I'm so angry I could scream!

I bought an Eye-Fi ProX2 SD card the other day. I also ordered a CF card adapter for the thing. I put the card into the camera and was bluntly told that my camera could not format the card. WTF !!!

It seems adapters don't work with Eye-Fi SD cards although all the sales crap will let you think it will. So forget about WiFi-ing your 5d Mkii on the cheap

I so hate CF cards, they are just lumpy old siht that has had it's day. I'm depressed

Canon, move on!

Snaps

Nothin wrong with CF. Sorry to hear your endeavours met with failure. Any chance to take the merchandise back?

I was on the verge of being sympathetic until you started unfairly trashing CF cards, now I dont much care.

snappy7 wrote in post #12166453
I so hate CF cards, they are just lumpy old siht that has had it's day. I'm depressed

I like CF, they're just the right size .

It could be the CF adapter you bought. Did you try formatting the card in a PC?

I can attest that the eyefi cards DO with with the right CF adapters and they work in a 5D2.

That said, mine was the original eyefi card and the adapter was some cheapey I bought off newegg.com.

How is this business related?

Snap out of it, the cards not at fault. Cheap is at fault.

TheBurningCrown wrote in post #12166555
I like CF, they're just the right size .

Completely agree. Sometimes technology makes things get too small.

photoguy6405 wrote in post #12167710
Completely agree. Sometimes technology makes things get too small.

+ 1

I have one of each in my units and I tell ya, the little bitty #%€?¿‰ card is just a wee bit small, fumbling around trying to grasp it for a swap. I would prefer two CF.

It seems adapters don't work with Eye-Fi SD cards although all the sales crap will let you think it will. So forget about WiFi-ing your 5d Mkii on the cheap

As Top Hat said, the problem is not the CF card, it's trying to do business on the cheap.

And...what can be put into an SD card could certainly be put into a CF card. There has been a CF card radio transmission capability for years. Write a note to Eye-Fi.

snappy7 wrote in post #12166453
I put the card into the camera and was bluntly told that my camera could not format the card.

Sorry your camera wasn't more polite. Maybe Canon should address that.

Moan moan moan.

Bluntly! Isn't that a car that out classes the "RR" Ruefully Reported ?

I hate CF cards too.. went back to SD and don't ever have to worry about broken pins. Not like I ever had any though.