ProGrade Digital's Refresh Pro software is designed to address multiple issues that arise with memory cards over time, including the fact that they get slower with age and use. It originally launched in 2019 for $30 but, citing the "vital" importance of what it can do, the company is making it free.
Wise released a batch of CFexpress Type-A memory cards last year that made lofty promises but weren't certified to uphold them. The company has done the right thing and its new cards have more capacity options and are certified to be faster.
ProGrade Digital announced six new products meant to help creators speed up their workflows without sacrificing space.
Wise is throwing out a one-two punch with the announcement of the first 4TB CFexpress Type B card -- the world's largest at the time of publication -- alongside another lower-capacity series that caps out at a blazing 3,700 MB/s.
Sony has released new high-capacity Tough CFexpress Type B cards in 240GB and 480GB capacities. These cards promise swift speeds and high performance for photographers and videographers using the latest and greatest Canon, Fujifilm, Nikon, and Panasonic cameras.
Coincidentally, less than a day after PetaPixel's editor-in-chief Jaron Schneider touted the benefits and quality of his trusted Think Tank's Pixel Pocket Rocket memory card holders in an internal Slack chat, Think Tank has announced an across-the-board update to its Pocket Rocket memory card and battery wallets products.
Building upon its original CreateMate Memory Card Case, which combines memory card protection, organization, and file transferring, Pgytech has released a new version that supports CFexpress memory cards.
Nextorage's NX-B2PRO CFexpress Type B memory cards promise high-level read and write performance, including maximum read and write speeds of 3,900 and 3,600 MB/s, respectively.
Wise, a member of the Compact Flash Association (CFA), has joined the USB4 generation with its new Wise RD-40CXB CFexpress 4.0 Type B card reader.
Other World Computing (OWC) unveiled its new USB4 CFexpress 4.0 Type B card reader at the CP+ Camera and Photo Imaging Show in Yokohama, Japan.
The Compact Flash Association (CFA) finally published a list of all VPG certified memory cards that provide a guarantee that they will work with certain functions of all supported cameras, including Sony cameras that require the certification.
Lexar is the first memory card manufacturer to bring support for the new, much faster CFexpress 4.0 standard to Type-A cards, the format that only Sony uses in its high-end mirrorless Alpha cameras.
Even though it just launched a new Cobalt-class CFexpress 4.0 card in September, ProGrade Digital isn't resting on its laurels and has a new Gold series in three capacities that writes data at a rip-roaring 3,000 MB/s.
CFexpress cards used to only be available from just a small list of manufacturers but over the last few years, that has changed and now there is a wide variety of very good options. One example is ProMaster's new 1.3TB Velocity CINE card which is a great blend of speed, capacity, and price.
The new CFexpress 4.0 specification promises significantly faster transfer speeds than the cards currently on the market and while no camera can take advantage of it right now, your computer can, which makes a strong case for consolidating your storage hardware into a single media.
CFexpress 4.0 cards are already entering the market this year with the promise of much faster read and write speeds. While that sounds great, it is going to be a while before photographers and filmmakers can really take advantage of it.
ProGrade Digital has announced the third generation of its CFexpress Type B Cobalt-class memory cards in a new 1.3TB capacity.
The CompactFlash Association today announced the specification for CFexpress 4.0 which can double the theoretical throughput performance compared to current cards while maintaining backward compatibility.
ProGrade Digital has announced a higher 2TB capacity option for its third-generation CFexpress Type B Gold memory cards.
Sabrent has followed up on its first-generation CFexpress Type B cards with a new set that improves transfer speeds and also doubles the previous cards' highest capacity.
ProGrade Digital has updated its Refresh Pro computer software -- a tool for maximizing the performance of a card and monitoring product health -- with the ability to update the firmware of its memory cards.
Lexar has announced new CFexpress Type B Gold Series memory cards ranging from 128GB to 2TB capacities. The CFexpress Type B Gold Series cards join Lexar's existing CFexpress Type B Diamond Series cards, with the former offering expanded capacity options at lower prices in exchange for only a slight dip in minimum sustained performance.
CFexpress has finally come into its own and multiple companies are now producing a wide variety of capacities at a range of prices. But with so many choices, which one should you buy?
ProGrade Digital has released its third-generation CFexpress Type B Gold series memory card to provide faster sustained write speeds that can better meet the demands of high-resolution video cameras.
Nextorage has announced its B1 Pro Series of CFexpress Type B memory cards that reach maximum read speeds of 1,950 MB/s and maximum write speeds of 1,900 MB/s -- the fastest performance yet.
OWC has launched several new high-performance SD cards that feature v90 capacities of up to 512GB and v60 capacities of up to 1TB. Its new CFexpress Type-B cards are just as impressive and reach capacities up to 2TB with blazing fast speeds.
Pergear has announced a set of new CFexpress Type B cards that not only boast high read and write speeds as well as high capacities but also come in significantly cheaper than the competition.
Lexar has officially released its Diamond Series CFexpress Type B cards. Announced back in April as the "world's fastest," the series promises transfer speeds of up to 1,900 MB/s.
Lexar has revealed the pricing of its new Gold Series CFexpress Type A cards and while it is more expensive than both Sony and ProGrade Digital equivalents, in testing the new card handily outperforms both.
ProGrade Digital has announced a new Cobalt-class 165GB capacity CFexpress Type-B card to its lineup. The card is ProGrade's highest-performing but, thanks to the reduced capacity, is more affordable at $180.