Lee Yuan Sheng
11-30-2010, 05:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://nikonrumors.com/2010/11/30/compactflash-is-not-dead-and-sandisk-sony-and-nikon-wants-to-make-it-better.aspx' target='_blank'>http://nikonrumors.com/2010/11/30/c...-it-better.aspx</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Today SanDisk, Sony and Nikon 'announced the joint development of a set of specifications that address the future requirements of professional photography and video markets.'"</em></p><p><em><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1291132599.usr15670.jpeg" /></em></p><p>CompactFlash still has plenty of life left in it as a professional medium for photographers; its durability and physical size (SD is a bit fiddly to work with in the field) are great plus points. What Nikon, Sandisk and Sony should do next after making them go faster (500 MB/s is the target), larger (2TB cards anyone?) and tougher, is to make a portable and fast CF card reader solution. I have had enough of dangling card readers and fiddly cables I keep on losing.</p>