Photography enthusiasts around the world have reason to celebrate as Pretec flew past it’s own record for the highest capacity compact flash card ever made. The record stood at 48 GB, but the new ones have storage capacities of 64 GB and 100 GB. These cards are used by enthusiast and professional cameras around the world.

Size is not the only record that Pretec has tendency of breaking. They also break records in the data transfer speeds of the cards. The 64 GB and 100 GB cards transfer at the speeds of 32 Mbps, whereas the lower capacity 32 GB and the 48 GB cards transfer data at the speeds of 50 Mbps. The 32 GB cards with the fast data transfer speeds, cost more than the 64 GB cards with slower data transfer speeds. The cards are housed in a metal casing that are resistant to impact and shock – making the cards ten times more resisitant than ordinary cards.

The cards aimed at cameras that handle high resolution images and large chunks of video data. A lot of videographers and photographers in the industry work with uncompressed data, which makes these cards ideal. Furthermore, the four of the 64 GB cards can be configured into an array to make a 256 GB SATA or IDE SSD, with another world record for the smallest IDE SSD to have such a large storage capacity at just 2.5 inches.

The 32 GB cards are priced at $630 and the 64 GB cards are priced at $399. The 48 GB and 100 GB cards will be available at the end of the year. A great buy indeed. If you’re an enthusiast or a professional photographer / videographer, this piece of hardware is just meant for you. Pick it up at Amazon or eBay for discounted rates.