How to spot a fake memory card

[Tannin]

Originally Posted by sassan

Tannin; This is real genue Seagate 5 GB microdrive. The thing is they purposely made it incompatible with cameras. It works fine otherwise in MP3 devices. The technical explanation is that this was IDE version only, not CF II compatible because of manufacturers hardware modifications.

Wow. That is weird. I mean the CF interface is IDE! If my memory is to be trusted, you can, with a simple mechanical adaptor, plug a CF card into an IDE interface. Bizarre.

[Zeb]

Originally Posted by Wheeler

Zeb, a word of caution on MyMemory own brand SD cards, I put one in my 1D MkIIn and it felt like a tight fit going in. With that one insertion it wrecked the reader slot with just a matter of days to run on the warranty. The design on the slot/cards prevents you inserting the card badly so I have to chalk this up to poor manufacture. I've no idea whether it was a one-off but I'll be sticking to Sandisk in the future.

On the subject of counterfeit Sandisk cards there are some interesting images on this thread:

http://www.ukar.co.uk/cgi-bin/ukarbo...hl=counterfeit

The forgers are certainly giving people a difficult job spotting their contemptable products.

Thanks for the heads-up on that! When I buy equipment online I never go for company own brands. I prefer to spend a little bit more and get named but even then it can't be guaranteed that what is beign bought is genuine!