What CF Flash cards work in Canon EOS 5D Mark III?

[Ben Prusinski]

After trying out several different models of cameras (Nikon, Canon, Olympus) I decided to join the (dark side) Canon family and bought a new Canon EOS 5D Mark III DSLR camera! I love it and since I plan to shoot 50/50 video and still photos underwater it made more sense and the user friendliness of the Canon was attractive to me over the Nikon and Olympus cameras for a newbie. Ok so all is good except I need help finding a type of CF card that works with the camera! I have an SD card and it works in the SD slot but tonight when I tried to use a new Kingston 16Gb 600X CF card, the camera failed to read or format the card! I would appreciate any help from Canon users here on what type of CF card is compatible with the Canon 5D Mark III camera.

 

[stano]

Probably have good luck in the forum on dpreview.com. Very active forum and tons of 5D discussions.

 

[rha600]

Any Class 10 card will work. I'm not sure why your 16Gb card wouldn't read. I've got a couple of Kingston 16Gb cards for my 5D as well as a 32 which pretty much stays in there all the time unless I'm on vacation and fill it up.

 

[TheDeuce]

I use, and have been happy with, a Transcend 16 GB 600x in both my 7D and 5D2. Fast and reliable.




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[Ben Prusinski]

Cool figured out what was wrong. Turns out my Canon 5D Mark III had a bent pin in the CF card slot. I returned the camera for a new one and the CF card works.