14 DAY TRIAL // Although 16 GB UDMA CompactFlash cards are not exactly growing on trees, it seems that they're becoming increasingly popular among semi-pro and professional photographer, due to their high access speeds, large capacities and, more importantly, to the emergence of digital cameras that can actually take advantage of these features (Canon 1Ds Mark III, Nikon D300 and Nikon D3). And the latest announcement regarding such a product comes from Delkin, who has just released the Compact Flash PRO 305x 16 GB, which provides both very large data transfer speeds, as well as a storage capacity to match.
As the name says it, the memory card can reach very high access speeds of 305X (which translates into a theoretical transfer rate of 45MB/sec). This is partly due to the fact that the CF card uses high grade SLC NAND flash modules, which allows for the aforementioned large data transfer rates. However, this 305X speed is not as impressive as you might think, since 300X speeds are already becoming standard.
However, it seems that Delkin's new offering also targets those (rather unfortunate, but quite many) photographers without UDMA enabled digital cameras and camera backs. Thus, the card-to-computer transfer times are touted to be very low, especially when the card is used (why am I not surprised) with the company's UDMA enabled FireWire reader and adapters.
"Delkin confirms its commitment to continuing leadership in speed, capacity and reliability of memory cards with this new expansion to our PRO memory card line," said Eric Richter, Delkin's Marketing Manager. "What's more, Delkin's complete UDMA solution for professional photographers is unmatched by any other manufacturer. Besides our CompactFlash PRO cards, we offer UDMA enabled ExpressCard and CardBus adapters, and a FireWire reader for the fastest download speeds to the computer. That's critical for such working pros as news, sports, and wedding photographers, but any photographer working with larger RAW files will benefit."
The Delkin Compact Flash PRO 305x 16 GB card has a MSRP of around 400 US dollars, which is comparable to the other similar offerings coming from SanDisk, for example.
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