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My old Canon A80 died (it got wet -- salt water) and as I look into
replacing it, I see that Canon appears to have switched from CF to SD,
except for the high end dSLRs. What's the reason for this (if, in
fact, it is true)?

Although I was trying to save a few bucks by getting a replacement that
would use my collection of CF cards, I'm getting the impression that I
ought to forget about this idea and just buy a camera on its merits,
and then get what ever type of memory it needs.

Lem wrote:

>My old Canon A80 died (it got wet -- salt water) and as I look into
>replacing it, I see that Canon appears to have switched from CF to SD,
>except for the high end dSLRs. What's the reason for this (if, in
>fact, it is true)?

Size.

The SD cards are substantially smaller and that helps reduce the size of
the pocket P&S cameras. Every bit helps.

>Although I was trying to save a few bucks by getting a replacement that
>would use my collection of CF cards,

I believe the G and S lines as well as the DSLR models, all use CF
cards.

> I'm getting the impression that I
>ought to forget about this idea and just buy a camera on its merits,
>and then get what ever type of memory it needs.

That works.

But if you can save a few bucks, that doesn't hurt either.

Hi,
S 80 uses SD Memory Cards and MultiMediaCards....
and S 70 __Cf __ cards

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/co...&modelid=10460
J


"Bill" <> wrote in message
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> Lem wrote:
>
>>My old Canon A80 died (it got wet -- salt water) and as I look into
>>replacing it, I see that Canon appears to have switched from CF to SD,
>>except for the high end dSLRs. What's the reason for this (if, in
>>fact, it is true)?
>
> Size.
>
> The SD cards are substantially smaller and that helps reduce the size of
> the pocket P&S cameras. Every bit helps.
>
>>Although I was trying to save a few bucks by getting a replacement that
>>would use my collection of CF cards,
>
> I believe the G and S lines as well as the DSLR models, all use CF
> cards.
>
>> I'm getting the impression that I
>>ought to forget about this idea and just buy a camera on its merits,
>>and then get what ever type of memory it needs.
>
> That works.
>
> But if you can save a few bucks, that doesn't hurt either.

Bill wrote:
> Lem wrote:
>
> >My old Canon A80 died (it got wet -- salt water) and as I look into
> >replacing it, I see that Canon appears to have switched from CF to SD,
> >except for the high end dSLRs. What's the reason for this (if, in
> >fact, it is true)?
>
> Size.
>
> The SD cards are substantially smaller and that helps reduce the size of
> the pocket P&S cameras. Every bit helps.
>
> >Although I was trying to save a few bucks by getting a replacement that
> >would use my collection of CF cards,
>
> I believe the G and S lines as well as the DSLR models, all use CF
> cards.
>
> > I'm getting the impression that I
> >ought to forget about this idea and just buy a camera on its merits,
> >and then get what ever type of memory it needs.
>
> That works.
>
> But if you can save a few bucks, that doesn't hurt either.

Thanks.