Sony’s high-end mirrorless and cinema choices are spectacular cameras – however they’re additionally information hogs. Sony, nonetheless, has now doubled the velocity of its CFexpress Kind A reminiscence playing cards with the launch of two new choices, alongside a specialised reader for sooner transfers to a pc.
Each the Sony Robust 960GB CEA-G960T and 1920GB CEA-G1920T, introduced on July 09, can write information as quick as 1700 MB/s. That interprets to a Video Efficiency Assure for secure video recording at 400MB/s, which meets the information calls for of taking pictures 8K H.265/XAVC HS 4:2:0 10-Bit on the Sony A1 II.
Each playing cards can learn the information of speeds of as much as 1800 MB/s. Along with the cardboard’s write speeds, that’s greater than twice as quick as Sony’s earlier CFexpress Kind A Robust fashions.
As a part of the Robust sequence, Sony says that the brand new CFexpress playing cards have round 5 occasions the drop resistance and ten occasions the bend energy of a typical Kind A normal card. The playing cards are additionally proof against mud and water, together with excessive temperatures, x-rays, and UV publicity.
Quick playing cards received’t attain peak learn efficiency with out a card reader that’s simply as quick – which is why Sony can be launching the MRW-G3 card reader, which helps CFexpress 4 and USB 40Gbps.
The velocity and excessive capability come at a price, nonetheless. The 960GB card retails for $585 and the 1920GB for $950. Worldwide pricing and availability haven’t but been introduced, however that interprets to round £430 / AU$895 and £700 / AU$1,454. The cardboard reader MRW-G3 is predicted to retail for about $150 (round £110 / AU$230).
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