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08/06/2006 07:44:53 PM · #1 |
| I keep reading, especially in the D80 thread about people not liking the SD card. Im sure there is a logical reason, I just cant seem to figure it out. Can someone please explain? |
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08/06/2006 07:47:39 PM · #2 |
| Capacity or Nikon owners have big hands? |
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08/06/2006 07:47:48 PM · #3 |
| Lots of bad SD cards manufactured in China burned a lot of people. Maybe that's the reason. |
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08/06/2006 08:15:21 PM · #4 |
Also SDHC cards (pdf file) are coming out soon. Basically higher capacity SD cards. Won't work for current SD card devices.Most people are using the wait and see approach on the new card.
Message edited by author 2006-08-06 20:17:07. |
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08/06/2006 08:22:58 PM · #5 |
I kinda liked the direction SD cards are headed.
The first SD's were stamp-sized, but today, there are smaller variations:
mini-SD (1/2 of the original size)
micro-SD (1/8? of the original size)
At this rate, for the size of a CF card, you could have the equivalent of a few hundrew SD cards in your camera or bag. If memory serves me right, the largest capacity of SD card today is 4GB at least. |
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08/06/2006 08:59:13 PM · #6 |
I guess to me media does not matter, as long as I can buy it for my gear, and it works. Right now, I have 2 SD cards, a 1gig and a 512. I have never filled up the 1gig, but then again, the one time I shot enough to come close, I was downloading inbetween sessions (a photo shoot).
I came from a Fuji with xD cards, and before that, A Canon with CF. The D50 is my first DSLR, but I cant complain about it or the media it takes. xD, now those are the ones that bugged me, only because of cost. |
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08/06/2006 09:39:46 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by steveh552:
xD, now those are the ones that bugged me, only because of cost. |
tell me about it :p expensive, and majority of card readers don't read XD for unknown reasons. |
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08/06/2006 09:50:10 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by steveh552:
I have never filled up the 1gig, but then again, the one time I shot enough to come close, I was downloading inbetween sessions (a photo shoot). |
And to me ... 1G is so small, I can only fit 56 pictures on a 1G card. I just bought a 4G CF card for $80 the other day. That, at least, lets me get over 200 pictures on a card. And the price was certainly right.
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08/06/2006 09:52:18 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by steveh552:
I guess to me media does not matter, as long as I can buy it for my gear, and it works. Right now, I have 2 SD cards, a 1gig and a 512. I have never filled up the 1gig, but then again, the one time I shot enough to come close, I was downloading inbetween sessions (a photo shoot). |
Wait until you discover shooting in RAW. You can't even get 100 photos on the 1 gb :( |
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08/06/2006 10:01:05 PM · #10 |
Basically, from the consumer end, it comes down to cost and performace. Traditionally, CF has been cheaper, gig for gig, than SD. This is changing though. It can (depending on the card) be faster than SD as well. Extremely fast cards are not really a requirement for most cameras, but they do make card-to-computer transfers much faster. Another thing in CF's favor is the available capacitity. 8GB is commonly available today in CF, vs. 4GB in SD. For most of us, this really isn't a big issue.
The smaller size of the SD card is both good and bad. Less space & weight, but easier to lose. The flat contacts of the SD card provide a potentially more durable and lower-cost interconnection, but limit the number of I/0 points. CF cards use a 50-pin connection, SD uses (I believe) 16 "pins." Overall, from the consumer perpsective, there's really no big difference for most users.
Now from the camera manufacturer's perspective, there's a big difference. The cost of putting a CF card interface into the camera is *much* greater than for the SD interface (both the cost of the connector itself, and the manufacturing costs). The SD card and the required connector also take less room in the camera, freeing up space for other things. This is the ultimate reason why Nikon chose SD for the D80. |
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08/06/2006 10:08:18 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Now from the camera manufacturer's perspective, there's a big difference. The cost of putting a CF card interface into the camera is *much* greater than for the SD interface (both the cost of the connector itself, and the manufacturing costs). The SD card and the required connector also take less room in the camera, freeing up space for other things. This is the ultimate reason why Nikon chose SD for the D80. |
Me thinks it would suprise a lot of people if the new Nikon D80 supports SD-IO on it's SD slot, making wireless a possibility :p |
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08/06/2006 10:31:35 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by faidoi:
Originally posted by steveh552:
I guess to me media does not matter, as long as I can buy it for my gear, and it works. Right now, I have 2 SD cards, a 1gig and a 512. I have never filled up the 1gig, but then again, the one time I shot enough to come close, I was downloading inbetween sessions (a photo shoot). |
Wait until you discover shooting in RAW. You can't even get 100 photos on the 1 gb :( |
I can get 136 on a card shooting RAW with the D50. |
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