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SanDisk Introduces 16GB Flash Card

By Nate Mook | Published September 27, 2006, 11:00 AM

Digital photographers rejoice; SanDisk announced at Photokina in Germany this week 12-gigabyte and 16-gigabyte CompactFlash cards that fall under its Extreme III lineup. The new additions are the highest capacity memory cards on the market, offering a minimum read and write speed of 20MB per second.

With more consumer and professional photographers now shooting in RAW, increased storage capacity has become ever more important. SanDisk says the cards have the widest guaranteed operating temperature and come with RescuePRO software for recovering lost images. But they don't come cheap: the 12GB model is priced at $779.99 USD, with the 16GB card costing $1,049.99 USD. Both will be available in December.

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gatekiller
Sep 28, 2006 - 4:59 AM

So, with an 8Meg Camera, you can store 2,000 Jpeg's on the 16GB Card. Once more, it would take you 13minutes to fill it at full speed!

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foxfyre
Sep 27, 2006 - 1:38 PM

Can we say a very non-cost effective solution?

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Frostek
Sep 27, 2006 - 5:31 PM

Seems pretty reasonable to me. Anyway, the prices will drop on this tech, just like any other...

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Tenoq
Sep 27, 2006 - 9:48 PM

When a 2GB one goes for $40? I think I'd rather just carry spares. :P

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