Delkin's "world's fastest" 16GB UDMA CF Pro card: so much faster, you won't even notice

Here you go champ, the "world's fastest" 16GB UDMA CompactFlash PRO card from Delkin. Best suited for use in your UDMA capable Canon 1Ds Mark III or D300 and D3x from Nikon, the $400 CF Pro card busts a 305x read/write speed (45MB/sec sustained). For those keeping track, that's a non-noticeable bump from the previous 300x record -- but so it goes in the diffident world of the product marketeer. The cards work with non-UDMA shooters too, and make for lickity-quick RAW image transfers to your PC when using UDMA-capable card readers. Available now, as in today.

[Via Digital Media Thoughts]

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 2nd 2008 4:33AM]

45MB/s is necessary for use in the RED ONE video camera http://www.red.com/cameras/tech_specs . 40 MB/s is sufficient for a run-of-the-mill Nikon or Canon dSLR, but that write speed just ain't fast enough for 4k video at 25 fps.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 12th 2008 11:04AM]

I have a Mark III 1D and Mark III 1DS and I always shoot 8GB cards, but the new file jump with the Mark III 1Ds is making me want a bigger card so I researched and came across the Delkin card so I ordered two of the 16GB 305x cards so I am excited. I have usually use the Lexar 300x 8GB cards for my cameras, but these should be fun!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2007 5:35AM]

Not to brag or anything, but I would notice the speed difference.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2007 8:12AM]

Well between 300x and 305x, I'm sure I wouldn't.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2007 5:36AM]

Delkin?

When first read I saw it as "Belkin"

Any word on the pricing?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2007 6:49AM]

yes

[Ghen Posted Dec 7th 2007 8:07AM]

I was thinking the same thing... Dell and Belkin should get a lawsuit together. They're all the rage anyway.

[stridermt2k Posted Dec 7th 2007 9:03AM]

Probably killer for embedded applications too, although maybe not necessary.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2007 10:45AM]

I guess neither Delkin nor Engadget know that Nikon does not make a D3x.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2007 11:09AM]

Whoa, someone just accidentally released the fact there's a Nikon D3X! Because, if there were a suffix to the current Nikon, it would be D3H. :-P

Okay, so Delkin does make good stuff. (The name is not ripe for a lawsuit, they've been doing CF cards and other stuff for years and years.) There will be no practical benefit of 305 over 300. But for the price, it's a great deal. Right now the 16 gig 300X CF cards from SanDisk run about $160. The Delkin will probably sell for about twice that. I love my 8 gig cards in my 1Ds Mark II. I can shoot for half a day with that.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2007 1:07PM]

I thought there's a 333X CF card out already??

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2007 10:17PM]

Just like the first FB-DIMMs: a new interface that has the potential for much higher performance, coupled to storage that isn't actually any faster.

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY Posted Dec 8th 2007 3:48AM]

A couple of these with some PATA compact flash adapters in RAID 0 would make for a nice and cheap SSD.

http://www.google.com/products?q=ata+compact+flash&btnG=Search+Products