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very nice, although could you imagine photographing a wedding and just using that one card and then it dies on you... oh i would cry LOTS!
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Why are the new generation of SLR's still using CF cards - surely this technology has been superseded by SD HC cards??
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Why?? What makes a CF card better than an SD one?? From a personal perspective I can see why CF cards where the forerunner in digital SLR's as they had the ability to store more data than any other format, but now that SD HC technology can exceed what a CF card can cope with, why aren't the manufacturers changing their storage accordingly?
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Fair enough, but do you not worry about bending the pins in your camera when changing cards if your hands are that cold??
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I was told by a Nikon engineer that CF card slots were far more fragile than SD due to the pins and that replacing them is a popular repair! Can't see why because they slide in so there shouldn't be any lateral movement but personally I think I would prefer to switch to SD HC. I'm not THAT bothered though 
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never found it an issue as the card pins are buried deep inside the camera and the guide slots make it very easy. Never had an issue with any of my Canon's (350D, 30D, 40D)
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I know of at least 1 person who has managed it, and I think it cost him a few bob to get fixed!!
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Chap from Nikon is a friend of a friend and he said he would fix it for £100! On that basis I wouldn't like to know how much Nikon charge. I've been really careful ever since
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I never need to change my card as I got a 8gb one 
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I think the only way you could damage the pins is inserting the card the wrong way if this is possible?
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Hmmm... Think i might get a couple of these, 1 of these and a 16gb SDHC in my 1dmkII bodies would pretty much last me a full race weekend, and not having to open the back of the camera to swap them removes a lot of the concerns of damage and loss. Id probably keep my current 16gb CF cards as backups.
Id probably keep my current 16gb CF cards as backups. 
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That's huage!
The worry about a card failing is only really realistic with a less renowned card, i.e. kingston.
Lexar and Sandisk generally don't fail, and if you maintain them well - delete and format, rather than just delete - they shouldn't ever fail you.
The worry about a card failing is only really realistic with a less renowned card, i.e. kingston.
Lexar and Sandisk generally don't fail, and if you maintain them well - delete and format, rather than just delete - they shouldn't ever fail you.
i must admit i prefer the cf cards, they feel more robust and they take some hammer too (not literally, obviously) mine have been dropped on several occasions and stood on once, but they continue to work flawlessly.
i don't know whether i'd like to rely on just one card though... theres something reassuring about having a few cards in your bag, but i suppose i'd give it a try should sandisk wish to send me one on trial...
i don't know whether i'd like to rely on just one card though... theres something reassuring about having a few cards in your bag, but i suppose i'd give it a try should sandisk wish to send me one on trial...
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Simply, its down to form factor. Using 65nm technology the most memory you can squeeze
into a SD HC card is about 16Gig , when 45-40nm becomes prevalent and/or die stacking technology improves you will get more.
CF cards are 4x bigger so you have a lot more space for the MCM's (multi chip modules)
which can include multiple chip-and-wire, side-by-side die and/or die stacking.
... you might guess what I do for a day job
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Three 4GB cards for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven 8GB cards for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine 16GB cards for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One 32GB card for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of SanDisk where the Shadows lie.
One Card to rule them all, One Card to find them,
One Card to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of SanDisk where the Shadows lie...
Seven 8GB cards for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine 16GB cards for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One 32GB card for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of SanDisk where the Shadows lie.
One Card to rule them all, One Card to find them,
One Card to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of SanDisk where the Shadows lie...