Solid State memory types.
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Solid State memory types.
Having recently bought a digicam which uses SD memory cards, I did a general price check - SD appears to be between 75 and 100% more expensive than CF or SM. Why???
It does the same job, no better or worse than the others so,
a: Why so much more expensive? and
b: Why would any designer specify it in preference to CF or SM?
TIA
It does the same job, no better or worse than the others so,
a: Why so much more expensive? and
b: Why would any designer specify it in preference to CF or SM?
TIA
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Cornish Jack,
Here, across the pond, they all run around the same price. I did a quick scan of prices at an E-Tailer:
Memory (Flash Memory) Capacity [128MB]
Take Care,
Richard
Here, across the pond, they all run around the same price. I did a quick scan of prices at an E-Tailer:
Memory (Flash Memory) Capacity [128MB]
Take Care,
Richard
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Thank you, Richard.
Obviously, it pays to be your side of the pond.
Have just done another check and one of our on-line retailers does 128 CF and SM at about 20GBP while their SD is about 30. At least the % split is narrowing but why should there be ANY difference?........ anyone???
Obviously, it pays to be your side of the pond.
Have just done another check and one of our on-line retailers does 128 CF and SM at about 20GBP while their SD is about 30. At least the % split is narrowing but why should there be ANY difference?........ anyone???
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Market & restrictive licencing forces. CF is older & larger so is cheaper. Tends to have larger memory sizes available earlier & cheaper as a result Some of the others are smaller. A premium is paid for size reduction. Other's such as Sony is proprietary so you pay extra to use their format due lack of competition.
