Card reader rant

[swanseamale47]

Why in the name of all thats sane won't my card reader read a 4gb SD card, yes I know it's high capacity but it happily reads a 16gb CF card. Why does the SDHC card need to be "different" from a "normal" SD card. Oh well of to the shops for a new reader!

 

[chip]

Why in the name of all thats sane won't my card reader read a 4gb SD card, yes I know it's high capacity but it happily reads a 16gb CF card. Why does the SDHC card need to be "different" from a "normal" SD card. Oh well of to the shops for a new reader!

Tell me about it!

My more expensive Lexar reader won't read my new SD cards, but my cheapo Kington reader does!

 

[grumpybadger]

It needs to be different as the SD standard didn't have enough address space to go beyond 2Gb. They hit the buffers again and there is now a new SDXC standard to address >16Gb cards

CF cards were designed to be flexible from the start.

 

[BandyQuill]

i have a 50p version of this http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0BQDPA00C3TAJ26S3WBM and it works amasingly if im honest, much better than a propper card reader, and its portable too, takes permanent residence in my camera bag

 

[Jim.R]

Oh well of to the shops for a new reader!

Make sure you grab one that's SDXC compatible, or you'll be back off there again is a few months

Edit: Grumpybadger beat me to it