


All you have to do is focus on a couple of important points such as the connection interface and memory card compatibility. What’s better, you don’t have to spend days weighing different features in order to find the best memory card, reader. Luckily the market is filled with various standalone memory card readers that come in all shapes and sizes. I don't always use this, but I use it at my desk and just use USB-C when Im on the go.Years ago, lots of laptop models had card readers as a regular feature but in recent times the quest for thinner and thinner convertibles led to many notebooks, especially the high-end ones, cutting off this handy piece of hardware. Obviously we have different workflows, but I hugely appreciate the faster transfer speeds from the card to the computer. They really risk being sidelined yet again. History is repeating itself if you can think back to another media format that was almost a Sony exclusive due to the licensing. Now is Sony was not such a tool of a company and made XQD licensing reasonable then they could have made it more popular. Obviously we all have different use cases and I welcome this media type. Shooting 4K video is about 10% of my work. The capacity of the cards really does not bother me that much. I'll probably get a CFExpress card but at the moment, the SanDisk reader is just another thing to have to carry with me, and remember to pack away if I'm shifting hotel. Then I prep my gear for the next day and only then do I look at the results of my days shooting. Over the past 30+ years, I have made sure that my devices get their batteries charged either before I get fed or while I am doing so. I can go and shower/eat etc and by the time I'm done, the copy will be done and I can get down to work. At the same time, the Camera will be charged. My workflow is at the end of the day, connect the camera to the Mac and start the transfer. I'm really not that bothered by the camera to compter data transfer rates.
