Delkin Cardbus 32

Steve Maller · Oct 8, 2003

So Phil's reporting the immediate availability of the new cardbus CF card. Anybody have a good pointer as to availability/pricing on it?

Thanks!

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Dennis Lathem49692 · Oct 8, 2003

Steve Maller said:
So Phil's reporting the immediate availability of the new cardbus
CF card. Anybody have a good pointer as to availability/pricing on
it?

I followed the link at the end of the report and found all of that out.

;-)

http://www.delkin.com

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CDL

Eric Wedel · Oct 9, 2003

Steve Maller said:
So Phil's reporting the immediate availability of the new cardbus
CF card. Anybody have a good pointer as to availability/pricing on
it?

I ordered one yesterday from Page Computer:
http://www.pagecomputers.com/cgi-bin/page/M0040606.html
$54.57 with shipping and tax included.

Whoa, just checked order status, it had a tracking number, and FedEx says the package has already been delivered. And I took the cheapest shipping option too! New toy to play with tonight. Too bad I don't have any full CF cards right now to test with.

Steve Maller said:
Canon EOS 1D and EOS 3 and a lot of unused film

I hear you on the film! This is totally off-topic, but anybody found something to do with old slide film?

regards, Eric

Don Sherman41534 · Oct 11, 2003

Available from buy.com for under $48.00. Search for DDCARDBUS-AD which is Delkins part number.

Eric Wedel said:
Steve Maller said:

So Phil's reporting the immediate availability of the new cardbus
CF card. Anybody have a good pointer as to availability/pricing on
it?

Click to expand...

I ordered one yesterday from Page Computer:
http://www.pagecomputers.com/cgi-bin/page/M0040606.html
$54.57 with shipping and tax included.

Whoa, just checked order status, it had a tracking number, and
FedEx says the package has already been delivered. And I took the
cheapest shipping option too! New toy to play with tonight. Too
bad I don't have any full CF cards right now to test with.

Eric Wedel said:

Canon EOS 1D and EOS 3 and a lot of unused film

Click to expand...

I hear you on the film! This is totally off-topic, but anybody
found something to do with old slide film?

regards, Eric

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Don Sherman

Eric Wedel · Oct 12, 2003

Received mine, and ran a few quick tests. Better performance than a 16-bit adaptor, but nowhere near the suggested 5x numbers. And in all cases, a firewire-attached reader was significantly faster. For more info, take a peek at:
http://www.rawbw.com/~ewedel/Photo/cf32a/

regards, Eric

Steve Maller · Oct 12, 2003

Wow...great effort. Thank you for posting all this info. In my humble opinion, I would take a 2x improvement for $50 or so. I use standard Sandisk 1GB cards, so I don't expect much more, but even that would shave a few minutes off a 1GB download...

Steve

Eric Wedel said:
Received mine, and ran a few quick tests. Better performance than
a 16-bit adaptor, but nowhere near the suggested 5x numbers. And
in all cases, a firewire-attached reader was significantly faster.
For more info, take a peek at:
http://www.rawbw.com/~ewedel/Photo/cf32a/

regards, Eric

Doug Warner · Oct 13, 2003

Eric Wedel said:
Received mine, and ran a few quick tests. Better performance than
a 16-bit adaptor, but nowhere near the suggested 5x numbers. And
in all cases, a firewire-attached reader was significantly faster.
For more info, take a peek at:
http://www.rawbw.com/~ewedel/Photo/cf32a/

I tested with a Delkin Pro 640 card and got 5037 MB/s with my CF32A in a Sony Vaio TR1A.

Faster, but not the max speed the card is capable of (6025).

I'd like to know why so few manufacturers seem to be able to read CF cards at their maximum rates. Is there some "secret method" that only a select few know?

Eric Wedel · Oct 14, 2003

Doug Warner said:
I tested with a Delkin Pro 640 card and got 5037 MB/s with my CF32A
in a Sony Vaio TR1A.

I went back and tested with a second laptop, a Dell Latitude C600 with a 5400RPM hard disk (fast, by laptop standards). On that machine, the Lexar 32x card yielded 5.45 MB/sec. I'm getting more impressed by the CF32A.

Have updated the info at
http://www.rawbw.com/~ewedel/Photo/cf32a/

Member said:
Faster, but not the max speed the card is capable of (6025).

I'd like to know why so few manufacturers seem to be able to read
CF cards at their maximum rates. Is there some "secret method"
that only a select few know?

Good question, I'm guessing hard drive speed has something to do with it, any idea how fast the drive in your Vaio is? Or maybe it's something else entirely.

And just as a matter of curiosity, where did you see that 6025 number? I've seen precious little documentation on the CF32A.

regards, Eric

Doug Warner · Oct 14, 2003

Eric Wedel said:
Doug Warner wrote:
Good question, I'm guessing hard drive speed has something to do
with it, any idea how fast the drive in your Vaio is? Or maybe
it's something else entirely.

It's a Toshiba MK3400GAH. 100MB/S 4200 RPM

Eric Wedel said:
And just as a matter of curiosity, where did you see that 6025
number? I've seen precious little documentation on the CF32A.

Here: http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-6133
I use this as a reference for the fastest read speeds for the tested cards.

Eric Wedel · Oct 15, 2003

Doug Warner said:
Eric Wedel said:

Doug Warner wrote:
Good question, I'm guessing hard drive speed has something to do
with it, any idea how fast the drive in your Vaio is? Or maybe
it's something else entirely.

Click to expand...

It's a Toshiba MK3400GAH. 100MB/S 4200 RPM

Occurred to me to try swapping the C600's 5400 RPM drive into the apparently slower Inspiron 4000. The Inspiron then turned in the same numbers as the C600 had (a hair better actually).
http://www.rawbw.com/~ewedel/Photo/cf32a/cf32a_test_results.html

Your Vaio must have a better architecture, but I'll bet you might squeeze those last few MB/s out of it by going to a faster hard drive.

Member said:
Member said:

And just as a matter of curiosity, where did you see that 6025
number? I've seen precious little documentation on the CF32A.

Click to expand...

Here: http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-6133
I use this as a reference for the fastest read speeds for the
tested cards.

Ah! Somehow I'd thought you were referring to the raw CF32A, I guess you meant a Delkin CF card. Thanks for the pointer & clarification.

Wow, with the 5400 RPM drive, the Lexar 32x came in at 5.59 and 5.45 MB/s in the two laptops. Quite close to Galbraith's 5.818 MB/s.

regards, Eric

Doug Warner · Oct 15, 2003

Eric Wedel said:
Ah! Somehow I'd thought you were referring to the raw CF32A, I
guess you meant a Delkin CF card. Thanks for the pointer &
clarification.

Actually, my card is an Aska-branded item. I had it imported by Dynamism for $90 (one month before Delkin decided to start marketing it here) It's the same card, just different labeling and packaging.
Actually, I think the actual manufacturer may be Workbit:
http://www.workbit.co.jp/ts/english/z_cf32-e.html

Unless Delkin has an exclusive deal with them, these cards may soon show up under other labels as well. (Dynamism now has them on their website for $89... I sent them a note warning them not to buy any more

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It's only a camera, not a religion!

Eric Wedel · Oct 15, 2003

Doug Warner said:
Actually, my card is an Aska-branded item. I had it imported by
Dynamism for $90 (one month before Delkin decided to start
marketing it here) It's the same card, just different labeling and
packaging.
Actually, I think the actual manufacturer may be Workbit:
http://www.workbit.co.jp/ts/english/z_cf32-e.html

Interesting, now that I look at Aska's page, I see what you mean.
http://www.aska-corp.co.jp/e-pro-top.htm
Their pdf for the CF32A even has Workbit's "letterhead".

fwiw, my CF32A came in Delkin packaging, but with an Aska label on the adaptor:

Presumably, a temporary measure until Delkin can ramp up their sticker production.

Long as the quality stays up, a little competition on the distribution end sounds great to me. Might even produce a more mature drivers CD ROM.

regards, Eric

drdan · Oct 17, 2003

I got mine today and I don't care who makes it, it is fast.
What a refreshing change. I got mine for $46 and
I highly recommend it.
Dan

LYS · Oct 21, 2003

drdan said:
I got mine today and I don't care who makes it, it is fast.
What a refreshing change. I got mine for $46 and
I highly recommend it.

Where did you get yours?

Any other good deals out there?

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