New Standards for CompactFlash: Compared to SD (Secure Digital), CompactFlash increasingly cornered. He had long since been ousted from compact cameras and is now limited to DSLR camera. [TechNows] But that does not mean there is no progress on the CompactFlash.
CompactFlash Association (CFA) recently announced a new specification for CompactFlash. CF 5.0 specification that paved the way to 48-bit addressing (up from 28-bit). Also the data transfer rate also increased from 128KB/s to 32MB/s.
One again, the theoretical maximum capacity of 137GB also jumped to 144 petabytes. There was “Video Performance Guarantee” for the professional video camera (optional), a new Interface Electrical Specification increasingly collaborating with existing ATA standard, and the promise of the card design that is easier and better.
Capacity and higher performance than CF card allows 48-bit addressing of the CF5.0 specification that will further enhance the value of the DSLR camera. Feature Video Performance Guarantee from CF5.0 specification will help CF card expansion into new markets, such as high-speed devices such as movie professional video camcorders, “said CFA chairman Shigeto Kanda from Canon.
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