Acer, a model extra well-known for private computer systems, components, and equipment, has quietly jumped into the pictures market with the launch of a line of CFexpress reminiscence playing cards.
Acer Storage, an official licensee of the Acer model that produces reminiscence and storage merchandise which are designed, manufactured, and marketed by BIWIN Storage Expertise, has introduced a line of CFexpress Kind B reminiscence playing cards in three capacities: 128 GB, 512 GB, and 512 GB.
The playing cards use what Acer describes as “industrial grade” NAND flash and guarantees that each one merchandise undergo rigorous testing earlier than they go away the manufacturing facility. The playing cards are “utterly sealed” and are magnet proof, X-ray proof, UV-guarded, and resist static which the corporate says reduces unintended injury and ensures file safety.
The corporate says the playing cards have as much as 1,200 MB/s write speeds and as much as 1,600 MB/s learn speeds. As such, Acer touts it as capable of deal with the capabilities of “next-generation cameras” and sustain with each 4K and 8K RAW video workflows. Like all CFexpress playing cards, Acer’s playing cards are backward suitable with choose cameras that use the XQD format so long as the producer has up to date the digital camera’s firmware to take action. Acer particularly notes that the playing cards are suitable with the Panasonic S1R and S1, Canon C500 Mark II, C300 Mark III, EOS R5, and 1DX Mark III, and Nikon Z6 II, Z7 II, D6, D5, D500, D850, Z6, and Z7 cameras.
Along with pace, Acer says the brand new CFexpress reminiscence playing cards are immune to excessive temperatures and are due to this fact best for out of doors pictures. The playing cards can endure temperatures as little as -20 levels as much as as excessive as 70 levels Celcius (-4 levels to 158 levels Fahrenheit). The playing cards are additionally protected with a five-year guarantee, which is longer than most others within the business.
The Acer Storage CFexpress reminiscence playing cards don’t come low cost however are competitively priced. They begin at $130 for 128GB, $270 for 256GB, and $460 for 512GB and are accessible on Amazon. To border that in opposition to the competitors, SanDisk’s 512GB CFexpress card prices $500, whereas ProGrade Digital caps out at 256GB and sells it for $290 (on sale). That stated, each SanDisk and ProGrade declare quicker switch speeds of 1,700 MB/s and 1,750 MB/s respectively. Angelbird is an outlier and is just asking $180 for its 512GB CFexpress card, which it additionally charges because the quickest of the group and guarantees as much as 1,785 MB/s.
