ProGrade Digital cuts the price of CFexpress playing cards for Sony digital camera

Prograde Digital has launched a brand new 120GB model of its Gold CFexpress Sort A reminiscence card in a bid to supply a extra inexpensive choice to photographers and videomakers. This smaller format of CFexpress is at present solely utilized in Sony‘s more moderen mirrorless cameras.

The newer lower-capacity card gives the identical high quality as the present ProGrade CFexpress 2.0 Sort A Gold 240GB and 480GB reminiscence playing cards – however simply with a decrease capability. 

This offers the identical most learn velocity as much as 900MB/s as current playing cards, however with sustained write speeds of as much as 450MB/s (down from the 600MB/s on the upper capability playing cards). Burst taking pictures can obtain a velocity of 800MB/s, and the minimal sustained write velocity is 200MB/s, as required for a VPG 200 commonplace.

The smaller capability can be notably interesting to stills photographers, who’re much less more likely to want the storage required by these taking pictures 4K or 8K video footage. And it additionally signifies that a shoot may be unfold over a number of playing cards – for safety or to enhance workflow. Every card has an etched serial quantity.