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    Secure Digital cards

    I just read racingpinarello's review of the D50 and having used my daughters and son in law's camera feel he is pretty much right on with the review. However, I have one question about his review that bothers me. He lists under "Cons" that the D50 uses SD cards. I use mostly SD cards in my Kodak and my Pentax and CF card in my Nikon. With almost 75000 shots on the SD's and about 5000 on the CF, I'd have to say that my SD cards have out performed my Lexar Pro 80x CF 1 gb card. I have 2 Sandisk Ultra II 2 gb cards and a Sandisk 256 (has about 50000 of the 75k) and a Kodak 256 card and haven't had any problems with either their speed or performance. My question is: Do others think this is a "Con" and if so, why is it a con?" I'd really like to hear RP's point of view on this as well as all others.
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    Re: Secure Digital cards

    Quote Originally Posted by ken1953
    I just read racingpinarello's review of the D50 and having used my daughters and son in law's camera feel he is pretty much right on with the review. However, I have one question about his review that bothers me. He lists under "Cons" that the D50 uses SD cards. I use mostly SD cards in my Kodak and my Pentax and CF card in my Nikon. With almost 75000 shots on the SD's and about 5000 on the CF, I'd have to say that my SD cards have out performed my Lexar Pro 80x CF 1 gb card. I have 2 Sandisk Ultra II 2 gb cards and a Sandisk 256 (has about 50000 of the 75k) and a Kodak 256 card and haven't had any problems with either their speed or performance. My question is: Do others think this is a "Con" and if so, why is it a con?" I'd really like to hear RP's point of view on this as well as all others.
    Ken
    I use them pretty exclusively in my 1D Mk II instead of CF cards these days just because I can pack 8 of 'em in my Lowepro card case. It does have some potential drawbacks-they're flimsier, smaller and therefore easier to lose. Speed is not an issue, since both formats are available in a variety of read/write speeds, although it seems to me that my SD cards read and write noticeably faster than their CF counter parts (I use Sandisk Extreme II and III in both formats). One advantage is that you don't have to worry about accidentally bending any pins on your card reader , unlike CF cards (I've ruined my share of (mostly cheaper) CF card readers this way.
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