Name: Kingston Technology 8GB, 133x Elite Pro Compact Flash Memory Card
Brand: Kingston Technology
SKU: KGCF8GEP
Price: 16.95 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 4.03 (52 reviews)

Kingston Technology 8GB, 133x Elite Pro Compact Flash Memory Card

Kingston CF8GBS2 8GB CompactFlash Memory Card

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Kingston Technology Kingston CF8GBS2 8GB CompactFlash Memory...

Buy: Kingston Technology 8GB, 133x Elite Pro Compact Flash Memory Card Card Type: CompactFlash

The only card I use in my 5D Mark III.  I have used Kingston cards for 3 years and not one problem!!!  Love them, trust them! Great price so I am able to replace yearly!

My only card

Good Card

I have been using this for a year now and i have never faced any issues... using this with my canon 40D and Canon 7D 
Works like a gun

Wonderful Memory Card

This is solid value for the money.  Yes, there are faster CF cards, and they cost accordingly.  The Kingston brand is reliable -- I've used them for years.

A Solid Investment

I've had this card for a couple years and it's been super reliable for me. Using this on an Olympus E-510.

Still working as it should!

I usually shoot out a card and then archive it as a 1st stage file. The card performed as expected when shooting and I have pulled images off of it on several occasions since without and degradation  or file loss.

Cheap Memory

Wanted larger capacity for trip to Yellowstone and other national parks in the area.

8gb gives me over 1000 jpeg shots and 500 Raw images per card. 2 cards gives me enough capacity for my trip. Instead of just shooting for quantity I prefer being selective in my shots and this amount is more than enough to review after the trip.

Faster writing would be better for downloading, but for the price it works well.

Works well for landscape shooting

Not much to say here which is probably a good thing. It is works great.

No worries. Works great.

I have used Kingston CF Memory cards for years and have never had a problem with any of them.  The 133x speed has been fast enough for all my purposes.  I've never fired more than a few seconds at a high burst speed so I can't address how fast the card handles that situation.   All in all, I've been very pleased with the performance of Kingston Compact Flash Cards and consider them to be a bargain.

A Good Reliable Memory Card

I've used a number of Kingston CF Cards now and have never had any trouble. It's a little slower than some of the other cards out there, but for the price it can't be beat!! I've used these cards in my Canon 5D and 50D and I've never lost an image. I keep a couple of these in the bag as back-ups in case I fill up my larger, faster cards.

Reliable quality, value price!

I own several of these cards.  An have never had any trouble with them. Used for studio portraiture and weddings.

Great flash card

This is a great product and for a very good price. I purchased in a package with a slr camera. I check if it was more convenient to buy it individually and not, in the package price you save some $$. Great deal!

Perfect for what I need it!

Good value for product quality and performance.

Excellent product

I use this product regularly to capture images.

I would buy this product again

I wanted a decent value on an 8GB CF storage card and this one fit the bill for me.  It's not the fastest, but I don't run into that limitation with the type of photography I do.  This is a great value product.

Great Value

I was looking for a new compact flash card after I made my upgrade to the E3.  I saw this and thought it was a steal for the amount of space, the writing speed and the price you get it at.  I couldn't be more happier with my purchase and allows me to take a lot of photos at sporting events, hikes and travels without having to worry about having enough space.  Would definitely purchase again if I need to!

Great Card for such a low price

Great card for the money, but it does have a slow write time.

Great card for the price

These seemed like decent cards at first, and at a great price. I bought one when I got my camera, and it was great. I was going to SE Asia and wanted to take loads of photos, so I bought 5 more cards (tons of room, yay!). 

However, after taking lots of photos and filling the cards rapidly, I started getting "Problem with CF Card" errors. This resulted in lost images from my vacation. I was stuck high and dry and basically had to hope that the next days worth of photos wouldn't get erased. Never again will I purchase a "non-pro" grade card. It's not worth the savings if you are serious about photography.

Does not play well with Canon XTi

Cost per GB comparatively very low. Works fine on my Nikon cameras.

Outstanding quality. No problems.

When purchased, it seemed like a good value.  I had high hopes for this card.  The card appears fast enough when off-loading images from card reader to computer.

However, in-camera use, there is usually a 2-3 second delay before pictures are displayed on the LCD, which does not happen with other makers' cards (maybe caused by the card's auto-sleep "feature").  When working fast, this 2-3 sec delay  to pull up an image is initially frustrating, and unacceptable after constant usage.  I finally got tired of constantly waiting and relegated the card as my "emergency/last ditch" card.

Fast Specs, Slow Actual Use

This is the 2nd Kingston Card I have purchased and used in a Canon 40D and they have performed as well as the more popular and costly competition's products. I use all of my cards once and then store them as the first level of file back-up storage. The competitive price of this card is a real plus.

Performs As Well As The Competition

I shoot quite q few HDRI and this card is both large and fast enough for my needs.

I would buy it again.

I shoot Canon's memory hog 1Ds and transferring to portable drives became a hassel.  This 8G, added to my other CFs gave me enough for a full day's shoot without uploading interuptions.  I hesitated before purchasing because of some venimous negative comments.  But; I trusted Adorama when I bought my camera and lenses and I trusted them again.  8 gigs for [$] and free shipping; yeah, that has proven to be the best[$] I have spent in a while.  The write speed may be a bit slower than my Extreme cards, but quality is more important to me than speed.

Don't pay much attention to negative rev

Athough rated at 133x this 8 GB elite pro card works even faster in my Olympus E-620 camera than the 4 GB 133x elite pro.

It will handle 16 RAW files in the first 10 sec. vs. only 12 RAW files with the 4 GB card.

After the initial burst of RAW files it would continually shoot at a rate of 72 RAW files per minute until the card is full.

Fast and reliable.

I cannot find a negative to say about this card. Fast and reliable. I'm using it in a Canon EOS-20D
and have encountered no problems whatsoever

Great value for price

Having same problems here as well. The load/response time is very slow. Previewing photos, accessing menus (I guess the camera has to finish reading the card before it can load the menus), basically, when you turn on the camera, previewing, the CF light is on for about 15 seconds vs < 1s for other cards and can't do much until it finishes. I bought two kingston 8GB 133x and they're both slow on the D700. Read/Write files from a reader is as advertised. I tried a Transcend 8GB 120x (older version) and older Kingston 2GB Elite Pro 50x and they both load really fast. I don't have any other camera (non-nikon) that uses a CF card and I've read somewhere that it could be a controller incompatibility? Don't know if there's any truth in that. So if you have a D700 and on the cheap on the cards, I would not recommend this card.  Just my 2 cents.

D700 - not happy

The sales person suggested this card. I had never heard of them. I bought one and tried it.  The card worked just fine.  I am not at the level where speed is an issue so I cannot really comment on its ability with speed.  However, it provides all the speed that I have asked for.

I only purchased the card because it was so inexpensive.  However, the card worked as well as the SanDisc so I bought two more for myself and my buddy bought one.

I will use this Brand again in the future.

Wow, I was surprised at the quality

GOOD PRODUCT

I have no faith in these cards. I bought 2 8g cards within 2 weeks of each other and 2 have gone corrupt on me already. I have been faithful to Kingston and the price is right but i just lost faith in them having this happen 2x in 2 weeks makes me think the savings isn't worth it!
I am going to order Sandisks right now and leave these cards behind!!

Corrupt File problem on 2 out of 4 cards

Bought three, having a little trouble with one - a real luxury in shooting.