The Partly Cloudy Future of Digital Storage
Cloud computing may be the future of digital storage, but Rosh Sillars says there are some other important options to consider as a backup.
Image storage has come a long way in the last 15 years. Many photographers are comfortable using the standard optical media, such as CDs and DVDs, to share and store images. This streak may soon be over, with changing standards well under way...
Eye-Fi Releases Direct Mobile Memory Card
Eye-Fi has expanded their wireless memory card technology to include instant image transfer to mobile phones and tablets with the 8GB Eye-Fi Mobile X2 card.
Along with the release of this new produce, Eye-Fi will also be publishing accompanying iOS and Andoid applications that will work in tandem with the memory card. Those who already own the...
Lexar Debuts First 128GB SDXC Memory Card
Lexar Media has released two 133x-speed memory cards in 128 GB and 64 GB formats.
Designed for photographers shooting continuous, rapid-fire images and videographers shooting full 1,080p HD video, Lexar's latest cards guaranteed a minimum speed of 133x, or 20MB per second...
Pretec's New 666X CF Cards Feature Super-Fast Performance
Pretec has unveiled the 666X CF, a CompactFlash card that is four times faster than a traditional CF card.
With speeds of 100MB per second, only 33MB per second slower than the theoretical maximum speed for CF cards, the 666X is housed in a metal case to make it 10 times more durable than most CompactFlash...
SanDisk Speeds Up to 30MB/S, Introduces 32GB CF Card
SanDisk has introduced a new line of its SDHC cards, available in 4GB, 8GB and 16GB capacities. The SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s Edition offers enhanced transfer speeds of up to 30MB per second (when placed in SanDisk’s ImageMate Multi-Card USB 2.0 Reader/Writer) and is optimized for use with the new Nikon D90.
Compatible cameras can record 39 images in continuous shooting mode at 4.5 frames per second with a file size of 6MB JPEG L Fine per image. The cards are capable of functioning in extreme temperatures, from -13° to 185° Fahrenheit.
SanDisk Extreme III SDHC 30MB/s Edition cards retail for...
SanDisk Offers 1-GB Mini Card
SanDisk Corp. has doubled the capacity of its SanDisk miniSD cards to 1 GB. MiniSD cards are used in mobile phones that have multimedia capabilities such as digital cameras, music players, games and video recording and playback.
A 1GB card makes it possible to store approximately 16 hours of MP3 songs, record up to several hours of MPEG-4 video or take more than 2,000 digital photos on a 1-megapixel mobile phone. The miniSD card includes...
SanDisk Controller Technology Boosts Memory Card Capacities
Archiving: The Digital Shoebox
Whether you're a casual shooter or a working professional, how and where to store your digital images is a growing concern.
For my fifth—grade English class, I had to write my autobiography, complete with photos. So one evening after dinner, Mom and I sat down to work on this "huge" project, thoroughly documenting the first 10 years of my life. Mom pulled out this old shoebox that contained all of our family pictures. Everyone, in those days, had a shoebox full of envelopes from the photography store. Each envelope contained negatives and a set of black—and—white or color prints, with scalloped edges and the month and year printed in the border...