The Compact Flash memory card format is a
robust memory card used in many digital
cameras and devices. It is the largest of
all digital memory cards measuring 43mm x
36mm x 3.3mm.
Compact Flash (CF) was
introduced in the early nineties and is
still a very popular format for Digital
bridge cameras and the growing array of
Digital SLR's. CF cards are the memory card
of choice for professional photographers
mainly due to their high capacities and
varying choices of speed. Sandisk currently
produce one of the fastest CompactFlash
cards on the market - the Extreme IV. This
card has a combined read/write speed of
40MB/s (266X).
The speed of a memory card determines how
quickly the card processes data whether it
be between shots or uploading information to
a computer. Compact Flash user benefit
particularly from high speed cards as they
tend to use cameras which have multiple shot
taking functions. A high speed card is
crucial for this purpose at is processed the
data at a high rate.
The largest capacity available at the moment
is 16GB which will allow the user to store
over 7500 hi-res images on a 6MP digital
camera. We suspect the 32GB cards to be
available in the coming months.
CF cards are probably
the most robust out of all memory cards and
can cope well in extreme conditions where
temperature changes occur. Data should also
be safe in cases of the memory card being
dropped from low heights. This again is a
reason why the CF card is still popular with
today's professional photographers.
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