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SanDisk Extreme III 16GB for $14.95

It’s rebate time again at SanDisk. Rebates are available on many sizes of Compact Flash and a few SD cards, and per-card rebates rise for buying more. But please see my rebate scam warning in the May 1, 2007 blog entry. As of 2008, we should all be very well trained to never buy unless it’s rebate time, which occurs often enough to plan on as the only sensible way to buy storage.

Skip the newest and priciest Extreme IV cards (unless you’re a machine-gun shooter who needs very long bursts), and instead load up on the Extreme III cards, which I’ve been using for 20 months now with zero problems.

I do like the Extreme IV cards, and they are a bit more responsive, but at 10X the price ($24.95 vs $244 for 16GB) I’ll stick with Extreme III cards. I use the one 8GB Extreme IV card that I own as my “daily shooter” now; the rest of the time, the 16GB Extreme III cards provide oodles of space.

Future-proof your investment by sticking with 16GB cards (or at least the 8GB models). These will remain useful even in future 40 megapixel cameras with 50MB RAW files.

I used to lug my laptop around for backup on trips. But with cards this cheap, it will stay at home, saving 10 pounds or so (laptop, case, charger, cables, external drive).

Buying one 16GB Extreme III card nets you a $90 rebate, buying three nets you a $300 rebate. That can mean a price as low as $14.95 per card, if you buy at the Adorama or B&H price. But be forewarned: the rebate cutoff is Oct 11, so make sure the actual sale happens prior to then. Both of those retailers seem to be out of stock currently.

If you own a Nikon D3, put one 16GB in each slot, and set the camera to write to both cards—instant backup!

If you own a Canon 1Ds Mark III, you can do the same thing (“Rec. to multiple”). But you have to buy Compact Flash for one slot and SDHC for the other slot, a long-standing Canon design enigma.

Last but not least: label your cards so you can tell them apart, and so that you can know which are ready to shoot, and which need to be downloaded.


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