Flash card SD to CF convertor

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These snazzy little devices allow you to put and SD card in a compact flash camera. I have owned one for a while now and it holds a spare 512 SD card as a backup for if I run out of CF cards in the field so to speak. I have used it on many occasion and have not had a single problem with it.

Considering the mad cheap prices of SD cards at the moment (nearly half the prices of CF's in some sizes). I wonder if it's worth getting SD cards instead. My problem is if I get a high speed one will it be slowed down by the convertor?

I am not sure of the electronics involved in it so I do not know if it is just a straight pin to pin convertor or if it does any electronic wizardry to achieve it's goal. If it's straight pin to pin I should imagine there os no slow down.

Anyone out there that could enlighten me?
 
TBH I don't see any real advantage of this adaption, unless you have a stock of spare SD cards. The price difference between Sandisk Extreme III in SD or CF on their 2 gig cards is only about 4 quid. This is from the pricing of Warehouse express, but it illustrates the narrow differential. Of course you can always buy cheaper, but is it genuine, do you want to trust your images to a margin of doubt.
 
WetSparks said:
TBH I don't see any real advantage of this adaption, unless you have a stock of spare SD cards. The price difference between Sandisk Extreme III in SD or CF on their 2 gig cards is only about 4 quid. This is from the pricing of Warehouse express, but it illustrates the narrow differential. Of course you can always buy cheaper, but is it genuine, do you want to trust your images to a margin of doubt.
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Ok there are other advantages such as well like being able to use the card in other devices such as PDA's and a compact e.t.c when not being used in the adapter. SD cards are more widely used the CF and are likely to be even more so in the future. Probably down to there size.

Plus I am still curious to know.
 
I can see your reasoning re the use in other devices but unless you have that specific need I reckon you're still better off buying the right card for the job.

I don't know what the build quality is like on the adaptor but what happens if it fails in the field? you're stuck with a bunch of cards you can't use :(
 
Steep said:
I can see your reasoning re the use in other devices but unless you have that specific need I reckon you're still better off buying the right card for the job.

I don't know what the build quality is like on the adaptor but what happens if it fails in the field? you're stuck with a bunch of cards you can't use :(
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Good point!

I could go into backup adapters but thats goin a bit too far :)
 
No reason not to have the right cards AND an adaptor though :)
 
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