It's In The Cards

Memory cards keep getting faster, higher capacity, and less expensive. The latest generation from Sandisk are theExtreme IVseries, along with matching high-speed Extreme card reader. Extreme IV CF cards are available in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB sizes, and the new high speed reader is available in Firewire 400/800, and USB 2 configurations.
I was curious to know whether or not these cards were indeed faster than the Extreme III cards that I regularly use, and also if the new reader would show a marked speed increase. My testing included all three sizes of the new IV series cards, and a 4Gb Extreme III series was my point of comparison. The card reader which I have been using for the past couple of years, a Microtech Firewire 400 device, was my reference. The new high speed reader was tested on both Firewire 400 and 800.
My test directory contained 85 raw files totaling 2.2GB.
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Type III Cards Vs: Type IV Cards using the Extr...