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Some info on CF express cards for X-2HS

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OP Snap Happy Senior Member • Posts: 1,925
Re: Some info on CF express cards for X-2HS
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21William wrote:

I used (not very) Compact Flash cards in my first digital camera about 20 years years ago. Is the new form factor really that bad? All sounds rather retrograde. Luckily the new camera also has an SD card slot as well, nice one Fuji.

Remember those CF IBM Microdrives ? 1GB for £300 IIRC

I don't think the CFe form factor is inherently bad, it's just the whole ecosystem has got more complex. I think, from what I've read, mostly the issues with CFe centre around video and the various different formats/codecs.  My impression is for stills there are far less issues.

CFe cards are not just dumb memory, there's an onboard storage controller which is proprietory to the vendor (hence the firmware updates) and I am guessing that the multiple permutations of camera hardware, camera settings, camera firmware, codec and storage controller makes it practically impossible for vendors to have everything fully tested all the time.

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