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Canon R3 vs. Nikon Z9 (Price)

Started Oct 28, 2021 | Discussions thread
hikerdoc Veteran Member • Posts: 3,513
Re: Canon R3 vs. Nikon Z9 (Price)

whumber wrote:

hikerdoc wrote:

I guess I would be willing to spend an additional $16 for a CFE card with 5 times the write speed of the SD after spending $5-6k for a camera. At very least the cost difference would not be a factor in system decision.

I agree with you in theory, but $16 extra seems a bit optimistic for the kind of speed you're talking about. From what I've seen the CFExpress cards that actually perform as rated are still quite expensive.

The $16 difference for an incredible step up in performance is what was quoted in the post to which I responded, two Sandisk 128GB cards at B&H;

”128GB 1400MB/s write Sandisk Extreme Pro CFExpress cards go for $180 at B&H Photo

128GB 260MB/s write Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-II cards go for $164 at B&H Photo“

My point is you can get SD cards for far cheaper than CFE cards, but if you want top levels of SD card performance the prices are similar to CFE, but the performance is far behind.

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