Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Sony Announces Support for CompactFlash cards
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "NEWS" @ 03:00 PM
"Sony just announced support for yet another new memory card format today -- fortunately, it's only new to them. Available later "this Spring," Sony will introduce their first CompactFlash memory card. A move foreshadowed by Sony's entry into the high-end, consumer digital camera business with their alpha α100 -- a DSLR lacking direct support for Sony's Memory Stick. The new Type I CF cards will share the same α branding and will hit 66x and 133x transfer speeds with capacities between 1GB and 4GB. So, does this signal the end of their proprietary Memory Stick format? You wish."
I think a collective sigh-of-relief was just let out across the world. However, I wonder about two things - 1) Will Sony now reduce support for the Memory Stick? i.e. they were trying to integrate MS into all their TVs and gaming devices, etc. Will that stop now? 2) Will Sony cameras become a lot more popular at the expense of Canon/Nikon/etc. since they have a strong brand name and now the memory format isn't the gating factor in picking Sony cameras?
I think a collective sigh-of-relief was just let out across the world. However, I wonder about two things - 1) Will Sony now reduce support for the Memory Stick? i.e. they were trying to integrate MS into all their TVs and gaming devices, etc. Will that stop now? 2) Will Sony cameras become a lot more popular at the expense of Canon/Nikon/etc. since they have a strong brand name and now the memory format isn't the gating factor in picking Sony cameras?
