Compact flash cards

[x Sarah x]

are they all the same size?

Just confusing me because someone selling them on ebay has got an 8gb x133 for £20, or a 16gb x266 for £18, same seller.

The one that is considerably better is cheaper, the only difference is the title states the lesser performance one is for Olympus and the better is for Canon, yet wouldn't they both fit both cams anyway???

[TCav]

All Compact Flash Cards are the same size.

Not all Compact Flash Cards are the same speed.

Not all Compact Flash Cards are the same quality.

I'm certain that there's more that distinguishes the two cards you mentioned than size, speed and price, and it may not be apparent even from the eBay descriptions. They are trying to sell to people whose only criterion is price.

[x Sarah x]

Thank you, they were different makes, maybe that was it.

I've had a read through some other threads here though and settled on a Sandisk 8gb 400x UDMA 60mb/s, anything is better than my current 4gb 40x old thing!

[aliciasmith]

Yes they are of same size but does not have same speed. Also be careful when buying them as their performance can vary from company to company.