Angelbird Technologies GmbH , which claims to be an Austrian developer and manufacturer, has unveiled a 1TB CFexpress Type A memory card for use with Sony Alpha and FX cameras at NAB’2023. At $500, it could be a pretty interesting purchase for those who are into serious video production.
The AngelBird CFexpress A 1TB card enables high-speed continuous shooting, and most importantly, high-bitrate RAW video recording up to 8K.
Proprietary Angelbird Stable Stream™ technology provides a stable and continuous write speed of 650 MB / s, and at a maximum of 730 MB / s.
The card supports all available features and settings for a range of Sony cameras, including the Sony α1, Sony α7 IV, Sony α7S III, Sony FX3 and Sony FX6, as well as 16-bit recording.
Specifications:
- Capacity: 1TB
- Form Factor: CFexpress™ Type A
- Dimensions: 28 x 2.8 x 20mm
- Weight: ~2 g
- Performance:
– Maximum read/write speed: 820/730 MB/s
– Sustained read/write speed: 750/650 MB/s - Interface: CFexpress™ 2.0 | Type A | PCIe 3.0 ×1
- Features: temperature control, TRIM2, ECC, EMS protection, SMART2, power management, built-in EDC function | ECC
- Operating temperatures: -10 °C | 70°C
- Storage temperature -20 °C | 85°C
- Operating Humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing
- Certificates: CE, RoHS, FCC, UKCA, RCM, REACH, KC, VCI, CB
- Warranty: 3-year limited
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And the prices?
The AngelBird 1TB CFexpress A card sells for $500, which is significantly less than the $/B ratio – for example, Sony 640GB CFexpress Type A TOUGH is on sale now for $1050, Exascend 480GB Essential for $900, ProGrade 160GB Cobalt for $274, Delkin 160GB BLACK for $360 .
