In the beginning the PCMCIA ATA card was much too expensive.
PCMCIA card ATA by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
Fortunately there was an alternative, PCMCIA Hard Drive ATA Card Type III
More fragile but much less expensive.
PCMCIA Hard Drive ATA Card Type III by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
Here the Kodak AP NC 2000 Pro 1.28 MP (1268x1012)
$18,000.00 USD ISO 200-1600
The first Kodak DSLR with a removable hard drive
Kodak AP NC 2000 Pro by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
CompactFlash
It was with the arrival of the famous "Compact Flash" that the vast majority of us started digital photography.
CompactFlash SanDisk White by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
At the risk of repeating myself
The first flash cards, cost a small fortune
For example, in 1998 an 8mb CompactFlash cost the modest sum of $189.95 and the 16mb $349.00!!
CompactFlash SanDisk Blue by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
The first camera to be able to use CF (CompactFlash)
The Kodak DC25 Digital Camera (1996)
180,000 pixel sensor (493x373)
Storage: 2mb Internal & CompactFlash
$500 USD
Kodak DC25 (1996) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
Kodak DC25 (1996) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
Kodak DC25 (1996) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
CompactFlash Kodak 2mb by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
SmartMedia card
It was launched in 1995 by Toshiba to compete with compactflash and has not been produced since 2016
Board with 5v or 3.3v supply
And a capacity of 2 MB to 128 MB
SmartMedia card by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
Fujifilm DS-7 (1996)
The first to be able to use the SmartMedia 5v
Fujifilm DS-7 (1996)
310,000 pixel sensor (640x480)
Storage: 2mb SmartMedia 5v
$700.00 USD
Fujifilm DS-7 (1996) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
Fujifilm DS-7 (1996) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
SanDisk MMC Card (MultiMediaCard )
The first MMC cards
SanDisk MMC Card by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
Wacky comparison
Memory Card 512 ...
SmartMedia 0.5 MB ( 512 KB)
CompactFlash 512 MB
Lexar SD 512 GB
Memory Card 512 by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
The 512 GB Lexar can hold over a million more information than the 512 KB SmartMedia
Conflict of generations
FlashCard (1992) / microSD (2002)
FlashCard / micro SD (64 MB / 64 GB) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
It's quite something seeing these together & then noticing the smaller one is 1000 times bigger :)
It can allow us to appreciate our current equipment more 😎
CompactFlash Nikon
CompactFlash Nikon by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
Sometimes we can choose between two different types of memory cards, or use modern SD cards.
In some models of cameras after these changes, we can do more shoots per minute.
CompactFlash Canon
CompactFlash Canon by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
CompactFlash 2mb by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
CompactFlash 4mb by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
CompactFlash 8mb by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
CompactFlash 10mb by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr
CompactFlash 15mb by Marc Aubry, sur Flickrckr
Update
👍🏻 petrochemist
That's an odd size. BTW you missed the Canon version from the shot (you've shown it earlier).