In this work we report an investigation of the properties of nanostructured deposits obtained from femtosecond pulsed laser deposition of CdS sintered targets. Specifically, we address the effect of laser irradiation wavelength, laser fluence and substrate temperature (from 25 to 450 ºC). The composition of the deposits was characterized using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), their crystallinity by Xray diffraction (XRD) and the surface morphology was studied by environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). It has been found that the smallest nanoparticles, with an average diameter of 25 nm and a narrow size distribution, together with particulates in the range 80-120 nm, are obtained at the shortest laser wavelength of 266 nm on room temperature substrates. Deposits do not contain microscopic droplets in any of the explored conditions. 3