sd - cf adaptor

[PREM]

My mum bought a samsung pro815 a few years ago, never used it much now she is going traveling and wants to use it a lot more.

I bought an extreme cf adaptor, which does not work at all, it worked with on of my new 32g sd cards then it wouldn't and none of her cards would, just card error.
www searches have no mention of it not being compatable with samsung, i know the older canon 5d used them and nearly all utube links are with the canon.

any advise

thanks

 

[cosmicma]

wouldn't it be easier to just buy a couple of CF cards ?

speed shouldn't be too much of an issue a couple of 4 or 8 gig kingston or similar would be ideal

CF adaptors are all very well but they arn't the most reliable things on offer

 

[farrance]

I've bought an SD to CF card adapter and it's more of a waste of money than paying tax.

It's SLOW, I can take about 3 RAW's on burst before it slows down. It also wipes the performance of whatever card you put in there, so it doesn't matter if you are using an extreme pro or a 1GB panasonic class 2, it's rubbish.

It could be just down the one I bought, but CF cards are a little bit cheaper nowadays. Not specifically 32GB ones but you can buy 2 16GB cards for £20 no problem