Nikon D300s first major camera to dump CF?

RichA wrote:
By major I mean not entry-level.

You consider the D80 entry level?

jue

wrote:

What ya smoking this time Rich?

http://nikonrumors.com/2009/05/28/ni...00s-specs.aspx

Shows CF cards (and SD).

Similar to the bizarre Sony a900 card slot option (CF and
MemStickDuo/ProDuo). Which is even worse as an option.


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On 2009-06-12 13:18:55 -0700, Alan Browne
said:

wrote:

What ya smoking this time Rich?

http://nikonrumors.com/2009/05/28/ni...00s-specs.aspx

Shows CF cards (and SD).

Similar to the bizarre Sony a900 card slot option (CF and
MemStickDuo/ProDuo). Which is even worse as an option.

I didn't see Rich's post (blocked him a long time ago), but if the
reports are accurate, the D300 will have both CF and SD slots.

Hasn't that been done before?

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"Alan Browne" wrote in message
...
wrote:

What ya smoking this time Rich?

http://nikonrumors.com/2009/05/28/ni...00s-specs.aspx

Shows CF cards (and SD).

Similar to the bizarre Sony a900 card slot option (CF and
MemStickDuo/ProDuo). Which is even worse as an option.



Spome of the 1 series Canons use SD and CF and I can't say that I have heard
many saying that was ever a bad thing.

On 12-06-09 16:29, C J Campbell wrote:
On 2009-06-12 13:18:55 -0700, Alan Browne
said:

wrote:

What ya smoking this time Rich?

http://nikonrumors.com/2009/05/28/ni...00s-specs.aspx

Shows CF cards (and SD).

Similar to the bizarre Sony a900 card slot option (CF and
MemStickDuo/ProDuo). Which is even worse as an option.

I didn't see Rich's post (blocked him a long time ago), but if the
reports are accurate, the D300 will have both CF and SD slots.

Hasn't that been done before?

Probably. I'm too lazy to go look. Some cameras have two CF cards,
which seems to me to be the right solution. They can save raw to one
and JPG to the other, or when one is full, automatically switch to the
next card. (I wonder if any double buffer where 'even' frames go to the
"0" card, and 'odd' frames go to the '1' card? That would speed up
transfer (at the expense of processing juice ... but that's the point
when shooting fast, I suppose).

Sony, alas, need the user to manually switch to the other card and don't
even think about nifty options like format splits.

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On 12-06-09 16:37, Pete D wrote:
"Alan wrote in message
...
wrote:
What ya smoking this time Rich?

http://nikonrumors.com/2009/05/28/ni...00s-specs.aspx

Shows CF cards (and SD).

Similar to the bizarre Sony a900 card slot option (CF and
MemStickDuo/ProDuo). Which is even worse as an option.



Spome of the 1 series Canons use SD and CF and I can't say that I have heard
many saying that was ever a bad thing.

It's not, per se, but having a mix of card formats just seems awkward.
My card reader supports many, so it shouldn't matter. See my reply to
CJ dual CF's.


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Scott W wrote:

At one time being able to use the mico drives that fit in the CF slot
of some cameras was seen as a advantage
, now no one cares about that old technology.

PRobally four or five years back I bought a Rio carbon. At around £150 they
contained a 5GB drive that was compatible with CF slots - people were
buying them just to strip the drives out.

£12 for a 8GB compact flash now, as others have mentioned.

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On 2009-06-12 13:50:13 -0700, Alan Browne
said:

On 12-06-09 16:29, C J Campbell wrote:
On 2009-06-12 13:18:55 -0700, Alan Browne
said:

wrote:

What ya smoking this time Rich?

http://nikonrumors.com/2009/05/28/ni...00s-specs.aspx

Shows CF cards (and SD).

Similar to the bizarre Sony a900 card slot option (CF and
MemStickDuo/ProDuo). Which is even worse as an option.

I didn't see Rich's post (blocked him a long time ago), but if the
reports are accurate, the D300 will have both CF and SD slots.

Hasn't that been done before?

Probably. I'm too lazy to go look. Some cameras have two CF cards,
which seems to me to be the right solution. They can save raw to one
and JPG to the other, or when one is full, automatically switch to the
next card. (I wonder if any double buffer where 'even' frames go to
the "0" card, and 'odd' frames go to the '1' card? That would speed up
transfer (at the expense of processing juice ... but that's the point
when shooting fast, I suppose).

Sony, alas, need the user to manually switch to the other card and
don't even think about nifty options like format splits.

My Nikon D3X has two CF card slots. I set it up so that the second card
is an overflow. I cannot for the life of me think of an advantage of
having slots of two different types. It seems to me that the only
effect is to complicate your logistics.

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C J Campbell wrote:
On 2009-06-12 13:50:13 -0700, Alan Browne
said:

On 12-06-09 16:29, C J Campbell wrote:
On 2009-06-12 13:18:55 -0700, Alan Browne
said:

wrote:

What ya smoking this time Rich?

http://nikonrumors.com/2009/05/28/ni...00s-specs.aspx

Shows CF cards (and SD).

Similar to the bizarre Sony a900 card slot option (CF and
MemStickDuo/ProDuo). Which is even worse as an option.

I didn't see Rich's post (blocked him a long time ago), but if the
reports are accurate, the D300 will have both CF and SD slots.

Hasn't that been done before?

Probably. I'm too lazy to go look. Some cameras have two CF cards,
which seems to me to be the right solution. They can save raw to one
and JPG to the other, or when one is full, automatically switch to the
next card. (I wonder if any double buffer where 'even' frames go to
the "0" card, and 'odd' frames go to the '1' card? That would speed
up transfer (at the expense of processing juice ... but that's the
point when shooting fast, I suppose).

Sony, alas, need the user to manually switch to the other card and
don't even think about nifty options like format splits.

My Nikon D3X has two CF card slots. I set it up so that the second card
is an overflow. I cannot for the life of me think of an advantage of
having slots of two different types. It seems to me that the only effect
is to complicate your logistics.

I can think of one.
Eye Fi have released a wireless card that now supports raw (IIRC the
original Eye Fi would only transfer jpegs). These only seem to be
available in an SDHC package.
You might be able to use these with an SD/CF adapter if you've only got
two CF card slots, but 2 x CF card slots take up space. That might not
be an issue on an already large D3 style camera, but with the smaller DX
format, by the time the large CAM3500 AF module, AF drive motor, 100%
VF/prism is in place, the existing D300 is already quite large for a DX
camera, and IMO the whole point of DX is that it's a smaller (and
obviously much lower cost) system format. Adding an SD slot makes sense
(hopefully there is still a CF slot)
The WT-4A (about US$750) might be a nice elegant and more functional
solution, especially in the studio but when not in use, it's just
another expensive weighty item to lug around. The wireless SD card can
just stay in the camera as an overflow device to main (CF) storage, as
it come with 4gb flash.

On 12-06-09 18:00, C J Campbell wrote:
On 2009-06-12 13:50:13 -0700, Alan Browne
said:

On 12-06-09 16:29, C J Campbell wrote:
On 2009-06-12 13:18:55 -0700, Alan Browne
said:

wrote:

What ya smoking this time Rich?

http://nikonrumors.com/2009/05/28/ni...00s-specs.aspx

Shows CF cards (and SD).

Similar to the bizarre Sony a900 card slot option (CF and
MemStickDuo/ProDuo). Which is even worse as an option.

I didn't see Rich's post (blocked him a long time ago), but if the
reports are accurate, the D300 will have both CF and SD slots.

Hasn't that been done before?

Probably. I'm too lazy to go look. Some cameras have two CF cards,
which seems to me to be the right solution. They can save raw to one
and JPG to the other, or when one is full, automatically switch to the
next card. (I wonder if any double buffer where 'even' frames go to
the "0" card, and 'odd' frames go to the '1' card? That would speed up
transfer (at the expense of processing juice ... but that's the point
when shooting fast, I suppose).

Sony, alas, need the user to manually switch to the other card and
don't even think about nifty options like format splits.

My Nikon D3X has two CF card slots. I set it up so that the second card
is an overflow. I cannot for the life of me think of an advantage of
having slots of two different types. It seems to me that the only effect
is to complicate your logistics.

I generally agree, but it might fit somebody's needs, perhaps PJ's.


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