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Does anybody has any experience with this combination - Nikon D80 and
Transcend SDHC 8 GB card? I saw on the transcendusa.com web site that some
Canon digital cameras are having problems with 4 GB cards even if they
supposed to be absolutely compatible and when people tried to format these
cards they actually were not able to continue working with the camera as
well as the SDHC card. But I also saw one review on the Internet about the
Nikon D80 owner, he tried transcend 8 GB SDHC card and the only one
complaint was - it's slow, but he was working with RAW + JPG images, that
should be slower because of the amount of the data.

Who from the happy owners of the Nikon D80 could share his own experience or
working with these SDHC 8 GB cards? Any formatting problems? Nikon
recommends to reformat the card to get a better performance, but is it
dangerous to do that keeping in mind this sad experience of the Canon guys?

Just D.

Just D wrote:
> Does anybody has any experience with this combination - Nikon D80 and
> Transcend SDHC 8 GB card? I saw on the transcendusa.com web site that some
> Canon digital cameras are having problems with 4 GB cards even if they
> supposed to be absolutely compatible and when people tried to format these
> cards they actually were not able to continue working with the camera as
> well as the SDHC card. But I also saw one review on the Internet about the
> Nikon D80 owner, he tried transcend 8 GB SDHC card and the only one
> complaint was - it's slow, but he was working with RAW + JPG images, that
> should be slower because of the amount of the data.
>
> Who from the happy owners of the Nikon D80 could share his own experience or
> working with these SDHC 8 GB cards? Any formatting problems? Nikon
> recommends to reformat the card to get a better performance, but is it
> dangerous to do that keeping in mind this sad experience of the Canon guys?
>
> Just D.
>
>
So, the D80 does not use CF cards?? That's a bummer!

Ron

--
And it really doesn't matter if
I'm wrong I'm right
Where I belong I'm right
Where I belong.

Lennon & McCartney

Didn't you notice the magic word - SDHC ? Maybe you don't know but it means
Secure Digital.

http://ec.transcendusa.com/product/I...temID=TS8GSDHC

So CF can take a rest here.

Just D.


"Freedom55" <"joinertake this out"@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Just D wrote:
>> Does anybody has any experience with this combination - Nikon D80 and
>> Transcend SDHC 8 GB card? I saw on the transcendusa.com web site that
>> some

> So, the D80 does not use CF cards?? That's a bummer!
>
> Ron

> So, the D80 does not use CF cards?? That's a bummer!
>
> Ron

http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/...80_noprint.pdf

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> So, the D80 does not use CF cards?? That's a bummer!
>
> Ron
>
> --
> And it really doesn't matter if
> I'm wrong I'm right
> Where I belong I'm right
> Where I belong.
>
> Lennon & McCartney


Bummer why?

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:00:18 -0700, in rec.photo.digital "Just D"
<> wrote:

>> So, the D80 does not use CF cards?? That's a bummer!
>
>http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/...80_noprint.pdf
>
>Page 142

Oh come on asking someone to dl the full manual at 9+ MB is ridiculous. You
could have pointed to any review or even the Nikon site at:
http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php...roductNr=25412
click the Tech Specs tab.
--
Ed Ruf ()
http://edwardgruf.com/Digital_Photog...ral/index.html

Sorry, forgot that I have over 1 MByte/sec down.

But anyway nobody answered the original question.

Just D.

"Ed Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!)" <> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:00:18 -0700, in rec.photo.digital "Just D"
> <> wrote:
>
>>> So, the D80 does not use CF cards?? That's a bummer!
>>
>>http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/...80_noprint.pdf
>>
>>Page 142
>
> Oh come on asking someone to dl the full manual at 9+ MB is ridiculous.
> You
> could have pointed to any review or even the Nikon site at:
> http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php...roductNr=25412
> click the Tech Specs tab.
> --
> Ed Ruf ()
> http://edwardgruf.com/Digital_Photog...ral/index.html

gpaleo wrote:
>
> Ï "Freedom55" <"joinertake this out"@ns.sympatico.ca> Ýãñáøå óôï ìÞíõìá
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>>> .................................................. ...................
>
>> So, the D80 does not use CF cards?? That's a bummer!

> Bummer why?

People upgrading from a D70 have CF cards. People thinking of it as a
possible backup for a D200 or a D2X have CF cards. Having to have a
second set of cards rather spoils some of the purpose of a backup, and
raises the price quite a lot. (We're talking people here who perhaps
already have 16 4GB cards, some of them; getting anything close to that
again in SD is gonna cost more than the D80!)

David Dyer-Bennet <dd-> writes:
> possible backup for a D200 or a D2X have CF cards. Having to have a
> second set of cards rather spoils some of the purpose of a backup, and
> raises the price quite a lot. (We're talking people here who perhaps
> already have 16 4GB cards, some of them; getting anything close to
> that again in SD is gonna cost more than the D80!)


64GB of SDHC cards is about $560 these days, not pocket change but
less than a D80.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820211148

Someone with both a D80 and a D200 wanting to share cards between them
might look into this:

http://sd-to-cf.com/sd_to_cf_adapter.php

Only if you are on dialup. Nine MB isn't a particularly large file.

"Ed Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!)" <> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:00:18 -0700, in rec.photo.digital "Just D"
> <> wrote:
>
>>> So, the D80 does not use CF cards?? That's a bummer!
>>
>>http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/...80_noprint.pdf
>>
>>Page 142
>
> Oh come on asking someone to dl the full manual at 9+ MB is ridiculous.
> You
> could have pointed to any review or even the Nikon site at:
> http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php...roductNr=25412
> click the Tech Specs tab.
> --
> Ed Ruf ()
> http://edwardgruf.com/Digital_Photog...ral/index.html