Compact flash price trends

[MartinN]

Last time I checked, I bought a whole bunch of 2 GB cards for the ZD back, which was very picky with type and size.
And that was many years ago, but I remember those were cheap. What has happened since ?
For me, the current price on 32GB cards seems a bit expensive, in comparison to what I remember.
Old DB amateur needs different sizes and types …..

 

[kdphotography]

You actually have an old Mamiya ZD back?

I thought I had a stash of Sandisk Compact Flash 2GB cards somewhere. We used them at events for ferrying files to the onsite printer at corporate events. If I can locate them, they are yours for the asking. They should work fine in an old MFDB---I remember the old 645M and ZD

 

[MartinN]

You actually have an old Mamiya ZD back?

I thought I had a stash of Sandisk Compact Flash 2GB cards somewhere. We used them at events for ferrying files to the onsite printer at corporate events. If I can locate them, they are yours for the asking. They should work fine in an old MFDB---I remember the old 645M and ZD

Thank you, but I have Sandisk Extreme III, the most reliable for ZD.
But my question was about price trends, I suspect CF is going away,
and I am now trying to secure some DB friendly brand new 32GB,
so I am NOT going to buy 2 GB this time

This time Aptus II compatible, and like I said brand new.

 

[MartinN]

BTW, keep those old 2GB , they can be a real treasure for another ZDb owner.

 

[buildbot]

Compact flash is basically not used at all anymore, they probably don’t make many if any - and not anywhere near the 2gb mark!

I use sandisk 16gb cards in my ZD DSLR, it does not like udma7 cards but udma6 seems fine.

 

[buildbot]

You actually have an old Mamiya ZD back?

Zd backs show up pretty regularly on keh and ebay! ZD DSLRs are a bit harder to find.

 

[MartinN]

Zd backs show up pretty regularly on keh and ebay! ZD DSLRs are a bit harder to find.

For Mamiya AFD those ZDb are nice, but the biggest drawback is the lack of technical
camera sync with PC cable. No latency or triggering.

 

[kdphotography]

Thank you, but I have Sandisk Extreme III, the most reliable for ZD.
But my question was about price trends, I suspect CF is going away,
and I am now trying to secure some DB friendly brand new 32GB,
so I am NOT going to buy 2 GB this time

This time Aptus II compatible, and like I said brand new.

I could only located two Sandisk Extreme IV CF cards. Both are 4 GB. Yours if you want them.

Ken

 

[MartinN]

I could only located two Sandisk Extreme IV CF cards. Both are 4 GB. Yours if you want them.

Ken

Thank you very much for the offer, but I ordered Transcend 32GB UDMA4, 133x, I will hope that
gives as much compatibility as possible, for the Leaf Aptus II.

 

[buildbot]

For Mamiya AFD those ZDb are nice, but the biggest drawback is the lack of technical
camera sync with PC cable. No latency or triggering.

I bet there would be a way with the contacts facing the camera, https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/567945-REG/Mamiya_310_246_310_246_RB67_Adapter_HX_702.html
has a little nub that touches two of the contacts that are not part of the normal MSCE interface.

 

[MartinN]

I bet there would be a way with the contacts facing the camera, https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/567945-REG/Mamiya_310_246_310_246_RB67_Adapter_HX_702.html
has a little nub that touches two of the contacts that are not part of the normal MSCE interface.

I found this https://gosebru.ch/testshots_Mamiya_RB67_Pro_SD_ZD_Back.html
but I’m not into extending ZD beyond AFDxxx.

The IR ’feature’ is one thing why I will keep the ZD.

 

[buildbot]

I found this https://gosebru.ch/testshots_Mamiya_RB67_Pro_SD_ZD_Back.html
but I’m not into extending ZD beyond AFDxxx.

The IR ’feature’ is one thing why I will keep the ZD.

Yeah you would have to design something to insert between the back and the AFD with like a ribbon cable to bring out the x-contact...very hard.

The replaceable filters are indeed very cool! You may already know, but they actually made a yd401 (vs yc401 or yb401) that is a clear class filter to keep the same flange distance but allow IR through. I really, really want the YD301 (for the ZD DSLR), but I am pretty sure they were made to order and I only ever found a single refrence to it on a Japanese website.

 

[Steve Hendrix]

This may be helpful. At least back then, Sandisk was typically the safe bet.

https://support.phaseone.com/knowledgebase/article/KA-01293/en-us


Steve Hendrix/CI

 

[MartinN]

This may be helpful. At least back then, Sandisk was typically the safe bet.

https://support.phaseone.com/knowledgebase/article/KA-01293/en-us


Steve Hendrix/CI

That was what I was looking for, but of course many of those are only available used.