Seagate 4GB CompactFlash Card from $114.50 USD

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://thoughtsmedia.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=14192063/sort_type=price' target='_blank'>http://thoughtsmedia.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=14192063/sort_type=price</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Perfect for professional photographers or inspired amateurs. Shoot and store thousands of digital photos without changing the card. Affordable, high-capacity digital storage. Designed for digital cameras with a CF+ Type II media slot. 4 GB capacity."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/seagate-4gb-compactflash.jpg" /><br /><br />I'll usually take a Flash-based memory card over a hard drive any day, but $114 USD for 4000 MB of storage is a heck of a deal - that's about what you'd pay for 2GB of storage in a Flash-based card! Check out our <a href="http://thoughtsmedia.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=14192063/sort_type=price">Pricegrabber store for more details</a>. [Affiliate]

[Philip Colmer]

How does the write performance typically compare with a flash card? Also, what is the impact on battery performance?

I've started using RAW more often so I'm thinking about storage all of a sudden :-).

--Philip

[Jason Dunn]

How does the write performance typically compare with a flash card? Also, what is the impact on battery performance?

Hard to say - I'm sure that this newer Seagate 4GB card is faster than the 2.2 GB Magicstor cards that I have. Battery life is worse than with flash cards. Flash cards are still the best overall solution if money is no object, but this is a deal simply based on the size for the price.

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

Philip, this should give you a rough idea: http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-7303

[Philip Colmer]

Philip, this should give you a rough idea: http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-7303
Wow! I had no idea that there could be such a wide variance in performance, even amongst flash cards! It is also interesting to note that Sandisk virtually owns the top 10% of the list. Lexar manage to get a couple of their cards in there.

Thanks for the link, Lee. I'll have to refer back to it next time I'm shopping for cards.

--Philip