Memory Cards

Compact Flash (CF) is a mass storage device which is mostly used in portable electronic devices. It uses flash memory for storage in an enclosure. Compact Flash card became most popular and productive of the earlier cards out in the market for instance over Miniature card, SmartMedia and PC Card Type I. They are suitable for devices with type I and II slots. Even though there have been lots of storage media developed after the compact flash cards like SD cards, xD Picture cards, the compact flash cards still retains its significance in the competition provided by its rivals.

This has been proven again by the introduction of the new Compact Flash Card introduced by Hama (product code: 00090972) which is of storage capacity 8GB and speed rate of 200x, which is of 30 Mbps of data transfer rate.

Design

Light weight Miniature Card:
The Hama High Speed Pro 8GB Compact Flash Card 00090972 is a very small card in size and weight, a fact that is confirmed by its dimensions which are (W x D x H) 42.8 x 3.3 x 36.4 mm and weight of just 41 grams. It can be very easily carried just by slipping one into your pocket. Be careful, it gets lots very easily.

Features:

Fast Removable Storage Medium:
The Hama High Speed Professional 8GB 200x Compact Flash card is an exceedingly fast obliterable storage medium which is best suited for terminal devices like digital reflex cameras, camcorders, PDA’s and also MP3 players, which holds Compact Flash type of I and II slots. Reckoning on the type of the system, the data transfer rate is up to 30 mega bytes per second. Data can be easily scripted and wiped off as frequently as necessitated.

Compatible with Type I and II Slots:

The Hama 00090972 Compact Flash Card is Compatible with Type I and II slots. The main difference between these two slots is that Type I is of 3.3 mm thickness and Type II is of 5mm thickness. Type II devices are something like Micro drives and small hard drives.

Targeted for both amateur and professional photographers:

The Hama High Speed Pro Compact Flash Card 8GB Capacity is mainly designed targeting both forward looking unskilled and master photographers. It provides a helping hand to the users of the compact flash cards to acquire most of the high ended picturing devices. The fast transfer rate of 30mbps lives up to the demands of most of the users, assisting them in capturing images of outstanding quality and amount.

Replacing expensive and speedy cards:

The Compact Flash Cards are more non volatile and of solid state, which makes them more full bodied than the hard disk drives. They just consume 5% of power consumed by small disk drives, but still they perform with high transfer speed rates of around 30mbps. They are now replacing the highly expensive high speed cards at a very reasonable affordable price.

Different Storage Capacities Available:

The Hama Compact Flash Card is available in four different storage capacities like 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB.

Warranty:
The Hama High Speed Professional 8GB CF card comes with 5 years manufacturer’s warranty.

Verdict:

The Hama Compact Flash 00090972 Camera Memory Card is well known for its high speed transfer rate of 30Mbps, compatibility with devices of type I and II slots, miniature size, flexibility of writing and erasing frequently as needed and its warranty. The storage capacity spectrum is also very high. So, if you are a shopper looking for an advanced, high storage capacity, and high performance compact flash card, then it can be undoubtedly said that Hama High Speed Professional 8GB 200x Speed Compact Flash Card is the ideal card. It is best to have a card with you which is available at a relatively low price with many modernised features.

Hama 00090972 8GB Compact Flash Memory Card - Specification Details

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