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Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

Gfarina — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:22:01 GMT

What is the fastest and largest memory compact flash card I can use with the EOS Rebel XTi

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

7D5D — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 05:29:36 GMT

Don't own an XTi but I would buy something like a Sandisk Extreme. Likely the bottle neck will be the camera's processor but at least the card will not be holding you back. Make sure you format the card with your camera.

If you check the spec list on Canon's website it should list card specs. Go to EOS cameras and scroll to the bottom to access discontinued products.

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

Richard — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:13:48 GMT

Hi Gfarina,

7D5D is correct in that you really can't go too fast. Faster memory cards should be backward compatible with your camera.

The largest memory card this camera will accept is 64GB.

I hope this helps,

Richard

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

BLeister11 — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:44:57 GMT

So this card;

SanDisk 64GB Extreme Pro CompactFlash Memory Card (160MB/s)

should work in the Rebel XTi?

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

Peter — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 20:05:00 GMT

What I found:

If you stick a udma CF card into a non-udma camera like 400d/XTi, then the camera will default back to much slower PIO (programmed input/output) mode 2 or 4. It will still work, you just don't get the blazing speed that your udma card is designed for.

PIO mode 4 is around 16 MB/s.

Canon 350D, the one before 400D, can use 6 MB/s.

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

BLeister11 — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 20:17:36 GMT

Thanks!!

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

RobertTheFat — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 11:15:26 GMT

@Peter wrote:
What I found:

If you stick a udma CF card into a non-udma camera like 400d/XTi, then the camera will default back to much slower PIO (programmed input/output) mode 2 or 4. It will still work, you just don't get the blazing speed that your udma card is designed for.

PIO mode 4 is around 16 MB/s.

Canon 350D, the one before 400D, can use 6 MB/s.

That makes perfect sense and is fully consistent with what Richard of Canon said three years ago. Backwards compatibility just means that it works, not that you'll necessarily get all the benefits of the newer device.

Frankly, I'm a bit surprised that the XTi will accept a 64GB card, Ten years ago when my wife and I bought our XTi's, 4GB and 8GB cards were the norm. (Actually, I think our cameras came with a 16MB card!) I suspect the original firmware would have choked on a card that large.

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

ebiggs1 — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:28:11 GMT

A SanDisk 64GB Extreme Pro CompactFlash Memory Card is probaly worth more than the camera!

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

BLeister11 — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:02:00 GMT

The camera works well for my needs!

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

ebiggs1 — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:03:28 GMT

Yes, I had five of them. They are great cameras.

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

travistee — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 19:33:50 GMT

The old lexar 133X 2GB card that came with mine says it is designed to work with the processor in the camera.

What is 133X? How does that compare to 20MB/S ?

I want to get a SD to CF converter card. They come in CF I and CF II. Will it work with a 64GB sdhc card in this camera.

Do I have to format the card in the camera, or on my win10 computer?

Do you know if I can use this same SDHC card in my canon HFR700 video camera?

Is the format or initialization of the video camera different?

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

RobertTheFat — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 20:30:34 GMT

@travistee wrote:
The old lexar 133X 2GB card that came with mine says it is designed to work with the processor in the camera.

What is 133X? How does that compare to 20MB/S ?

I want to get a SD to CF converter card. They come in CF I and CF II. Will it work with a 64GB sdhc card in this camera.

Do I have to format the card in the camera, or on my win10 computer?

Do you know if I can use this same SDHC card in my canon HFR700 video camera?
Is the format or initialization of the video camera different?

DO NOT buy an SD to CF adapter. They rarely work well in any camera; and the older the camera, the less well they're likely to work.

I'm pretty sure I used cards as large as 4GB in my XTi, and I may have used an 8GB. Anything larger, I would not count on it working.

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

travistee — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 21:37:59 GMT

This is for a digigear slim CF Type I

I checked the Amazon reviews and this is what I found:

Question:

Will this work in my Canon eos digital Rebel xti using 8 GB or smaller sd card?

Answer:

Yes, it can up work with smaller capacity and large capacity SD cards.
For large capacity cards, please make sure the maximum capacity CF card the device can support.

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

RobertTheFat — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 22:02:45 GMT

@travistee wrote:
This is for a digigear slim CF Type I

I checked the Amazon reviews and this is what I found:

Question:
Will this work in my Canon eos digital Rebel xti using 8 GB or smaller sd card?
Answer:
Yes, it can up work with smaller capacity and large capacity SD cards.
For large capacity cards, please make sure the maximum capacity CF card the device can support.

That doesn't change my advice. We have seen numerous complaints in this forum about problems that were apparently traceable to the use of adapters.

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

Waddizzle — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 22:16:59 GMT

@travistee wrote:
This is for a digigear slim CF Type I

I checked the Amazon reviews and this is what I found:

Question:
Will this work in my Canon eos digital Rebel xti using 8 GB or smaller sd card?
Answer:
Yes, it can up work with smaller capacity and large capacity SD cards.
For large capacity cards, please make sure the maximum capacity CF card the device can support.

Just to reinforce what Robert is saying, look at the answer you posted. It says SD cards, not microSD cards.

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

travistee — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 22:28:41 GMT

Yes. I meant SD not micro SD.

For 14$ maybe I'll let you know when i get it.

I plan to try it with my 64 GB sdxc that I use in my camcorder

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

RobertTheFat — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 22:29:11 GMT

@Waddizzle wrote:
@travistee wrote:
This is for a digigear slim CF Type I

I checked the Amazon reviews and this is what I found:

Question:
Will this work in my Canon eos digital Rebel xti using 8 GB or smaller sd card?
Answer:
Yes, it can up work with smaller capacity and large capacity SD cards.
For large capacity cards, please make sure the maximum capacity CF card the device can support.

Just to reinforce what Robert is saying, look at the answer you posted. It says SD cards, not microSD cards.

That's an interesting point. I think most of the complaints we've fielded were from users of micro-SD adapters. But I regard the use of any adapter as an unnecessary risk; it's just one more component that can fail. And if it fails, you can lose your whole shoot.

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

travistee — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 22:29:26 GMT

Its a new product . maybe it works

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

Waddizzle — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 23:12:41 GMT

@travistee wrote:
Its a new product . maybe it works

You should stick to the technology that was available when the camera was released. Software updates since its' release, may have given the camera the ability to use larger cards, but I doubt if it can go over 32GB.

Re: Compact flash card for EOS Rebel XTi

ebiggs1 — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 13:35:22 GMT

32GB, SD cards, micro Sd and adapters, etc are all a very bad idea. All you are asking for and waiting for is the shot you really, really want didn;t get saved properly or corrupted or whatever because of the wrong or adapted card. Sounds like a good Idea don't it?