Thursday, January 3, 2013

PixelFlash 32GB 533x vs Transcend 32GB 400x


This is a brief excerpt from CheesyCam




The PixelFlash company reached out to me stating that their 533x 32GB Compact Flash cards can outperform the Transcend Compact Flash cards and are available at around the same prices. I don’t want to just believe what’s written on a label, so I thought i’d give it a go with very a very basic, yet real world test by seeing how many RAW+JPEG images can be stored from the Canon 5D Mark III within a 30 second burst.


Although this may not be an accurate representation, I’ve also run a few Read/Write tests through a USB 3.0 card reader and using the Black Magic Disk Speed Test software. The results show the PixelFlash to be faster, and ’significantly’ faster in Read speeds.

Transcend 32GB 400x Compact Flash

PixelFlash 32GB 533x Compact Flash

For DSLR Video each of these cards will perform equally well since they can maintain the required speed necessary for HD Video. The benefits to a faster card are for higher than normal burst rates, or when dumping the footage back to your computer in a hurry.

Obviously I can’t speak on the longevity of these PixelFlash Compact Flash cards – only had them …



By: Emm


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