IF you buy a DS and have a few SD cards, THEN buy a D, you are not
necessarily in a bad position. There are several vendors offering SD-
>CF card adapters that allow you to use your SD cards in CF cameras,
with a 10-20% performance penalty. This is not so bad as it seems
since the D has relatively slow write performance anyway: the card
plus adapter is not the bottleneck.
If you have a D and then buy a DS, that's a bit of a pain as you have
to buy SD cards: there's no adapter possible that will allow a CF
card to be used in an SD slot.
However, storage cards are reasonably inexpensive and generally a one-
time purchase. Two 1G cards rated at 45-60x, in either CF or SD
format, are a little less than $160. That's ten rolls of film plus
processing, less than two/three weeks film consumption for me, and
you can reuse the cards for many thousands of cycles.
Godfrey
On Sep 6, 2005, at 3:24 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
OK, thanks ... there's some sense in what you say. However, first
I must
spend some time with a properly set up and working DS to know
better how I
like digital and what features I really want and need. I shall
keep your
comments in mind when/if the time comes to get a second body.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Dario Bonazza
Subject: Re: Decisions, decisions...
In other words, if you need say 1GB (max.), you have to buy 2 GB
(1 GB CF
+
1GB SD) for having 1 GB wit any camera (in case one fails, in case
you
are
continuing using one for some reason, etc.).
Dario
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: Decisions, decisions...
I don't see what difference it makes. I shoot different brands
and types
of film. Why don't you think it a good idea?
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Dario Bonazza <
Shel,
I don't find to be a great idea mixing SD and CF, unless you
truly need
some
D specs.
