SD to CF adapters in 10D?
Ralph D.
My son has been given a Canon EOS 10D by someone who has upgraded. He has
gone from P&S film to Fuji 3800 to Canon S3IS, but did not have the Canon
long. So... we may have a few questions in the near future.
Today's first one is:
He has a boatload of 1G SD cards that he got for the S3IS. The 10D uses CF.
I see there are adapters to use SD in a CF slot... are they undesirable for
any reason? He's a 15yr old kid but he works hard for his money and would
like to continue using what he has spent his cash on (he has a good attitude
towards thrift that many kids do not). If he can use these without too much
ill-effect I'd like to point him toward one.
Thanks!
Ray Fischer
Don't even go there. Flash memory cards are so cheap that an adapter
would be harldy any savings. For example: 2GB CF cards are around $9
(don't waste money on the fast cards since the 10D doesn't take
advantage of them) and he won't need more than two. An adapter costs
about $18 and introduces risk of mechanical failure.
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Ray Fischer
rfis...@sonic.net
Clair Johnston
about $25 from Adorama. Others may carry them also. The camera must
accept CF2 cards. I have had no problems.
Clair
sna...@mailinator.com
> He has a boatload of 1G SD cards that he got for the S3IS. The 10D uses CF.
> I see there are adapters to use SD in a CF slot... are they undesirable for
> any reason? He's a 15yr old kid but he works hard for his money and would
> like to continue using what he has spent his cash on (he has a good attitude
> towards thrift that many kids do not). If he can use these without too much
> ill-effect I'd like to point him toward one.
I use a SD-CF adapter and it works fine.
John McWilliams
Ray has the correct answer.
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john mcwilliams
D-Mac
Correct for who John?
I use 2, s5 Pro Fujifilm cameras that use CF cards but mainly run Nikon
DSLRs that take SD cards. To save crap that goes with needing two types
of cards, I bought adaptors at $30 each off Ebay. Film count on both s5
cameras is over 10k each and not a single failure.
I have even used the Sandisk card adaptors to convert my phone memory to
SD and then put that in the CFC adaptor and shot 2 gig of images when I
over shot my quota of SD cards for a day.
Unless you've got some specific instances to quote of these adaptors
failing or you have personal experience using them... Any information
you offer is pure speculation and gossip.
D-Mac.info
hardtstein
larger capacity SD cards, 2gb. and up.
Ralph D.
the input, everyone.
We have a few times a year when we run through 6 or 9 cards over a trip and
it just seems a waste to buy that many new cards when he has so many SD,
maybe a dozen even.
Problem now is... I know I have seen these but I looked all over Newegg and
Tiger and so forth and don't see them anywhere. I'll keep looking and have
him use the CF1G he has for one day/location shooting and maybe use the
adapter for more.
Thanks again to all.
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Ray Fischer
>Well, it seems the discussion has run it's course on this, so... Thanks for
>the input, everyone.
>
>We have a few times a year when we run through 6 or 9 cards over a trip and
>it just seems a waste to buy that many new cards when he has so many SD,
>maybe a dozen even.
?!? A 4GB CF card can hold well over 500 pictures, or about a
thousand if you shoot only JPEG. They run for less than $20 each.
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Ray Fischer
rfis...@sonic.net
Clair Johnston
http://www.adorama.com/Search-Results.tpl?page=searchresults&searchinfo=sd%20cf%20adapter
I am using the JOBO in a D300 with no problems. Allows me to carry one
card type for our various cameras, phones, gps, etc
Clair