8GB 133X CompactFlash From Lexar

Written by Adam Gosling

Wednesday, 19 July 2006

Lexar Media has increased the capacity of its Professional 133X CompactFlash memory cards to 8GB, but it comes at a price. The high-speed CompactFlash Type 1 card is capable of a minimum sustained data write speed of 20MB per second. Lexar Professional cards are speed rated and come in standardised increments such as 40X, 80X, and 133X (20MBps). The X represents the transfer rate, and 1X means the card can perform data transfer at 150 KiloBytes (KB) per second. An important metric for professional photographers and serious amateurs who use RAW format. The RAW format uses huge file sizes and the high-speed file transfer capabilities improve productivity both in the camera and when transferring files off the card to another storage medium. It means the camera can write to the card faster allowing shots to be taken in quick succession and that fast readers can perform downloads from the camera faster. Lexar's new 133X 8GB CompactFlash will be available in August for the recommended retail price of AU$599. www.lexar.com Related news items Fastest CF Cards Now 40MBps Read/Write -20/07/2006 Run Windows Apps From Your USB Drive -13/07/2006 Newer news items Flash Phone Storage Hits 4GB As It Heads For 32GB -14/09/2006 External Storage For Your Phone -21/08/2006 AOL To Offer Free On-Line Back-Up -05/08/2006 Toshiba Set To Ramp MicroSD Production -20/07/2006 New Storage Card Standard Increases Capacities -19/07/2006 Older news items Solid State Drives Could Replace Hard Drives -17/07/2006 Webaroo Offers Online Content Offline -10/04/2006 TRANSFLASH APPROVED BY SDA -13/07/2005 SECURE USB DRIVE -26/04/2005 Tag This Now: