Thanks, Niko! I didn't know they made 1 and 2 TB SD cards. It's be awesome to have one for my D40!

TJ the D70 is notorious for it's CF card problems. It's usually a bad or lose connection within the camera that can be taken care of by Nikon but unless your camera is totally dead it will cost $$$ to get it fixed. Here's the service advisory that explains the problem that Nikon will fix for free.
http://www.nikonusa.com/Service-And-Support/Service-Advisories/D70-Service-Advisory.page

I am heavily invested in CF cards but recently I have started to prefer SD cards for the same reasons you listed. I wouldn't mind if CF cards start to fade away. We will see what happens when those 1 and 2 TB SD cards start to come down in price :^)

TJGilbert21 said:
... but would the price and brand of the card really make a difference?

yes it will make a HUGE difference

That's incredible! It's astounding! It's really good for people who use the D-Movie function. Can someone clarify for me: what is the advantage to having CF cards? In my mind, they're too large to carry around numerously and their ports are too complicated; the little prongs always get smashed and the cards always seem to fail.

My brother has a D70. He formats his CF card all the time, but he is frequently plagued by an error that prevents him from taking photos. Of course, it's not a fancy expensive one, but would the price and brand of the card really make a difference? I have a D40 with SD and I've never had a problem.

pitty, that even the new dslr's can't fully use UDMA. Sandisk Extreme Pro is faster than this what d300s can offer already.

I highly doubt CF cards will ever go away. Since it is physically larger, they can always be designed hold more data, and since they have more pin outs, they'll hold a speed advantage as well. After using both, I prefer CF.

How about people who are going to use it as their hard drive? Netbooks, anyone?

I can see how some people would want cards that large, such as D3X users, who shoot uncompressed 14bit RAW files.

ive said it before and i guess i just dont understand why you'd want CF cards that are that large. id rather carry a few around and not risk failure or breakage of a single, universal card.

Anyone want to guess MSRP? If you're lucky, it will cost less than your D300!

Just when CF cards were starting to look obsolete against SD, SDHC, and SDXC cards, a new 400X 128gb CF card is announced!

http://www.silicon-power.com/news/new_view.php?no=20100114001&start=0&currlang=utf8