Lexar Professional With Write Acceleration Technology CompactFlash Card 40x (512 MB) (CF512-40-380)

Pros: cheap, fast, available in sizes up to 1GB, supported in many devices
Cons: not as small as some of the alternatives

It is a well known fact that no matter how much storage space you have on a computer you will manage to fill it and need more quickly. This adage is no less true for handheld devices than it is for desktop machines.

My first Palm, a PalmPilot...

Pros: Small size, easy to store, unlimited availability of sizes
Cons: expensive

With my Kodak DC3200 digital camera I received a 4 MB Compact Flash Card. It is sufficient for everyday photos that I intend to upload to the computer, or print to save.
However, for a day's worth of photo taking on holidays or vacations, the 4 MB...

Pros: Fast, comes with card reader and extra software
Cons: More expensive than other 512MB cards

I decided to purchase this card after reading Rob Galbraith's compact flash comparison page at http: ...

Pros: Small, scalable, durable
Cons: Slightly more expensive than SmartMedia

Compact Flash is one of several types of media that are used in digital cameras. Smart Media and Sony’s Memory Stick are the two other major competitors to Compact Flash. In my opinion, Compact Flash is the best media format out there at the current...

Pros: High-capacity cards, cheap adapters.
Cons: As with any memory, I find myself wanting MORE!

When I purchased my Canon A50 Zoom digital camera (already reviewed), it came with an 8-megabyte Compact Flash card. I was glad to see this - I'd considered getting a Sony Mavica until I pondered how many pictures I'd be able to fit on a 1.44-megabyte...

Pros: vast array of sizes- 2mb,4,8,16,32,48,64,96,128 soon to come
Cons: needs to get moving on its extremely large capacity division- like ibms microdrive- they could take the market in large capacity compact flash drives if sandisk doesn't find the technology to beat them out

Sandisk compact flash is among the best and brightest of compact flash card manufacturers. They present a product that is compatible with nearly ever pda, camera, mp3 player, printer, and in some cases phones, that have a compact flash slot.
They...

Pros: Largest and constantly increasing capacity, small size, indestructable
Cons: flash memory is generally expensive, different brands offer different speeds

For several years now, Compact Flash has been held a strong position in the upper echelon of portable flash memory, especially for digital camera usage. It competes favorably against SmartMedia and MemoryStick cards in the low to mid end, holds a strong...

Pros: faster writes and reads, usb enabled
Cons: more expensive than regular cards

The photo capture speed with which one can take consecutive photographs is a critical component of photography. On digital cameras the primary factors affecting the capture speed are the camera's processor and the write speed of the digital film media....

Pros: Largest memory capacity, USB support
Cons: Largest size of all the "solid state" media, Still relatively expensive

Compact Flash memory is expensive as hell, but for solid-state media, it's clearly the winner.

Largest Capacity of Any Portable Solid State Media
Currently, the largest Type-1 solid state capacity is 192 MB, and you can find it...

Pros: size, capacity, cute, price
Cons: lexar reader only works with lexar media

I am writing about the Lexar 16MB USB enabled CompactFlash card and reader/cable that I just bought this evening. I want everyone to know about the great deal I got on it.

I like CompactFlash for its size and ease of use. I bought this...

Pros: Extremely fast and access to the original data
Cons: Somewhat buggy

Ok, I agree and disagree with the raving reviews on the Sandisk Imagemate USB CompactFlash reader. Yes, it is really fast, and the great thing is you get access to the original JPG files with their date and serial nr. of the picture. This means that you...

Pros: A must for any CF digital camera
Cons: Can't think of any..

I use the Kodak 48mb CompactFlash card with my Kodak DC120 Digital Camera. Without it I would be lost. Not only does it improve the download time of an image, but boosting the 2mb internal memory of my camera was a welcome addition.

With this...

Pros: easy to use, large densities available
Cons: still pricey, but prices are still coming down

Sandisk Compact flash is using technology developed for ATA Flash PC cards. SanDisk is the premier manufacturer of PC Cards and compact flash. I know the people at Lexar would not believe that but it is true. SanDisk has created Compact Flash that has...

Pros: Easy. Good value.
Cons: Non

I just got a digital camera (a Kodak DC 4800, which I will be commenting on after I get a little experience with it) for Christmas, and it came with a 16 MB Kodak-brand Compact Flash card. Based on the default settings of the camera, this was good for...

Pros: durable, long lasting, solid state
Cons: large compared to the competition, pricey

Which is better? CompactFlash? SmartMedia? I am going to give you a detailed comarison of each, and let you make the choice for yourself.

The current staple media for digital camera storage is compactflash, but smartmedia is quickly...