Why DSLR still use CF card?
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From: Savageduck on 4 Jul 2010 10:40 On 2010-07-04 07:03:10 -0700, ray <ray(a)zianet.com> said: > On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:10:42 -0700, james wrote: > >> SDxx card have equaled or bettered CF card. Is there a good reason why >> high end DSLRs still use CF cards? This actually seems like a turn-off, >> not a feature. > > I think one significant reason is that many purchasers are repeat buyers > - they already HAVE CF cards. IMHO - best route is to make a camera > capable of using CF and SD. ....and that is what I have with my D300s. -- Regards, Savageduck
From: Gary Edstrom on 4 Jul 2010 12:21 On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 01:10:42 -0700, "james" <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote: >SDxx card have equaled or bettered CF card. Is there a good reason why high >end DSLRs still use CF cards? This actually seems like a turn-off, not a >feature. Well, SD cards do have two advantages over CF cards: 1. Size and 2. Much less chance of bending pins inside the camera. First with DSLR cameras, the size factor really isn't important. A DSLR is going to be larger anyway than a small P&S. Not much to be gained in size by using a SD chip. The second factor, while technically true, certainly has not been a problem with me. I have been shooting using CF cards for over 11 years now in 4 different cameras and have never bent a pin inside the camera while inserting the chip. The big advantage with staying with CF is that many people out there, like myself, have quite an arsenal of CF chips and don't want to be forced to buy different chips when buying a new camera. It's like one of the big reasons for choosing a Canon 50D when I upgraded from the 20D for me was that I didn't want to have to buy a whole new set of lenses. The same can hold for CF chips. Gary
From: John Navas on 4 Jul 2010 12:28 On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:21:14 -0700, in <4qc136hpdtfolfdg2t8scu5tikl3ubq8bk(a)4ax.com>, Gary Edstrom <GEdstrom(a)PacBell.Net> wrote: >The big advantage with staying with CF is that many people out there, >like myself, have quite an arsenal of CF chips and don't want to be >forced to buy different chips when buying a new camera. It's like one >of the big reasons for choosing a Canon 50D when I upgraded from the 20D >for me was that I didn't want to have to buy a whole new set of lenses. >The same can hold for CF chips. With the ever falling prices, greater capacity, and increasing speeds, that would seem to be a fairly small advantage, especially since old CF cards can be unloaded on eBay or craigslist. I personally much prefer the SD form factor over the CF form factor, in part because it works in so many more and different devices. -- Best regards, John <http:/navasgroup.com> "At every crossway on the road that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the past." -Maeterlinck
From: George Kerby on 4 Jul 2010 12:29 On 7/4/10 3:10 AM, in article i0pfm2$sek$1(a)speranza.aioe.org, "james" <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote: > SDxx card have equaled or bettered CF card. Is there a good reason why high > end DSLRs still use CF cards? This actually seems like a turn-off, not a > feature. > High end cameras, like Canon EOS 1-DS markiii, use both.
From: Robert Coe on 4 Jul 2010 12:35
On 4 Jul 2010 14:03:10 GMT, ray <ray(a)zianet.com> wrote: : On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:10:42 -0700, james wrote: : : > SDxx card have equaled or bettered CF card. Is there a good reason why : > high end DSLRs still use CF cards? This actually seems like a turn-off, : > not a feature. : : I think one significant reason is that many purchasers are repeat buyers : - they already HAVE CF cards. IMHO - best route is to make a camera : capable of using CF and SD. But the only reason for SD is to re-use the space reserved for the CF slot. So (quite understandably) only the largest cameras have both. Bob |