Compact cams is moving to SD.
Pro level bodies still uses CF as I believe its easier for them to design
hi-capacity CFs than SD

Example .. with Canon 1D Mk II ... you can use either SD or CF .. no sweat.

=bob=

"Larry R Harrison Jr" wrote in message
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Frankly, I have noticed so many cameras switching to Secure Digital (SD)
cards in place of Compact Flash I'm wondering if Compact Flash is going
the
way of Smart Media cards.

Yes, SD is more compact but then, look at how compact the Nikon Coolpix
2100
and 3100 cameras were and they were Compact Flash. Ditto the Canon
Powershot
A60, A70, A75 etc. Even the Powershot S410 is Compact Flash, and that is
one tiny camera; it's one of the "Digital IXUS" series of ultra-compacts
sort of like the "Digital Elph" series.

I don't know why this bothers me, but it does. I'd just assume
manufacturers
stick more with Compact Flash, but between all of Nikon's compacts going
SD,
Pentax's new *ist DS D-SLR going SD and so on, it looks like Compact Flash
may be going the way of Smart Media cards.

I guess it shouldn't bother me, but frankly the more manufacturers would
just stick with one type of card and be done with it, the better things
would be. But then, maybe that's what they're doing in the way of SD, I
don't know. Maybe I'm just nervious because I've "invested" in a Coolpix
5700 which is Compact Flash and I don't want its media becoming obselete
even though eventually I guess the camera itself will be.

Comments?

LRH