Premiertek SD/MMC Card to Compact Flash Type II CF Adapter

by Premiertek

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B000NVD1ZW
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 28, 2007

Product Description

This adapter is an intermediary of SD/MMC Card to CF interface devices. It converts SD/MMC cards to standard CompactFlash II format. CF-interface devices will have access to the latest SD/MMC devices, such as digital cameras, cellular phones, MP3 player, and PDAs. It's truly plug&play. It is the gateway to a more diverse life style.

Customer Reviews

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Does not work ** Updated 12/29 **, October 1, 2007

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A. Hung (IL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Premiertek SD/MMC Card to Compact Flash Type II CF Adapter (Personal Computers)

** 12/29 **
After reading others' reviews and I found it unlikely that I had just gotten a "bad" copy of the product. I again popped the product into my computer with each SD listed below, and still was not recognized by my PC. However I put it into my 40d again with my Sandisk Ultra 1GB's and I found that as long as I did not try to format the SD card, I did not get "CF Card Error" from my camera. I can take photos, they do get stored on the card and can get transferred to my computer so long as I plug the SD card directly into an SD card reader. Stars can't be changed, but if I could I would give this product a 4 star rating in light of this discovery.

I bought this adapter so that I could use my SD cards with my new Canon 40D. The card cannot be detected by either the Canon or my PC. The Canon accepts both Type I and Type II CF cards, so as advertised, this product should work. It doesn't.

None of my SD cards are HD. Two are Sandisk UltraII 1gb's, and one is a basic Smart SD 1gb. I've tried both. I've tried formatting the CF card with and without the SD cards inserted, in both the PC and the Canon. Neither can read the card. I will try to return the product, as it is not functioning as advertised.

Additionally, nowhere on the packaging does Premiertek's name appear. Not once. But Datafab appears twice. If you'll notice in the seller's images, there is no text in the green bar on the face of the card. I uploaded a shot of the card I received. Note "Datafab Systems Inc." in that same space. Shady. As far as I can tell, no Premiertek products being sold on Amazon carry the Premiertek name on the product's actual packaging.

The packaging is not sealed, not like the super-tight locked plastic packages you usually find these sorts of products in that you need to cut open with scissors (very carefully). No, this one you just pop open, and out falls the card. I had obviously opened the package once to test if it works. Fortunately, since the packaging didn't have to be destroyed when opening, I can return it nicely resealed to the seller.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works as advertised, does not work with SDHC., August 23, 2007

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Leo S "GadgetMan" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Premiertek SD/MMC Card to Compact Flash Type II CF Adapter (Personal Computers)

What can I say, this product works just as advertised. If you want to make use of non-SDHC SD cards on your CF device (CF Type II I think, the thicker version), then this is the item for you.

It doesn't work with SDHC cards, but it does work with 2GB and 4GB non-SDHC Transcend SD on my Nikon D70s.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A bit clumsy, but it works, October 17, 2007

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Richard A. Jones (Santa Clara, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Premiertek SD/MMC Card to Compact Flash Type II CF Adapter (Personal Computers)

My portable photo viewer (by Epson) stopped accepting my SD cards, so I needed an adaptor in order to use the CF slot. I had a devil of a time getting this thing to enter the CF slot on the photo viewer. I had to try it every possible way. I was about to return it when I somehow stumbled on just the right position and angle. Then it worked fine.

I'm not sure if the problem is with the non-conforming size of this product, or the unusual configuration of the CF slot on my photo viewer. But at least it works now, so I'm good. Don't give up if it does not seem to fit into your product at first attempt.