Sonnet SF3 Series - CFexpress/XQD Pro Card Reader - SON-SF3-2CFEX

£353.40 £294.50
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SKU
SONSF32CFEX

Sonnet SF3 Series - CFexpress/XQD Pro Card Reader - SON-SF3-2CFEX

FEATURES

  • Professional Dual-Slot CFexpress 2.0 Type B/XQD Card Reader for Computers with Thunderbolt 3 Ports
  • Superior Performance
    Ingests footage from CFexpress 2.0 Type B cards and XQD cards at up to maximum supported speeds
  • Cuts Ingest Times by up to Half
    Dual card slots enable simultaneous ingest of footage from two cards for greater efficiency
  • Rugged, Compact, Stackable
    Small and rugged aluminum enclosure for reliable operation; design enables multiple SF3 Series card readers to occupy same footprint
  • Rackable
    Threaded mount points enable secure attachment of two readers side-by-side on a rack tray in just 1U of rack space
  • 40Gbps Thunderbolt™ 3 Interface
    Fastest interface available; offers 2750 MB/s of PCIe bandwidth
  • Two Thunderbolt 3 Ports
    One port connects to computer; second port supports daisy chaining of up to five additional SF3 Series pro card readers
  • Backward Compatible
    With Thunderbolt 2 and Thunderbolt Macs when used with an Apple® Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter and a Thunderbolt cable (both sold separately)
  • Mac & Windows Compatible
    Supports Mac and Windows computers

MAC COMPATIBILITY

    Mac with Thunderbolt 3 ports Mac with a Thunderbolt 2 or Thunderbolt port with an Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter plus Thunderbolt cable (both sold separately) macOS® 10.12.6+ macOS Catalina compatible(4)

WINDOWS COMPATIBILITY

    Computer with Thunderbolt 3 ports Windows10 (64-bit Edition Version 1809 or greater)

DUAL CARD SLOTS, LESS WAITING

The SF3 Series - CFexpress/XQD Pro Card Reader is ultra-fast, able to ingest files from CFexpress and XQD cards at their maximum speeds. Better still, it can ingest files simultaneously from two CFexpress cards—at more than double the average ingest speed of other CFexpress or XQD card readers—to cut your ingest times in half.

Technical Notes

  1. Second Thunderbolt 3 port supports Thunderbolt 3 devices natively. Also supports Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt 2 devices on Macs when used with the Apple Thunderbolt 3(USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter plus a Thunderbolt cable, both sold separately.
  2. One 4K monitor directly supported. Two 4K monitors requires either a 4K monitor with multi-stream transport support (DP out), or a Thunderbolt 3 to Dual DisplayPort adapter. 5K monitor requires a Thunderbolt 3 to Dual DisplayPort adapter.
  3. ThunderLok3 compatible specifically with Sonnet 0.5- and 0.7-meter Thunderbolt 3 cables; Sonnet 2-meter Thunderbolt 3 cables require ThunderLok 3L.
  4. Sony has not yet updated XQD driver credentials to enable easy installation in macOS Catalina (10.15). To install the XQD driver in Catalina, you must first disable System Integrity Protection (SIP), install the driver, and then re-enable SIP; see XQD driver page for complete details.

WARRANTY

All new Sonnet Products purchased on or after January 1, 2019, have a Two Year Limited Warranty, except as listed here. All new Sonnet Products purchased on or before December 31, 2018, have a One Year Limited Warranty, except as listed here.

WHAT'S IN THE BOX

  • Sonnet SF3 Series - CFexpress/XQD Pro Card Reader
  • Power adapter
  • Power cable
  • 0.5-meter Thunderbolt 3 cable
  • ThunderLok3 retainer clip
  • Documentation