CDA Compact Flash CF Type 2 Thick Card Adapter for SD cards. NOT for Devices with CF Type 1 Thin Sockets

I have a Nikon D300 and often shoot a lot of images or shoot combined jpeg and RAW and wanted to use something larger then my two 8GB CF cards. Since I own a few 16GB SDHC cards that I use between a smaller P/S camera and a SD/SDHC HD camcorder, I decided to give this adapter a try to avoid buying larger CF cards that can only be used on my Nikon D300. The adapter is well made and solid. Goes in and fits perfectly in my Nikon D300 card slot (ejects easily too). I see no degradation in performance and and fact I do see an obvious gain in writing speed, since my SDHC cards outperform my older CF cards which I've had quite a while and are of the older/slower generation of CF card. The transition to using the SD adapter with my newer SDHC cards was seamless and other then one extra step of having to remove the SD/SDHC card from the adapter to read it if you do not have a card reader capable of handling CF cards too, this adapter does the job perfectly. I in fact am considering buying a second adapter of the very same model as this one to avoid changing SD cards out in the field and to save a bit of time. Bottom line, this works like it should and I highly recommend it at only about $15. Seems SD cards have become the predominant card type for most devices now (even newer Nikons similar to mine now take an SD rather then a CF card) and as SD prices go down, this adapter is the way to go for your CF card camera. Time will tell how this adapter will hold up inside under continuous use of putting in and taking out an SD card. I do have a card reader that accepts all of the card types, so, maybe that will be the way to go (read from the adapter directly rather then remove the SD card) to save a little wear and tear over time.

Despite a few bad reviews, I decided to take a chance and purchase this product to use in my Canon Rebel camera. I wanted to be able to use the same SD/SDHC cards that my wife uses in her compact canon so that we could exchange cards should we ever need to (sometimes one or the other of us forgets to bring an extra). Also, It's a lot easier to store SD-size cards than the much larger CFs.The adapter has worked perfectly with the three different (types and memory size) SD and SDHC cards I have tried. I had to format the cards in camera first in all cases but after that there were no problems.I think, like others have suggested, that the adapter might have caused the camera to operate slower but I have not had a chance to compare similar cards so there is no way to be certain. Also, I was using a flash when I did my only serious picture taking so far and the flash recharge determined the camera speed, not the memory card. Otherwise, just shooting test shots around the house without the flash, the adapter seems to perform very well.A nice side benefit is that the card reader I have in my computer is older and can't read SDHC cards but it can when they are in the adapter in the CF slot.If I planned on taking series of rapid shots I think I would get the fastest CF card I could and bypass the adapter, but for normal picture taking the adapter works perfectly. If you are going to use cheaper, slower cards in your camera, there's probably no point in worrying about whether the adapter is a little slower anyway.

I replaced the hard drive in an old clickwheel iPod Mini with this adapter and an SD card. It works!

I have a Canon Digital SLR that I don't use very often anymore because it's big and heavy and I always have my iPhone camera. However, on my recent vacation I knew I would want to have the quality and zoom capabilities with my "big" camera - but I also knew I would want to be able to share my photos while I was away and would only have my iPhone. After some research, I found the Eyefi Mobi 4GB SDHC Wi-Fi Memory Card and this adapter since my camera uses CompactFlash. All together for $45 I got something that worked very well for me. It was easy to transfer the photos from my Canon to my iPhone, and then do whatever I wanted with them. I didn't take the time to edit any of them, since I didn't want to spend too much of my vacation time fussing with photos, but one certainly could edit them using whatever you have on your phone. Anyway, the link was easy to establish between card and iPhone, and I'm really glad I found this solution! The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 was because the fit seemed a bit off. It worked fine, but I worried about it damaging my camera and for some reason it's very difficult to get this adapter out of my camera.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:I picked this adapter to use in a Sony digital camera, however the Sony camera A-series was not compatible. The camera accepts the adapter, however it was unable to finish writing photos to several SD cards I tried in various sizes. The camera writing light would stay on even when powering off the camera. The adapter did work in a CF card reader.