{"id":17139,"date":"2021-10-15T11:48:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T11:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/prograde-versus-sony-cfexpress-type-a-cards-is-there-a-difference\/"},"modified":"2021-10-15T11:48:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T11:48:48","slug":"prograde-versus-sony-cfexpress-type-a-cards-is-there-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/tech\/prograde-versus-sony-cfexpress-type-a-cards-is-there-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"ProGrade Versus Sony CFexpress Type A Cards: Is There a Difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"

ProGrade Digital just released the first CFexpress Type A cards that aren\u2019t made by Sony and while they aren\u2019t \u201ccheap\u201d by any stretch of the imagination, they are more affordable than Sony\u2019s offering. But does that discount come at a performance cost? At the time of publication, CFexpress Type-A memory cards were only used by Sony in a few of its newer cameras like the Alpha 1. The format is much smaller than a CFexpress Type B card and while Type A cards will never be as fast, Sony chose them for its line of cameras because they have a secondary benefit: the small size lets them share a card slot that can also be used with legacy SD cards. SD cards are actually bigger than CFexpress cards, which let Sony build a slot in both its cameras and its CFexpress card reader that lets the one slot pull double duty. For photographers, this means that Sony could support faster read and write speeds to get the most out of its new cameras while also not forcing photographers to pick up all-new media. That choice is great because Sony\u2019s CFexpress Type A cards are \u2014 at the time of publication \u2014 $400 for 160GB of capacity, a considerable investment. As you can see above, ProGrade elected to keep its two memory card reader slots separate. While the format isn\u2019t widespread yet, ProGrade Digital believes it will become more popular in the future and as such has decided to join the… Click below to read the full story from TechCrunch
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ProGrade Digital just released the first CFexpress Type A cards that aren\u2019t made by Sony and while they aren\u2019t \u201ccheap\u201d by any stretch of the imagination, they are more affordable than Sony\u2019s offering. But does that discount come at a performance cost? 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