Fastest SxS card reader

David Borukhov · March 30th, 2011, 12:43 PM

Yes I did. No luck. Is there SxS driver? Customer support agent at SIIG says its plug and play card, and all drivers updated from OS when card is installed. But all my MxM cards work fine with it.

Piotr Wozniacki · March 30th, 2011, 01:32 PM

The MxM card uses USB 2.0 interface which is also supported by your reader, and is P&P indeed.

In order to use the SxS PCIe interface, you need to install the driver; you can find it at Sony web site.

HTH

Piotr

Andrew Bower · April 7th, 2011, 02:51 AM

Has anyone tried this?
Sonnet - Qio: Professional Universal Media Reader/Writer Plus Four eSATA Ports

It looks like an awesome option for offloading cards.

Andrew

Steve Kalle · April 7th, 2011, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew Bower

Has anyone tried this?
Sonnet - Qio: Professional Universal Media Reader/Writer Plus Four eSATA Ports

It looks like an awesome option for offloading cards.

Andrew

First off, it does not work on Windows.

Secondly, it costs almost $1000.

And lastly, it has many bugs and issues from what I have read.

Dave Morrison · April 7th, 2011, 08:12 PM

Well heck, Steve, apart from that, what's wrong with it? ;-)

Andrew Bower · April 8th, 2011, 05:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Kalle

First off, it does not work on Windows.

Secondly, it costs almost $1000.

And lastly, it has many bugs and issues from what I have read.

$1000 is not too bad considering all it supposedly does.
If it could offload 2 cards simultaneously, or move data off the card directly to a raid drive at an extremely fast rate, it could be worth it for well funded, but timeline driven job.

Of course...if it doesn't work, then the price doesn't matter.
...and I would need it to work with Windows anyway.

Alister Chapman · April 8th, 2011, 08:09 AM

I believe Sonnet are working on new drivers for the PC and updated drivers for the Mac to resolve some of the bugs. I'm hoping to get one to review after NAB.

Steve Kalle · April 8th, 2011, 09:46 AM

Andrew, I agree.

The only reason I know about its bugs and issues is because I want one so I can offload multiple SxS and CF cards (from nanoFlash). I don't like waiting forever for a 64GB CF card to download especially when my 32GB SxS is done in a few minutes.

Do you know of ShotPut Pro? This software will offload cards to multiple drives all at the same time.

Dave Sperling · April 17th, 2011, 10:49 AM

I've been using the NEXTO 2500 for very fast SxS card uploads, but it's much slower with the CF cards. I stopped by the NEXTO booth at NAB, and apparently their new 25xx series (replacing the 2500) units have considerably faster CF transfer speeds - plus at least one of them will transfer to two drives simultaneously at top speed using an esata link between the drives.

Dean Sensui · April 18th, 2011, 02:39 AM

Sony's reader is $270.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/526430-REG/Sony_SBAC_US10_SBAC_US10_SxS_Memory_Card.html
There are reviews posted on B&H's website and they look positive. If I had to get one that's probably what I'd end up springing for.

Michael B. McGee · April 18th, 2011, 02:29 PM

you can find older 15" MBPs with expresscard slots for around $400-$500 US.

March 30th, 2011, 12:43 PM	#16
David Borukhov New Boot Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: New York Posts: 6	Re: Fastest SxS card reader Yes I did. No luck. Is there SxS driver? Customer support agent at SIIG says its plug and play card, and all drivers updated from OS when card is installed. But all my MxM cards work fine with it.

March 30th, 2011, 01:32 PM	#17
Piotr Wozniacki Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Poland Posts: 4,086	Re: Fastest SxS card reader The MxM card uses USB 2.0 interface which is also supported by your reader, and is P&P indeed. In order to use the SxS PCIe interface, you need to install the driver; you can find it at Sony web site. HTH Piotr __________________ Sony PXW-FS7 \| DaVinci Resolve Studio; Magix Vegas Pro; i7-5960X CPU; 64 GB RAM; 2x GTX 1080 8GB GPU; Decklink 4K Extreme 12G; 4x 3TB WD Black in RAID 0; 1TB M.2 NVMe cache drive

April 7th, 2011, 02:51 AM	#18
Andrew Bower Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 58	Re: Fastest SxS card reader Has anyone tried this? Sonnet - Qio: Professional Universal Media Reader/Writer Plus Four eSATA Ports It looks like an awesome option for offloading cards. Andrew

April 7th, 2011, 08:12 PM	#20
Dave Morrison Major Player Join Date: May 2002 Location: West Central Florida Posts: 762	Re: Fastest SxS card reader Well heck, Steve, apart from that, what's wrong with it? ;-) __________________ EX1, Nikon D750 http://www.morrisonphotographics.com http://www.heritagefilm.com

April 8th, 2011, 08:09 AM	#22
Alister Chapman Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bracknell, Berkshire, UK Posts: 4,957	Re: Fastest SxS card reader I believe Sonnet are working on new drivers for the PC and updated drivers for the Mac to resolve some of the bugs. I'm hoping to get one to review after NAB. __________________ Alister Chapman, Film-Maker/Stormchaser http://www.xdcam-user.com/alisters-blog/ My XDCAM site and blog. http://www.hurricane-rig.com

April 8th, 2011, 09:46 AM	#23
Steve Kalle Trustee Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,554	Re: Fastest SxS card reader Andrew, I agree. The only reason I know about its bugs and issues is because I want one so I can offload multiple SxS and CF cards (from nanoFlash). I don't like waiting forever for a 64GB CF card to download especially when my 32GB SxS is done in a few minutes. Do you know of ShotPut Pro? This software will offload cards to multiple drives all at the same time.

April 17th, 2011, 10:49 AM	#24
Dave Sperling Major Player Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Tinton Falls, NJ Posts: 780	Re: Fastest SxS card reader I've been using the NEXTO 2500 for very fast SxS card uploads, but it's much slower with the CF cards. I stopped by the NEXTO booth at NAB, and apparently their new 25xx series (replacing the 2500) units have considerably faster CF transfer speeds - plus at least one of them will transfer to two drives simultaneously at top speed using an esata link between the drives.

April 18th, 2011, 02:39 AM	#25
Dean Sensui Inner Circle Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 2,054	Re: Fastest SxS card reader Sony's reader is $270. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/526430-REG/Sony_SBAC_US10_SBAC_US10_SxS_Memory_Card.html There are reviews posted on B&H's website and they look positive. If I had to get one that's probably what I'd end up springing for. __________________ Dean Sensui Exec Producer, Hawaii Goes Fishing

April 18th, 2011, 02:29 PM	#26
Michael B. McGee Major Player Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Santa Monica, CA Posts: 318	Re: Fastest SxS card reader you can find older 15" MBPs with expresscard slots for around $400-$500 US.