Does having one CF card slot make this risky for paid work? If yes than I am buying a new D610. Thank you!!!
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I think it would be hard to quantify the risk. 2 slots would reduce that risk but I would recommend a different Nikon if you're thinking of buying the D700 new from Amazon. For less that what Amazon sells the D700 for ($3400) you could get a D800 ($2800)or D800E if you want to spend a little more than the D700 costs. The D800/E accommodate 1 CF card and 1 SD card. I'm not a professional but I've taken almost 20,000 shots with my D700 since I bought it new about 1.5 years ago. I use Lexar Compact Flash 1000x UDMA cards (16GB and 32GB) because they're fast. I haven't had any failures yet. In the 12+ years that I've been doing digital photography I've only had failures with Viking cards so I quit buying that brand. I've also used SanDisk, Kingston and Transcend brand cards with no problems.
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my husband and I have been doing professional event photography for almost a year and have had no problems. I recommend the Flash Pro series for faster photo times. Besides that, I've really had no issue with the 1 slot. But ultimately it's your decision.
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Wow, sounds like the cam is at least _partially_ to blame if it gets that hosed over any memory card that does anything less than short out connections.You may have done this but just in case:-Are any of the pins in the CF slot on your camera bent? The SD adapter might have done that.-Is there any global reset for your camera? The controller in it is likely confused, but not _broken_ per se.
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I'm using a 2GB SD card with no problems. I've also used XD and CF cards without a problem.
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Good question, or maybe catch. The ones I have are U1, but I don't know what the add said when I bought the cards. They work well in my D610, and as back up in my D800.
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There is only one card slot. But there is the 32G of internal mem. btw, overall a great camerae, and it's already $150 less!!
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Bob: I see your point, but wonder if the risk of card failure is any worse on the higher capacity card. So long as I download my photos and videos regularly, the only content at risk is the most recent shots which haven't been copied yet. Even a 4GB card can fail, and if it's got irreplaceable pics on it I'm likely to utter some things not intended for mixed company. I've read that the SD cards are only good for so many cycles of save/erase/save..., so presumably the larger capacity card gets erased less frequently, thereby reducing the risk of failure.
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Yes,CompactFlash© (CF) (Type I/II, compliant with UDMA) MicroDrive© - In backing(Burning) up to a DVD 4GB disk, it works well for me.One CF 4GB will fill the disk with a little room to spare. Leave some room on the card, don't shot till the cards full. The card needs some room to record your images. Working this way most of my cards are now 4GBs. Carrying cards is lighter than a Laptop.
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I just looked at my box, and it doesn't mention CF either. Open the box, and test it. It's the first thing I did when I received mine. I didn't read the box, I opened it. Mine worked fine. The CF slot is at side nearest the "R" in the Anker logo on the front.
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Should not be a problem. The 20D uses CF cards, so you should be good to go.
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Yes. It has two full CF card slots. There are many options for how to use them. It can be used as a backup, more storage if the first card is full and a few more options.
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It uses 2 cards; a CF and a SD at the same time or singly. You can set up your camera to fill one card and automatically move on to the next one. A couple of 32 G cards and you are good to go. I am likely to shoot a couple thousand pictures on a good weekend so this feature works great for what I do. By the way, love this camera! But be aware that it is full frame and not many of the older lenses will work with it.
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I carry 2 64GB cards for my D5100. I use a single card for a shoot and move them as soon as practical onto a more stable platform (backed up). Then I return the card to my cycle. This lets me shoot as much as I want without fear of running out of space. I also shoot jpg & raw. They are so cheap (I saw them for $15.99 the other day) that I cannot see a reason not to use them. The other people fearing about loss of the pictures are right though, do not store your pictures on here. Move them as soon as possible.
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This works great for all CF cards, the only difference might be the speed of the uploading and downloading of whatever data you have in your card... I shoot images with a 36 MP camera and I am extremely happy the way this device takes 400 images from a 32 GB card UDMA and not UDMA to my CPU in record time compared to the one installed in the CPU. I guess the one in the computer is USB 2.0 and this one is USB 3.0
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My response said that the card worked flawlessly in my D200 with it being 24 GB'S larger than the manual recommends. The D800 uses SD, the D700 uses CF
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Dear Miriam,This will depend on the cf card you are using, not the cf reader. If you are using an "industrial" cf card that supports "fixed disk" mode, you will be able to assign a drive letter to the cf card as a permanent data storage device.If you are using a cf card that doesn't support fixed disk mode, the cf card will be recognized as a portable storage device.In either case, a drive letter will be associated with the cf card.Kind Regards,Spotlight Media
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The unit works ok, but the framing is flemzey. I have a really solid unit in my other PC, but do not know the brand. My suggestion is not to use a CF card, but use a SD. Don't have to worry about the pins getting bent.
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Yes, it does. It has two CF cards you can setup in several different configurations.