I think Pretec just dared Canon, Nikon or anyone else to produce some higher resolution video and faster frame rates. The new Pretec CFast series of compact flash cards quadruples the write speed of the SanDisk Extreme IV.
And, if the performance lives up to the specs, the CFast series will eat as much HD video as your Canon 5D Mark II can throw at it. Maybe we can stop referring to CF card specs as 133x, 266x and so on, since the CFast will be something like 1064x speed card.
Check out the details in the press release below. [Read more…]