Tag archive: CompactFlash

Nikon’s just-announced full frame D4 is getting attention for a lot of reasons. There’s the fact that CES is just around the corner, there are all the rumors about the anticipated D800 (we want to put the 36-megapixel spec to bed now), and of course its video capture and low lighting performance upgrades are part of the excitement. But there’s something else that stands out about the D4: it’s the first digital camera to use the new XQD flash… Read More

Kingston Technology, a maker of memory products, yesterday announced a new line of "Ultimate" CompactFlash cards which have high write to speeds. This line up, ranging in size from 1GB to 4GB, is targeted towards high-end digital camera users and should be available now. Kingston says their line of CompactFlash Ultimate cards get a sustained write speed of 100x, which translates to up to 18MB/sec read rate and 15MB/sec write rate. The… Read More

But the upcoming model will have a traditional tablet shape, not clamshell design like the C700s. The keyboard will be exposed by pulling down on the bottom of the device….. . This device should be released in the U.S. in January, though the price is not yet known. The SL-6000 is expected to have a 4 inch CG Silicon screen, which is a larger display than the one that is in the C700 series. This has a resolution of 480 by 640… Read More

Specifically designed for professional photographers shooting hi-resolution images, the 4GB card stores about 600 images captured in RAW mode using a 6-megapixel professional camera. Amateurphotographers shooting with lower resolution cameras could expect to capture as many as 45,000 JPEG images using the high capacity memory card. The actual number of images a 4GB card can storedepends on the camera quality, resolution and image file selection… Read More