SanDisk Corporation has released several new line-ups of memory cards that offer more memory capacity and increased speed for digital photographers.

 

March 1, 2006: SanDisk Corporation has released several new line-ups of memory cards that offer more memory capacity and increased speed for digital photographers.
The company has doubled the highest capacity points for its Extreme III line of flash cards for professional digital cameras, releasing an 8GB CompactFlash, 2GB SD and 2GB Memory Stick PRO Duo digital film cards. SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash and SD cards have minimum write and read speeds of 20 megabytes per second, while Memory Stick PRO Duo cards have minimum write and read speeds of 18 MB/sec. They are among the world’s fastest working cards in many of today’s leading digital DSLR cameras.
Designed to withstand an operating temperature range from -25 to 85 degrees C, SanDisk Extreme III cards use proprietary ESP (Enhanced Super-Parallel Processing) technology that combines advanced NAND flash memory chips and controller designs, 32-bit RISC processing and leading edge algorithms for streamlined read and write data transfer operations. The cards come with RescuePRO software that allows photographers to easily recover accidentally deleted images, lost digital images or data. The new cards will start shipping worldwide in March to photo retailers. One gigabyte CF and SD cards will sell for $149.95, while 2GB and 4GB CF cards are priced at $269.95 and $549.95 respectively. Other prices have still to be confirmed.

SanDisk has also extended its Ultra II line-up with the addition of a 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo card plus an innovative 2GB SD Plus card that looks and functions like a typical SD card but contains a fold-out USB 2.0 connector.

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Ultra II cards are primarily targeted at advanced digital photographers with high-resolution digital cameras that require fast, large-capacity digital film cards to quickly shoot many high resolution images. They offer a minimum write speed of 9MB/sec and a minimum read speed of 10MB/sec. The new 2GB SD Plus card eliminates the need for a card reader and can be plugged into any USB port to easily and quickly transfer photos or other data to a computer. Pricing and availability for these new cards has still to be confirmed, although 512 MB and 1GB versions of the SD Plus card are available now for $74.95 and $134.95 respectively.
For details of SanDisk products, visit www.sandisk.com.