Re: flash memory prices continue to decline

["Walter Knapp" waltknapp]

Posted by: "oryoki2000"

> The Sandisk Extreme III Compactflash is a good example of a high speed
> "name brand" flash memory card.  The speed rating of 133x
> (theoretically, almost 20MB per second) used to be "extremely" fast,
> but these days the fastest cards are rated near 266x (40MB/sec).

Actually, the current fastest cards are 300x. But you need a UDMA
compatible reader to get that speed.

Not sure what brands there are yet. Sony released a 300x card series
with the a700, but that's not the only brand of them. The a700 is
capable of shooting at 5 frames a second, and it's files are up to 18mb
each. The buffer fills fairly quickly even with the fast cards if
shooting raw. Then you are waiting for a bunch of photos to store before
you can shoot again. Fast cards are essential if you do burst shooting,
like birds in flight.

Of course prices of super fast cards are higher.

Walt