On 11/7/2010 3:42 PM, Alan Lichtenstein wrote:
Rich wrote:

On Nov 7, 8:35 am, Alan Lichtenstein wrote:

A friend of mine told me that he had heard from someone at Lexar that in
2-3 years they would no longer be making CF memory Cards, only
manufacturing SDHC and micro SD cards. I realize that this is third
party hearsay, but has anyone else heard that 'hearsay?' And what about
other manufacturers?


They must cost more than SD cards to make, purely from a resource use
standpoint. No wonder they want to do away with them.

Understandable, but just as a curiosity, I compared the write speeds of
a manufacturer's CF and SDHC cards of the same level, and it appeared
that the CF card has a much faster write speed. I saw that in the latest
B & H catalog. Admittedly, it could be a misprint, but it was repeated,
so I'm not sure. I'll have to go and actually see both cards.

Also, should that be the case, it would appear that most users of dSLR's
would want the faster write speed, making the decision to stop producing
the CF cards 'curious' at best.

We all know that Rich is an accomplished cost analyst and a pillar of
veracity.

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Peter