Comments on: Pretec 666x CF Cards http://www.photographybay.com/2009/03/03/pretec-666x-cf-cards/ The latest in digital photography and camera reviews, news and rumors for Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus and more. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:07:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Thomas http://www.photographybay.com/2009/03/03/pretec-666x-cf-cards/#comment-187051 Thomas Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:20:54 +0000 http://www.photographybay.com/?p=4789#comment-187051 Thanks Alex, I've just purchased a 5d Mark II two weeks ago and was looking to get the biggest and fastest card out there. Is there a real benefit of getting these super capacity and fast read/write CF cards? The camera can only shoot 3.9 frames per second anyway. Seems like that the best this camera would benefit from the card is just more storage. What would you say is the best storage and speed CF card for this camera? Thanks Alex, I’ve just purchased a 5d Mark II two weeks ago and was looking to get the biggest and fastest card out there. Is there a real benefit of getting these super capacity and fast read/write CF cards? The camera can only shoot 3.9 frames per second anyway. Seems like that the best this camera would benefit from the card is just more storage. What would you say is the best storage and speed CF card for this camera?

]]> By: Alex Hague http://www.photographybay.com/2009/03/03/pretec-666x-cf-cards/#comment-186108 Alex Hague Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:31:39 +0000 http://www.photographybay.com/?p=4789#comment-186108 So I have the PreTec 64GB 567x card - beware those with Canon cameras - I have the 5D MK II firmware 1.10 and even with the card formatted as 64GB of FAT32 only 7.37GB of the card is usable, once that limit's reached the camera throws a CF Err 2 code. Formatting of the card in the camera causes the card to be partitioned with a 7.37GB partition and the remaining space to be left unallocated! If you do format the card in the camera then you will probably need Swiss Knife to remove the partition (be VERY careful to select the card and not delete a partition from a drive you actually want to continue using!) and then use the HP DriveKey format utility (only the latest versions will work) to reformat the card (it will repartition the card at the same time if there is no partition on it already), this is the only format utility (unless you have a Win 98 box handy) that will format a FAT32 partition with over 32GB of space (which is entirely within the FAT32 spec). I expect this problem to be fixed by a firmware update from Canon and from all indications this is in no way a reflection on PreTec... but all the same beware before buying any 64GB CF card for a Canon camera.... So I have the PreTec 64GB 567x card – beware those with Canon cameras – I have the 5D MK II firmware 1.10 and even with the card formatted as 64GB of FAT32 only 7.37GB of the card is usable, once that limit’s reached the camera throws a CF Err 2 code. Formatting of the card in the camera causes the card to be partitioned with a 7.37GB partition and the remaining space to be left unallocated! If you do format the card in the camera then you will probably need Swiss Knife to remove the partition (be VERY careful to select the card and not delete a partition from a drive you actually want to continue using!) and then use the HP DriveKey format utility (only the latest versions will work) to reformat the card (it will repartition the card at the same time if there is no partition on it already), this is the only format utility (unless you have a Win 98 box handy) that will format a FAT32 partition with over 32GB of space (which is entirely within the FAT32 spec).

I expect this problem to be fixed by a firmware update from Canon and from all indications this is in no way a reflection on PreTec… but all the same beware before buying any 64GB CF card for a Canon camera….

]]> By: Joe Whitehead http://www.photographybay.com/2009/03/03/pretec-666x-cf-cards/#comment-163253 Joe Whitehead Fri, 01 May 2009 09:46:41 +0000 http://www.photographybay.com/?p=4789#comment-163253 Aww, where do I get one of these speed demons to boot my laptop off of? Before you know it, there'll be some on sale at Newegg! :) Aww, where do I get one of these speed demons to boot my laptop off of? Before you know it, there’ll be some on sale at Newegg! :)

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