SanDisk Announced the Highest Capacity 12- and 16-GB CompactFlash Cards at Photokina

At Photokina, SanDisk Corporation introduced the 12- and 16-GB SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash cards to its award-winning Extreme III performance line, making these the highest capacity cards in the world. The new high-performance, large-capacity cards are ideal for professional photographers who shoot RAW or high-resolution JPG files and need the performance, reliability and capacity to capture these large files. The 12GB model will sell for $779.99 and the 16GB model will sell for $1,049.99.

SanDisk also has a USB 2.0 reader for the Extreme cards that sells for $24.99. All three will be available by December. [Bill Fox]