Consumers should know that compact flash is a mass storage device format basically used in portable electronic devices in the market. Also the compact flash uses flash memory in a very standardized enclosure for storage. Consumers should know that the compact flash format was first time launched and produced by sandisk in 1994. Today this physical format of compact flash is used in varied kinds of devices in many countries. Generally compact flash has usages in digital cameras as famous for good storage medium in the devices. Consumers are choosing mostly smaller cards instead of compactflash in the market. Today users should not forget that compact flash are used in various professional dslr cameras as per their reliability and the capacity.

Consumers can see two types of compact flash like typeI and thicker type II cards in the market . Mostly the compactflash type II slot is used in various microdrives alongwith other devices such as the hasseblad cfv digital back used in hasseblad series for medium format cameras. Consumers will also come across four types of compactflash speed cards like original cf, cf high speed , speedy cf 3.0 standard and speedy cf 4.0 standard later accepted in 2007. consumers should know that the concept of compactflash introduced in the market around intel’s nor based flahs memory which is later hand over to Nand.

Consumers will find compactflash as the oldest and more successful formats in the world market. Also compactflash has been successful in making its place in the industry of professional camera in many countries. The compact flash has done well in the market than the rest of the other products in terms of price and memory size. In this way compact flash format has new card of smaller size with the help of an adapter in the market. Consumers should be aware that those formats can be used in many sd or mmc, memory stick duo, xd-picture card inthe type I slot, and other smart media in the type II slot.