SD just got 3x faster than SDXC

http://news.cnet.com …t=rss&tag=feed&​subj=Crave

Will this be the death of CF?

Not likely. It merely demonstrates the strength of the CF standard. This marks, what, the 4th SD standard, while there's only one CF standard (which has been around even longer than the oldest SD specification) and that's getting faster and faster as memory speeds improve, but the cards are backward compatible with older devices (absent the separate issue of FAT limits). With SD, you can't take a new "standard" card and use it in a device that doesn't support the "new standard".

sweet. Maybe thats why canon put sd in the 60d?

Interesting read. Those cards are getting pretty large. They can rate as high as 2Tb even though the largest now is 64GB

NeverFollow wrote in post #10847275
sweet. Maybe thats why canon put sd in the 60d?

Exactly why. Canon and nikon knew what was coming. The d7000 is rumored to have 2 SD card slots.

think video. an HD video that runs as long as two batteries in a grip is going to be dozens of gigs.(20 minutes = ~4gigs)

also consider: video studios need cheap and fast ways to move raw footage around. high speed SD cards in the T size 'solve' that issue nicely.

Flores wrote in post #10871224
think video. (20 minutes = ~4gigs)

actually, 10~12min = 4gig...

Flores wrote in post #10871224
think video. an HD video that runs as long as two batteries in a grip is going to be dozens of gigs.(20 minutes = ~4gigs)

also consider: video studios need cheap and fast ways to move raw footage around. high speed SD cards in the T size 'solve' that issue nicely.

you can always run a battery cable to an external power source

i think the bigger problem is overheating

Jon wrote in post #10846725
Not likely. It merely demonstrates the strength of the CF standard. This marks, what, the 4th SD standard, while there's only one CF standard (which has been around even longer than the oldest SD specification) and that's getting faster and faster as memory speeds improve, but the cards are backward compatible with older devices (absent the separate issue of FAT limits). With SD, you can't take a new "standard" card and use it in a device that doesn't support the "new standard".

+1 on this, as said it's unlikely that the new SD cards will fit into currant cameras using SDHC or SDXC, or current card readers, another marketing con.
Whats wrong with the CF card anyways?

NeverFollow wrote in post #10847275
sweet. Maybe thats why canon put sd in the 60d?

no thats not why, because 60d will not support the extra speed.

jacobsen1 wrote in post #10871960
actually, 10~12min = 4gig...

ah, basing mine on 24fps HD, not 30.

it's a personal choice

Whatever you do, don't pay the early adopter premium and buy this card thinking it will give you speed in your current camera. None of the current, nor just announced cameras, support the speed.

The card is for FUTURE cameras.

Brianbar wrote in post #10874348
Whats wrong with the CF card anyways?

+1

I think CF cards are the perfect size...