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To: thecalculator who wrote (15365)	10/6/2000 1:07:09 AM
From: Jason Rooks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

After paying $600 for a Canon S100 digital camera, I bought a 64 meg SanDisk CF card for $160. That was plenty of storage for 100 high resolution pictures with the 2.1 megapixel camera. As there is a budgetary constraint for most consumers, I would rather spend the money on a better a printer and the glossy paper and replacement ink than get the higher capacity CF cards. Aus is stating, correctly, that from the average digital camera owner, anything more than 64 or 96 meg CF is likely too costly to be a realistic option. Jason

To: thecalculator who wrote (15365)	10/6/2000 11:42:15 AM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

*"You aren't short are you?"* In reply to this post... __________________________________________________________________________________ Viking Memory Products Highest Capacity CompactFlash Card at 256 MB Message 14523837 __________________________________________________________________________________ The point I was trying to make was that high capacity CompactFlash (type I) cards are not mass market items due to cost. The 256 megabyte CF card announced by Viking will not be a big seller. I suspect alot of these announcements are no more than temporary bragging rights. The average card capacity for CompactFlash that SanDisk sells is about 1/10th the maximum capacity industry-wide. Aftermarket purchases are mostly under 64 megabytes. imergeconsulting.com Nearly all bundled memory cards are 8 Mb in capacity and this trend will continue throughout 2000, except for new high-end consumer cameras with 3.0 mega-pixel resolution. This is expected to change in year 2001 when 16 Mb capacity cards are bundled. This model does not change from 16 Mb throughout the forecast period. A second but more important segment in terms of street value is the aftermarket opportunity. Average selling prices in this segment are typically higher with less downward pressure. Through our research, we found that the majority of aftermarket buyers purchase memory cards from 32 Mb to 48 Mb, opting to increase their capacity to what would typically be a roll of film or enough for a short vacation of shooting. To order this report: email: tussy@ix.netcom.com or call: 650.631.5737 Any other ridiculous questions? Ausdauer