What is Compact Flash?
Compact Flash is a small form factor that combines non volatile storage, high-capacity options and industry-standard compatibility, which is absolutely essential for digital cameras and handheld computing devices. Because they are designed to the guidelines set by the CFA (CompactFlash Association), a base-level assurance of compatibility has been set between all-certified Compact Flash cards and any Compact Flash-compliant device. Today, Compact Flash cards are available in capacities ranging from 8MB to 4GB, and speed up 10.8MB/sec.