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What would you want CFexpress or SD cards for the next batch of Cameras?

Started Feb 25, 2020 | Polls thread
RDKirk Forum Pro • Posts: 16,545
That would keep me from buying an R5

In my work, I don't reformat a card until I've delivered the job to the client. That's a hard and fast rule that has saved my butt more than once.

That means I maintain a lot of cards. Having to add half a dozen or a dozen CFexpress cards to the cost of buying an R5 will keep me from buying it. I'll just continue on with my EOS R bodies.

I've found over the decades that trying to "future proof" memory is a fool's game. I tried that with my first digital camera, which took SmartMedia cards. Before I could "grow into" the "future proofed" cards, the entire camera memory game changed and SmartMedia was obsolete.

I'd get an R5 if it had dual slots, one SD and one CFexpress, but not if it has two CFexpress cards.

I don't expect two CFexpress slots to happen in the R5, however, because Canon Inc considers the R5 to be an "enthusiast" camera, not a professional camera. Canon Inc recognizes only the 1-series as their professional camera.

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