Compact Flash Types.....whats the difference?

[Woza]

Hi all,

Just ordered my dslr and it only accepts compact flash type I and II what is the difference, is one usually cheaper than the other - any good places to buy from?

Thanks,

Woza.

[horacethefrog]

They're all Type I these days. Type II are microdrives (tiny hard disks), haven't seen one of those for years. Most people opt for either Sandisk or Lexar and my preferred source is MyMemory

[Simpo Two]

I thught you bought a Sony and it only took special Sony-flavour cards...?

[Woza]

Simpo Two said:

I thught you bought a Sony and it only took special Sony-flavour cards...?

if you want to use the Sony memory pro things you need an adapter!

Compact flash it is!

[Woza]

Are these any good or will they slow things down?

http://www.mymemory.co.uk/Compact-Flash-Cards/Gene...

[Simpo Two]

Woza said:

Compact flash it is!

Indeedy. By a CF card

On a more serious note, don't buy Happy Shopper 1x ste cards, get a decent brand and decent speed.

Edited by Simpo Two on Sunday 2nd August 22:09

[Woza]

bump* anyone have any experience of those sd to cf adapters?

Thanks,

Woza.

[horacethefrog]

No experience but, in these days of very cheap memory, it seems to me an economy not worth making. You can buy a decent 4Gb Sandisk card for only a few quid more than that adapter costs. Do you have a lot of very good quality SD cards?

[rasputin]

horacethefrog said:

Do you have a lot of very good quality SD cards?

I'm interested in these adapters too, but not for that reason. My laptop takes SD cards directly, my camera uses CF.
If there's no performance loss I may try one...

[Woza]

rasputin said:

horacethefrog said:

Do you have a lot of very good quality SD cards?

I'm interested in these adapters too, but not for that reason. My laptop takes SD cards directly, my camera uses CF.
If there's no performance loss I may try one...

This is why i was keen also, plus my tv accepts SD cards only!

[clonmult]

rasputin said:

horacethefrog said:

Do you have a lot of very good quality SD cards?

I'm interested in these adapters too, but not for that reason. My laptop takes SD cards directly, my camera uses CF.
If there's no performance loss I may try one...

My laptop does the same, shouldn't be any major performance hit.

Although check on your laptop for >2gig cards - can you use 4gig SDHC cards in there? Mine is winding me up, it takes MSDP and SD cards, but doesn't take anything over 2gig.

[JimNoble]

horacethefrog said:

They're all Type I these days. Type II are microdrives (tiny hard disks), haven't seen one of those for years.

There were a couple of Type I microdrives and the odd Type II flash card as well.

The only difference between Type I/II is the thickness. Type I are 3.3mm, Type II are 5mm...

Jim