New Ultra-Tough SSD Drives for Photographers from Sony

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Sony has recently unveiled a new series of tough SSD drives aimed at photographers and other content creators. The new drives, to be launched in the summer of 2019, come in two flavours: SL-C series featuring 540MB/s read speed and 520MB/s write speed SL-M series featuring read and write speed of up to 1000MB/s Both the SL-C and SL-M drives feature a USB 3.1 Gen 2 USB-C interface as well as IP67 waterproofing and dust rating, and a robust design that’s capable of withstanding a drop of 9 ft. IP water ratings can be a bit confusing, but IP67 is …

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Get This Stuff Free with the Canon EOS RP (limited time)

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I just picked up a new Canon EOS RP body from B&H Photo so that I can review the camera, and the Canon RF lens lineup on this site. During the initial launch of the camera Canon are giving away a couple of accessories with the camera to sweeten the already sweet deal of $1299 for a full-frame mirrorless camera. In the USA, if you order an EOS RP before March 31st you’ll get EG-E1 extension grip, and EF EOS-R mount adapter thrown in for free. That’s $178 worth of free stuff! (Note that the free items might vary in …

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Sony Launching Tough CFexpress Cards Capable of 1700MB/s

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The CFexpress memory card format is gathering momentum, and appears to be the logical successor to Compact Flash, CFast and XQD cards. By the end of 2019 there will be cameras from Nikon, Sony, Panasonic and Canon that use this card format. Something which never happened with the half-hearted partial adoption of the CFast and XQD formats. ProGrade Digital were first out of the gate by demoing a 1TB CFexpress card at several earlier trade shows, and now Sony have joined in by unveiling the TOUGH series CEB-G128 (CFexpress Type B). Whilst the ProGrade Digital card has the edge in …

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