Category: SanDisk

Western Digital launched its first portable SSD drive since merge with SanDisk

John Aldred

Many thought Western Digital were a bit stuck in the times, clinging onto HDD technology. All the others were making the big push towards solid state, especially Seagate, and WD seemed to lag behind. Then, last year, Western Digital completed its acquisition of memory card manufacturer, SanDisk. Now, Western Digital have unveiled its first portable SSD; […]

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SanDisk Announces 1TB SDXC Memory Card

Eric Reagan

Files sizes continue to grow larger but, thanks to memory card makers, there are bigger and bigger cards to handle our growing media demands. SanDisk’s news from Photokina 2016 provides us with a case in point. SanDisk unveiled a new 1TB capacity SDXC card that’s in development. There’s no release date or price pinned on […]

Canon 1D X Mark II Firmware 1.0.2 Update Fixes SanDisk CFast Card Problems

Eric Reagan

Canon has issued a firmware update for the 1D X Mark II that addresses the recently-published image corruption problem with certain SanDisk CFast 2.0 cards. The firmware update specifically provides the following improvements: Incorporates countermeasures for a phenomenon in which the bottom part of still images recorded to SanDisk CFast cards become corrupted. Enhances communication […]

Canon 1D X Mark II Image Corruption with SanDisk CFast Cards

Eric Reagan

Canon USA has issued a product advisory for the Canon 1D X Mark II. In a specific set of circumstances, certain SanDisk CFast 2.0 cards can cause corrupted images with the Canon 1D X Mark II.  Canon says this is a problem with the SanDisk cards; however, Canon is considering releasing a firmware update to […]

World’s Fastest microSDXC UHS-II Card Released by SanDisk – Up tu 275MB/s

John Aldred

As some of the devices we use as photographers start to get smaller and less obtrusive, so do their storage formats.  While their physical size is getting smaller, however, the data they’re collecting and recording becomes more demanding. Going from basic stills to 720p, then to 1080p, and now with 4K starting to become standard […]

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