mborn Loc: Massachusetts

Do not take chances buy a new card that comes with warranties

Cookie223 Loc: New Jersey

[quote=dcampbell52][quote=Bmarsh]Why not buy an CF adaptor that will take an sd card? Good forever and you can even put a micro sd adaptor in the CF adaptor and take any card?[/quI had two for my Nikon D70s. The first worked fine for awhile in the camera and allowed me to use 32gb SD cards when the camera would only support a max of 4gb CF cards. I used this setup for about 3 years then the camera failed. I replaced the camera with a used D70s and it would not use the SD card adapter. NOTE: all firmware was updated in the camera and everything else appeared normal. The camera also intermittently reports that the CF card (any of my 4) is NOT formatted even if it has already got 80-100 photos on it. So the inability may be internal to the D70s. I've gone back to the CF cards and try to keep a few shots on each and only format at the beginning of a shoot. Often, removing the card and reinserting it will get it to function after reformatting. My newer cameras all used SD cards (I keep two 64gb cards in the D7100 and two in the D610). My backup SD cards are all 32gb.[/quote]
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Cookie223 Loc: New Jersey

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pithydoug Loc: Catskill Mountains, NY

Considering the nominal cost and what all the other photography stuff costs, you want to skimp on the card? To me that suggests a single point of failure. Besides what do they actually do to "refurbish" a card?

Cookie223 Loc: New Jersey

I rarely skimp on things that I buy, but so many Hoggers are always saying how great refurbished gear is that I had to question the CF card.

But, I have to agree for the minimal cost I am better off buying new.
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Cookie

Fotomacher Loc: Toronto

Many times "refurbished" electronics result from damaged packaging. Since they can not put the item back on the assembly line to package it, they use a "white box" and call it "refurbished". It is the same as new. No one anywhere is going to bother checking the performance of an item like a memory card and doing anything like a re-format. Too labour intensive and not worth the cost.

Jim Plogger Loc: East Tennessee

Type I adaptor $12.95 or Type II for $16.95 at Amazon. Also available at B&H.

aellman Loc: Boston MA

Check ebay for much less expensive NEW alternatives. >Alan

Cookie223 Loc: New Jersey

Thanks Alan.

stuparr935 Loc: Dallas, Texas area

I buy only SanDisk CF or SD cards as I have never had a bad one. Lexie used to be the go to card, but I changed to SanDisk after Lexor had some problems about 10 years or so. Today they are a good card. Either one should do you as good as the other....

Cookie223 Loc: New Jersey

I've been using Transend cards and so far haven't had a problem. I'll more than likely go with a SanDisk CF card, they do have a great reputation.
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Cookie

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

I recently purchased several new Compact Flash cards at Micro Center. They had several choices, fast and extremely fast, 16 GB and 32 GB. All were less than $35. I did not see that they of the smaller capacity cards in stock. Depending on the age of your camera, you may need to verify that the larger capacity cards will work on your camera. As an example, the Nikon D200 as originally delivered would handle only up to 4 GB, as I recall. A firmware update was required to handle the larger chips when they became available. I now can use both 16 GB and 32 GB cards in that camera. Most recent development seems to have been devoted to SD-family memory cards. And the manufacturing landscape is changing...some of the more recognizable manufacturers are no longer producing in the CF format, because it is becoming obsolete. This is interesting to me, because since CF is a parallel format, it is capable of being much faster than the serial architectures of SD cards. I guess that size is everything. at least sometimes.

I generally have used CF cards from reputable manufacturers, but have used a variety of brands, including Micro Center's "house brand" in a pinch with no problems.

It is extremely important to format any memory card before using it...don't just slide it into the camera and start clicking the shutter, even if it seems to work. An important part of the format process is identifying and mapping around any bad storage areas. I occasionally reformat my memory cards after moving all photographs off of them, just in case a few bits have failed.

The SD to CF adaptors are an intriguing idea. If you get one, you may want to try it out in a non-critical environment first, because the conversion that would be necessary could possibly slow the effective speed of the memory.

Good luck!

rcdovala

Be careful when considering the purchase of this adapter. I bought one only to find that it will not work in any of my cameras. It works when installed in a card reader attached to my computer but not in cameras. So, it does me no good. There may be some that do work in cameras but I think that it may be a hit or miss proposition.

Cookie223 Loc: New Jersey

Thanks Larry, there's a Micro Center not far from me. I'll be going there this week.

Cookie223 Loc: New Jersey

I'm no longer considering an adapter, I'll just buy a new CF card and avoid some possible problems.
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