Comparison of Angelbird SE and SanDisk Extreme Pro for Nikon Z9
CFExpress type B memory cards have become the new standard for high end consumer cameras. Compared with previous standards like SD and CompactFlash, these are way faster. But this speed comes at a cost: Much higher price. To get a card with a reasonable size, you must often expect to pay at least USD100, and often double that. In a way, this is not something new. Also with SD cards, you typically paid mostly for the speed: Higher speed rating would come at a very high premium price. But the main difference is that all CFExpress type B cards are super fast, so there are no inexpesive choices. With that in mind, I was happy to come across the Angelbird 512 GB AV Pro SE card. At less than USD200, it seems like too good to be true for a 512 GB card. As I wasn't planning on using the high end video features of the Nikon Z9 , I took the chance. While not advertising this specifically on the card, the max write speed is described as 850 MB/s, which is quite a lot lower than the ty