Neal Pollack wrote:
> On 01/ 6/10 09:50 AM, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>> James Carlson wrote:
>>> Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>>>> PCMCIA stops at 20 Mbps (b for bits). Its not performant. USB 1.1
>>>> maxes out at 11 Mbps. USB 2.0 goes a lot faster (480 Mbps I think.)
>>>>
>>>> If it were possible to eliminate pcata it would eliminate quite a
>>>> lot of
>>>> complex code. I've not looked seriously into this -- are folks using
>>>> pcmcia CF slots? Cardbus, PCI, or USB (2.0) are all vastly faster.
>>>
>>> Yes. I have a CF adapter that I use on PCMCIA with a laptop, but
>>> not so
>>> often. The desktop machine has a USB-connected CF adapter that works
>>> just as well, and SD is more common now anyway.
>>
>> Yeah, everyone uses USB for this stuff mostly these days, and SDcard
>> is a lot more prevalent. (CF mostly lost the format wars, despite
>> being simpler, and in many ways faster.
>
>
> Not true. Almost ALL professional DSLR camera use CF to this day, and
> it is
> very much faster than SD.
>
> SD took over the consumer devices since speed did not matter for those
> devices.
> A 2010 Nikon or Canon (or pick your brand) pro camera ALL use CF UDMA
> devices.
Note: UDMA is not an option with a PCMCIA CF adapter. You need a
Cardbus device if you want that. PCMCIA can only do PIO.
- Garrett
