Angelbird Announced AV PRO CFX/XT CFexpress Memory Cards

Angelbird today has officially announce their first CFexpress memory cards. The CFexpress Type B memory cards offer read speeds of up to 1700MB/sec and write speeds of up to 1400MB/sec. The AV PRO CFX cards offer a guaranteed minimum write speed of 550MB/sec, well above the XQD standard, with the AV PRO CFX XT cards with a sustained write speed of up to 1GB/sec, plenty enough for capturing up to 8K RAW video. Currently only recently announced EOS C500 Mark II (B&H Photo Video/Adorama) can support CFexpress cards. The price for these CFexpress cards is not available yet, and the release date is in late 2019.

Angelbird claims their CFexpress cards offer real-world, sustained performance that will write data consistently without performance drop-offs, thus avoiding choppy footage or dropped frames. While both the Angelbird AV PRO CFX and AV PRO CFX XT offer sustained competitive performance, their ideal applications may vary according to the specific production needs of the user.

The AV PRO CFX is best suited for production work that requires a minimum guaranteed write speed of 550 MB/s, a recording speed still well above the current XQD-400 standard of 400 MB/sec, with capacities of up to 1 TB. Creative professionals working at the leading edge of digital production will find that the CFexpress memory card is the ideal media for content production that demands 4k and 6k+ resolution.

The AV PRO CFX XT is the better choice option for optimal sustained write performance. With its 1 GB/s sustained write speeds the 4-6-8K resolutions will be able to be captured uncompressed RAW. The AV PRO CFX XT is ideal for high-capacity frame rate capture needs with data capacities up to 640 GB.