Compact Flash - SD / SDXC adapters

[xkekeith]

Was looking to buy new Compact Flash memory to use in a Canon 7D when I saw an CF adapter being advertised so you can use this arrangement with SD cards in place of the more expensive CF memory. As I have a number of SD cards already was tempted but did not know if it would work. Does anyone use these CF / SD adapters in a Canon body?

[NigeF-51]

I have two of these, one each for my 7d & 5dii. I bought the first one just as trial to see how/if it works.
As far as I can tell, whilst it does introduce another possibility for failure, it works fine and I personally have not noticed any performance issues even on the 7d burst mode.
For info, I got them from 7dayshop.

Nige

[Hunter49]

i tried one of those adaptors at coningsby after about 50 shots it stopped working , there was plenty of memory left on the card ? spoke to guy in local camera shop and he said stick to cf card . dont think i will try again . ROB