http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/"Extremely High Speed"]]>Jun 26th 2009 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/
Compact Flash news isn't news.]]>Jun 26th 2009 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 29th 2009 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/
Due to their compatibility with IDE/ATA they are used in many embedded systems as solid-state drives. In early 2008 the CFA demonstrated CompactFlash cards with a built in SATA interface.[15] Several companies make adapters to allow CF cards to be connected to PCI, IDE, 44-pin laptop mini-IDE, and SATA connections[16], allowing a CF card to act as a solid-state drive with virtually any operating system or BIOS, and even in a RAID configuration.

CompactFlash does not have any built in DRM or cryptographic features like on some USB flash drives and other card formats. The lack of such features contributes to the openness of the standard since other memory card standards with such features are subject to restrictive licensing agreements.

CF cards are available at higher storage capacities than some smaller flash memory cards.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompactFlash#Compared_to_other_portable_storage]]>Jun 26th 2009 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/
Now my SD cards even my extreme II SD cards are painfully slow in comparison. it drives me NUTS even the newest just out cards max out at 30mb/s and I get no where even remotely slightly or vaguely close to that in ANY reader I have tried so far.

Drives me nuts that no one makes a GOOD SD card reader.

I would love it if they let me "double up" the MSD cards say the new 4 card unit where it was pairs of 2 and the pics where saved to BOTH cards at the same time for redundancy. Now that would be a neat trick.

Not sure if that could work with video.]]>Jun 26th 2009 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/
http://lexar.com/readers/pro_udma_dualslot.html
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I only had SD's when I bough the car and didn't want to buy CF's. The would work out nice.]]>Jun 26th 2009 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/
This adapter is great for me since all I have are SD cards!

]]>Jun 26th 2009 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/
I bought them and they came with mini, standard, and usb adapters. ]]>Jun 26th 2009 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/I am waiting for the new sata interface CF2 cards. those will be nice. :)]]>Jun 26th 2009 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/
I would rather it be a SDHC card to CF card adapter though. I have 11GB of SD cards, and I would want to use SD cards if I got a Canon DSLR.]]>Jun 26th 2009 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/
If megapixel race doesn't stop, CF would continue its domination in dSLR market, as SD's performance still lags behind.]]>Jun 26th 2009 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/
Further, with a CF to SD adapter, you can then also use a SD to mini- or microSD adapter, so I really don't see the point with this product, given the vast amount of real estate the CF format offers over SD... unless there's some concern about the reliability of using two adapters? I'm having trouble believing that, though.]]>Jun 26th 2009 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/
I'm going to miss CF cards should they fully depart, I like their larger size. They don't feel nearly as fragile as SD cards.]]>Jun 26th 2009 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/I'll take my 16GB SanDisk Extreme III at 30 MB/s for the extra $40.]]>Jun 26th 2009 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211380]]>Jun 26th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://gizmodo.com/5302727/photofast-cr+7200-compactflash-adapter-runs-four-microsds-in-raid]]>Jun 26th 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/
That said, yeah, the (micro) SDHC format is annoying limited to something like 32GB. Luckily the successor format, SDXC, goes up to a theoretical 2TB max. CF looks limited to 137GB (according to wikipedia, take it for what it's worth).]]>Jun 26th 2009 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/
Having an unlimited data plan is not a bad idea. ;)]]>Jun 26th 2009 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/
I find it annoying that many high end cameras use CF still. WHY? They are more expensive than SDHC cards.


I guess I am glad that these type of adapters are making a comeback... But I would prefer a CF adapter that took normal sized SDHC cards, and not the more expensive microSDHC.]]>Jun 26th 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/
But seriously, the word obsolete is an adjective, not a verb.

How about kill or even obviate?]]>Jun 26th 2009 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/cause (a product or idea) to be or become obsolete by replacing it with something new : we're trying to stimulate the business by obsoleting last year's designs.]]>Jun 26th 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/photofast-cr-7100-microsdhc-adapter-helps-obsolete-cf-cards/Jun 26th 2009 12:42PM