Sony’s new Memory Stick is its fastest ever made, chalking up data transfer rates of 50MB/s. Sony claims the new Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX is faster than the fastest UHS-I SD cards when used in Sony cameras. However, I’m not aware of any Sony cameras that are UHS-I compliant in the first place.
The new 50MB/s Memory Sticks should be available this May at the same prices of the previous generation cards in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB flavors. Look for them at B&H Photo.
More details in Sony’s press release below. [Read more…]