Manfrotto has been a steady name in photography since Lino Manfrotto was a photo reporter in the early ’60s in Italy. His original passion has developed into a a long standing and successful business in the camera industry. Primarily known for their stands, camera bags and studio lighting and accessories, it was only a matter of time until Manfrotto jumped …
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Lexar Professional Diamond CFExpress Card Review
Lexar has recently released their Professional Diamond Series CFExpress Type B Memory Card and they believe this card is the ‘worlds fastest’ CFExpress card to date. Specifications list speeds of 1900MB/s read, 1700MB/s write and 1600MB/s sustained write and, if these numbers pan out, this would be an industry leading storage device. As much as we appreciate these numbers, we …
Read More »Lexar Professional CFExpess Type A Gold Series Memory Card and Reader Review
One of the biggest advances at the forefront of digital technology in the past few years has to do with data storage and the introduction of CFExpress cards. As an avid photographer and digital enthusiast, myself… I wonder what took so long and… in fact, I wonder why the digital industry has lagged so far behind when we consider the …
Read More »ProGrade Digital 165GB Cobalt CFExpress Type B Card Review
I get asked quite often what I prefer with respect to storage cards in my camera equipment. I try to stay away from exact brands and move the conversation into what I believe are necessary characteristics of the cards that I will put in my digital equipment. Three things stand out. I want storage that has high sustained write speeds …
Read More »Acer CFE100 512GB CFExpress Type B Memory Card Review
To say that CFExpress Type B cards haven’t redefined digital media in the past two years would be an understatement. Many enjoy their advantages in moving large photo and video files from the card to PC for work in a fraction of the time that it used to take, but more importantly, its what CFExpress B cards do inside the …
Read More »Sabrent Rocket CFX CFExpress Type B Memory Card and Reader Review (512GB/1TB)
Without a doubt, the toughest lesson learned on release of the Canon EOS R5 Mirrorless camera was that of storage and this relatively new thing called sustained write performance. Countless people purchased these cameras, along with first generation CFExpress Type B cards that had not been approved by Canon. They quickly learned that features that should be available within their …
Read More »Understand the Importance of NAND Flash as KIOXIA Celebrates 35 Years as Its Inventor
At least to me, it’s rather amazing how one of the most progressive inventions historically has been overlooked. It is not electricity. It is not the light bulb and it isn’t the telephone but you can bet that it plays a massive role within each in every moment of our lives. It is NAND flash and NAND was invented by …
Read More »Wise Type B 2TB & PRO 160/640GB CFExpress Memory Card Review – Understanding the Capacity/Sustained Write Trade Off
The popularity of CFExpress Type B cards has been overwhelming over the past year and we are certain that it will continue to grow as newer digital equipment is released with this type of storage in mind. It moves us from under 100MB/s data transfer speed for most up to over 5x that with CFExpress highs of 1700MB/s. Don’t get …
Read More »ProGrade Digital 160GB Cobalt CFExpress Type A Card and Dual Slot CFExpressA / SD Card Reader Review
Type B CFExpress cards have gained massive popularity as of late but what about CFExpress Type A. Has it been forgotten? The unfortunate reality of CFExpress Type A cards is that they are a very niche product limited to very few Sony cameras; the Sony a7S III, FX3 and Fx6 specifically. If it’s a professional DSLR that has CFExpress storage, …
Read More »The Phison PCIe 4.0 Laptop Challenge – Making a Gen 4 Laptop Truly Gen 4 at 7000MB/s
Something has occurred in the laptop industry that should make the consumer angry. We are being sold PCIe 4.0 laptops and ultrabooks that aren’t truly PCIe 4.0. Don’t get me wrong. You may be considering a purchase, or have purchased a brand new Ryzen 5 or Intel Tiger Lake that is just that but you have to ask… Have I …
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