CF card adapters
Jan 14, 2013 10:19:56 #
My Canon 50d takes a compactflash card.
They are so much more expensive than
those smaller sd cards. A friend told me
about an adapter that can be bought to
put an sd card into that fit a compactflash.
Does anyone know personally if this in any
way affects the image quality. Sorry if this
is a stupid question but not knowing is keeping
me from purchasing one. Thank you.
Mike
They are so much more expensive than
those smaller sd cards. A friend told me
about an adapter that can be bought to
put an sd card into that fit a compactflash.
Does anyone know personally if this in any
way affects the image quality. Sorry if this
is a stupid question but not knowing is keeping
me from purchasing one. Thank you.
Mike
Jan 14, 2013 10:52:14 #
Most of the CF to SD adapters are Type II. This means that they are slightly thicker than Type I. The Canon 50D takes both Type I and Type II cards so that should not be an issue. Read/Write speed may be an issue. The adapters I have used, were slow even with the high speed SanDisk SD cards. In a pinch, these adapter work okay. I would invest in quality CF cards. A slow CF card will probably out perform a high speed SD card in one of these adapters.
Others may know of one of these adapters that has a higher transfer speed, but the ones I have tried are slow.
Others may know of one of these adapters that has a higher transfer speed, but the ones I have tried are slow.
Jan 14, 2013 12:56:06 #
In my 7D I have the 4th Generation Extreme CF Adapter SD to Type II CF shooting RAW on 32GB SD Cards at 8FPS and barely see a buffer build-up. Video is an issue though as the adapter will heat up over time. I have not been able to figure out if it is the card or the adapter, but assume it is the transfer speed as it was worse with a pre-4th gen. adapter.
I have the 4th Generation (purple) and show these as an example
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/816112-REG/Digieffects_SDXCF_Extreme_SD_HC_XC_to_CF.html
http://www.amazon.com/ESDCFII-Extreme-SDHC-Type-Adapter/dp/B0048W4RV4
I have the 4th Generation (purple) and show these as an example
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/816112-REG/Digieffects_SDXCF_Extreme_SD_HC_XC_to_CF.html
http://www.amazon.com/ESDCFII-Extreme-SDHC-Type-Adapter/dp/B0048W4RV4
Jan 14, 2013 14:46:23 #
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site because of helpful, and generous
with your time folks like you! YOU are the
the reason this site is the first thing I
check each morning. ( after kissin the wife
and a cup of joe) : )
Thanks again,
Mike
Jan 15, 2013 07:08:49 #
Beware the memory card contact pins, particularly in the Canon 7D. They are delicate and easily bent or broken if you are not careful when inserting the card. Lensrentals.com report that this is the most common repair on the rental 7D bodies. Some SD-CF card adaptors that I have seen are not made very well and will surely damage the contact pins in the camera unless you are extremely careful when you insert it.
Jan 15, 2013 08:58:15 #
Thanks Grahams
I'm going to play it safe and bite the
the bullet. Spending more money once in a
great while on a genuine cf card is probably
cheaper than breaking a few pins in my
50d even once. : ) thanks for the response
Mike
I'm going to play it safe and bite the
the bullet. Spending more money once in a
great while on a genuine cf card is probably
cheaper than breaking a few pins in my
50d even once. : ) thanks for the response
Mike
Jan 15, 2013 14:32:56 #
GrahamS wrote:
Beware the memory card contact pins, particularly in the Canon 7D. They are delicate and easily bent or broken if you are not careful when inserting the card. Lensrentals.com report that this is the most common repair on the rental 7D bodies. Some SD-CF card adaptors that I have seen are not made very well and will surely damage the contact pins in the camera unless you are extremely careful when you insert it.
I am not doubting you, but I don't see how unless the card is made by a blind person as the track into the camera is so long there simply isn't any wiggle room.
Jan 15, 2013 14:46:33 #
Have one, use it, haven't noticed any lag and no, it does not affect the image quality.
Jan 15, 2013 14:49:02 #
-lois- wrote:
Have one, use it, haven't noticed any lag and no, it does not affect the image quality.
Do you have issues with video overheating and if not what brand?
Jan 15, 2013 16:10:09 #
St3v3M wrote:
Do you have issues with video overheating and if not what brand?
-lois- wrote:
Have one, use it, haven't noticed any lag and no, it does not affect the image quality.
Do you have issues with video overheating and if not what brand?
I don't use it for video. No idea, however for photography, it does not heat up at all.
Jan 15, 2013 16:16:50 #
-lois- wrote:
I don't use it for video. No idea, however for photography, it does not heat up at all.
St3v3M wrote:
Do you have issues with video overheating and if not what brand?
-lois- wrote:
Have one, use it, haven't noticed any lag and no, it does not affect the image quality.
Do you have issues with video overheating and if not what brand?
I don't use it for video. No idea, however for photography, it does not heat up at all.
Thanks
Jan 15, 2013 17:16:11 #
St3v3M wrote:
quote=GrahamS Beware the memory card contact pins... (show quote)
There is lots of wiggle room.
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