The Dane -Elec proline udma 300x cards are a good alternative to the expensive Kingston rated brands if you are willing to accept their shortcomings. You get what you pay for. Each Dane-Elec card was $60 rather than $300 a piece for a 16 gb card.
First and foremost is that they only allow for 10min takes which is a few minutes shorter than the Kingston brands cards. Who knows why fat32 was used as the hd format with a maximum of 4gb a file... For most narrative filmmaking puposes, this is not that big of a deal. Keep in mind within 7-10 seconds, recording can continue once the buffer clears in the camera.
Secondly, buffer freezes and stoppage of recording happens fairly frequently. Mostly at the beginning and end of each card. The little meter icon will show up and become full at which time the screen freezes and stops recording. This can be quite frustrating especially if you're in a very important moment that can't be done again or when in the middle of a take and your talent is in a very emotional scene where having unnecessary takes is detrimental to the production.
As far as the high speed photography goes, I am allowed 15 8fps shots. I'm unsure how many you get with other cards but it's quite adequate especially compared to the 5dM2's fps rate.
Overall with the budget I have been working with on No Lands Too Foreign, it is a great cheap alternative to buying expensive cf cards.
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