ran it. It did not come too close to the 133x the card was advertised. I used a SanDisk PCMCIA to CF adapter. As a comparison, I used a SanDisk CF to USB2 adapter and received about a 2x transfer speed increase, but that speed was still slow and nowhere near 133x. I do not know how fast a typical USB2 jumpdrive is supposed to run, but I also benchmarked one of those I had and it went about 10x faster than this card. Hopefully there will be other reviews about this to either confirm or refute the lack of speed for this card.

I have an old Nikon Coolpix 5000 that has been idle for some time - it has been using a 1GB IBM Microdrive (which is a Type-II CF). I recently bought the Kingston 4GB Elite Pro 133x CF card and wanted to give it a try on this old camera. The first step on Coolpix 5000 prompted me to format the card, which seemed successful. But then it shows "out of memory" and doesn't take photos even if I press the shutter button.

From an external card reader, it seems the card is formatted correctly with folder name "100Nikon".

I'm guessing it's more likely a problem on Coolpix 5000 that it doesn't work with this card. However, I read from somewhere else that Coolpix 5000 does work with maximum of 4GB memory, so why does this happen?

Any idea?

I bought this card when I bought my Canon XTi and have not been disappointed. I can easily capture shots in continuous shooting mode with no delay and with 4GBs it can hold more pictures than I'm likely to take before dumping the card onto my computer.

It's fast and was reasonably priced when I purchased it.