Minolta SD-CF1 Compactflash Adapter for the Maxxum 7D, A200, A1 & A2 Digital Cameras
Details
- Availability:
- No longer available through SilverGelatin.net
- List Price:
- $79.95
- Average Customer Rating:
- 4.5 out of 5
- Manufacturer:
- Minolta
Description
The Minolta SD-CF1 CompactFlash Adapter enables SD (Secure Digital) Memory Cards to be used with most CompactFlash compatible cameras, printers, PDAs or other imaging equipment. Use of an SD Memory Card with the SD-CF1 adapter permits transfer rates of up to 30% faster then CompactFlash cards alone.In addition, by combining the new Minolta SD-CF1 adapter with PCMCIA Type I CF type PC card adapters, SD Memory Cards can be used with laptop computers. With unmatched compatibility, SD Memory Cards can now be used to transfer data between three different kinds of card slots SD Memory Card slots, CompactFlash slots, and PC card slots (PC card slot requires the Minolta CompactFlash Card Adapter CA-1C). The SD-CF1 adapter also allows SD Memory Cards used with the Minolta DiMAGE X and F series cameras to be used in the Minolta DiMAGE 7 and S series cameras (which use CompactFlash type I). For example, the same SD Memory Card can be used for both the Minolta DiMAGE Xi and Minolta DiMAGE 7Hi, enabling digital camera users to unify their recording media. By allowing users to take advantage of both CompactFlash type I and type II slots, the Minolta SD-CF1 adapter provides the ultimate in flexibility.As a further benefit, images recorded by SD Memory Card compatible digital cameras can be downloaded into CompactFlash compatible PDAs. Likewise, images shot on SD Memory Card compatible digital cameras can be printed directly from CompactFlash compatible printers without being attached to a computer.
Spotlight customer reviews
Works great
[ Posted: 2007-01-27 ]
No problems, it just works. This has been nice since some of my SD cards don't work directly in my computer. However it works with PCMCIA adapter talking to this sd-CF adapter talking to the SD card. Also I have devices that only take compact flash and extra SD cards are much smaller to carry around.
It's a little expensive, but was worth it to me.
Works as a generic SD to CF adapter
[ Posted: 2006-09-13 ]
I own two of these adapters, both of them work perfectly. I have a couple of 4GB SD cards that I use in my Canon 20D. I haven't encountered any problems with them. They've worked in all instances where CF type II was used.
The main reason that I bought the adapter was that I wanted to limit what actually touched the pins in my camera. I've had to send my camera out to get serviced by Canon because another CF card bent one of the pins inside my camera.
SD cards are faster than CF cards, both of my 4GB cards are rated at 150x, which is 22MB/s read. I think I get about 20MB/write. I can get a burst shot with my Canon 20D in RAW and not have to worry about card latency.
Amazon.com wasn't able to ship this to me but they more than made up for it.
[ Posted: 2006-02-23 ]
I placed my order on December 29. Amazon estimated it would ship by February 14. I complained at the end of February 14 that it had still not shipped. The person at Amazon said it would ship on February 22. It still did not ship. I placed an order for the same item at another website today, February 23. Their website said it was in stock and usually ships the next business day.
I was pissed and wrote a scathing review of Amazon.com on their own website. But to my pleasant surprise, Amazon.com sent me a certficate to use on their website for a different purchase. They completely made up for their mistake and did a lot better to win back my loyalty than a lot of other companies I have had problems with lately.
BTW, I bought this product from another website (I don't recall which one) and it works great! It completely fits into the form-factor of a compact flash card so I can use my SD card inside the SD-CF adapter inside my cf-pcmcia adapter in my PC. It works flawlessly.
I am now completely happy with this product and with Amazon.
SC-CF1 Compactflash Adapter
[ Posted: 2005-09-13 ]
Found the product very easy to use and works very well using the SD cards for the camera. I have used it without any problems with my new digital SLR camera. I would recommend it for anyone who has a lot of SD cards but has a camera that uses CF.
Works with 1GB SD card
[ Posted: 2005-05-03 ]
This is a great little CF-SD adapter. Other internet reviews say it won't work with SD cards over 512MB. However, I've had no problems using my SanDisk 1.0GB SD cards with it in my iPAQ 2215. I transfered 900MB of music from one SD card to the other using the adapter in one slot and SD in the other. It took about an 45 minutes, but it did work.