I'd like to see them put both CF & SD card slots in there next higher spec'ed model.
Dave S On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:14:05 -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - There is no performance benefit from CF cards at this time, and > prices are about as alike as they can get for the same performance > cards. > > - SD are generally less likely to have difficulties from insertion due > to the simpler connection interface, thus less customer problems and > lower warranty/support costs. > > - SD card slots take up less space in the body and allow a more compact > design. > > CF is where the current high end cameras are because it was the first > available media storage adopted, and people generally want to keep with > what they already have. Pentax made a brave move going to SD on the > *ist DS, and I think there's more upside to SD adoption in the future. > The only downsides, really, is that SD is currently only available to > 2G sizing and microdrives only fit the CF form factor. But I much > prefer the smaller, flash memory only form factor ... microdrives are > more troublesome and consume a lot more power. > > I feel that Pentax will stick with SD, but what they actually do is an > unknown. I have plenty of both CF and SD media, however; it would > simply be more convenient to have just one media format. > > Godfrey > > > On Mar 9, 2005, at 8:35 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > Why do you think that will happen? Seems that CF is where the high end > > cameras are, and, at least according to most list members here, CF > > appears > > to be what they want. > > > > Shel > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > > > >> I'll need another body soon: it will be either another DS or a uprated > >> D with an SD card rather than CF. > > > > > >
