Comments on: CompactFlash revamp aimed at cameras

A higher-performance revamp of CompactFlash could start arriving in cameras in 2009. But it's not compatible with today's standard, so prepare to toss your old cards.

[pugster]

Confusion of new format...

No offense, they should make the Compactflash card look different as well since it is not pin compatible as the old one.

[zboot]

You are already confused

compact flash is the existing format/card type and the article shows a picture of what the potential new connector looks like - it definitely is different.

[djacobow1]

why keep the name?

What does it have in common with the original CompactFlash, then? The general shape? Might as well change the name to avoid confusion.

[skrubol]

Don't see the advantage

Plain old compactflash could probably be extended to 100 or 133MBps if the actual flash memory could keep up. The current interface allows for 66MBps. Just like when SATA came out for PC's, there was no need for the extra bandwidth.
Also, SATA uses 8b10b encoding, so it's 300MBps, not 375MBps.

[ralfthedog]

The advantage is...

Taking 8 frames per second shooting in raw. This will be excellent for sports photographers. Just keep holding the trigger down till you run out of card. Then have your assistant hand you the next camera while she reloads the first.

[ralfthedog]

The cool thing about this upgrade is...

...that we will not need all new lenses. :)