SanDisk - Real or Fake?

[na7ure]

Dear Guys & Gals,

There is an online circular (www.popphoto.com) that claimed that fake SanDisk has been evolved Globally from China. :mad:

Please read details from (www.popphoto.com)
http://www.popphoto.com/popularphotographyfeatures/4433/real-or-fake-spot-the-imposter-page3.html

http://www.popphoto.com/assets/image/2007/W31/822007122525.jpg
Spot The Imposter? :?
A real and fake Compact Flash card, side-by-side. Can you tell which is which? (Hint: the fake is on the left.) :(

[ShaolinTiger]

You should check this out:

How to Spot Fake Memory Cards (CF and SD) (http://www.digisniper.com/2006/09/12/how-to-spot-fake-memory-cards-cf-and-sd/)

[na7ure]

You should check this out:

How to Spot Fake Memory Cards (CF and SD) (http://www.digisniper.com/2006/09/12/how-to-spot-fake-memory-cards-cf-and-sd/)

Thankz ST :P

[ykgen]

so in term of performance, what's the difference?

[na7ure]

so in term of performance, what's the difference?

Extracted from the net, the biggest differences is the speed and warranty. :(

"The real proof came when we popped our card into a SanDisk Extreme CompactFlash FireWire reader, plugged into one of our office computers, to see how it would perform in real-life circumstances. It took 2 minutes to transfer a 600MB folder containing 18 big image files from the computer, a rate of 5MB/sec.

Transferring the same folder to a genuine card, which was sent to us directly by SanDisk, was six times faster-it took just 20 seconds, a rate of 30MB/sec. That's a huge difference."