Sandisk Price drop has it hit the UK yet

[whiteflyer]

There has been a huge price drop in Sandisk CF cards in the USA

50% drop at B&H and Adorama with 16GB Extreme Pro CompactFlash Card 90MB/sec (600x) Speed down to $66 (£42)

Has anyone seen a deal like this in the UK yet.

 

[EMA747]

I think this might be a good place to track some prices http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/memorycards.html

 

[nikonuser]

only 20% at My Memory at the moment http://www.mymemory.co.uk/SanDisk/Compact-Flash-Cards
will keep a look out for any better offers.

 

[ding76uk]

Heard about this, if it comes I will be snapping a few up.

 

[EMA747]

Heard about this, if it comes I will be snapping a few up.

Me too. Memory cards, at least the high end ones, are one thing that seem to have remained relatively highly priced. They have been around for years but the price is still pretty high.

 

[Joe T]

Me too. Memory cards, at least the high end ones, are one thing that seem to have remained relatively highly priced. They have been around for years but the price is still pretty high.

Surely high-end cards will always be high-end priced? Thats the point isnt it? It's just that spec you get for high-end changes...

 

[specialman]

I'm quite fortunate in having an ancient camera so I can suffice with 8GB Extreme 60/mbs UDMA (£30) .... the camera buffer will melt down before the card creates a bottleneck!!

 

[Graham00]

7dayshop.com are £8 cheaper for the sandisk 8gb extreme, i used to use mymemory until someone on here told me about 7day, uk's lowest prices

£99 for the 16gb extreme pro http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=111113

 

[EMA747]

Surely high-end cards will always be high-end priced? Thats the point isnt it? It's just that spec you get for high-end changes...

I see what you mean. I just thought that they might have become commonplace enough that the price would have dropped. I remember when even memory sticks were expensive now they are giving them away.

 

[Jimmy_Lemon]

7dayshop.com are £8 cheaper for the sandisk 8gb extreme, i used to use mymemory until someone on here told me about 7day, uk's lowest prices

£99 for the 16gb extreme pro http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=111113

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Ele...ource=0&searchstring=sandisk+&urlrefer=search - £91.50 at play.com - still not relating to the US prices though.

 

[David Stallard]

I use the 16gb sandisk from Amazon £53 HERE used on my 7D with no problems at all and on the Sony a900 before that.

I don't 'machine gun' shoot (tend to try and get it right first time ) wether that makes a difference or not?

.DAVID.

 

[Graham00]

If i was spending a lot of money like that i would buy only Sandisk or Lexar.
Kingston, Transcend etc aren't reliable enough imo.

 

[tailo]

If i was spending a lot of money like that i would buy only Sandisk or Lexar.
Kingston, Transcend etc aren't reliable enough imo.

I with you on Sandisk or Lexar. I had Kingston failing on me.

 

[simonblue]

Let hope the prices drop here

 

[milto]

kerso selling 16gig sandisk xtreme foe £55.00

 

[skiwhiz]

have a friend heading to new york so I think 2 new cards may be heading back at those prices, only decision is extreme or extreme pro ?

 

[ding76uk]

At those prices, Pro would be my choice

 

[whiteflyer]

At those prices, Pro would be my choice

I'd think about getting more than two also, surely you have some togging mates that would like a card or two also.

 

[amtaylor]

The sandisk extreme 16gb is now 55 on amazon or 53 on the marketplace. Oops, someone already posted that. Sorry

 

[andya700]

I never know which size card to buy, because I am still on a 4GB and can get 200 RAW shots from the A700. Would it be better for me to buy a few 8GB cards, rather than go for 16GB, which I would hardly, if ever need?