How to Build Your Own CFExpress Card (Save Money)
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- By building your own CFExpress card you can same a lot of money over name brand cards. But how do they perform against the name big brands? Let's see...
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After bench-marking the store-bought vs. home-made card, our home-made card edged out the store-bought card in every category. See the results here: shutterspeak.net/build-your-own-cfexpress-card/
You benchmarks seem very low. I believe you need to run those benchmarks on a faster card reader to get more accurate results. I get 1700 MBs read and 900MBs writes on the cards that I use. I use Angelbird sx 512 GB and it cost $179 . I use a pcie internal card reader.
@@scottscrufari It turned out to be the USB port - not sure why but one - it is USB-C is different than the other. There is a second USB-C port on my pc which is much, much faster.
@@ShutterSpeak well you should delete this.
I would LOVE to see someone do this with Type A. Whether that's a supported enclosure or a teardown of a smaller capacity unit for an upgrade
I just finished building two of these memory cards. Yeah it takes forever to get the stuff from China.
Both cards work great in my Z7 II. I really appreciate your video that put me on to this.
Ordered parts for two more.
Great job and thanks!
You're welcome - glad it works well for you. Always fun to make your own stuff too!
Thank you for showing us how to do this Joseph, I created a 1TB CF Express Type B card which successfully records video in my LUMIX S1H
Hey Joseph, great program again! Love all your videos. I went ahead and ordered the parts for 2 cards.
I believe yo are on the very edge of the leading edge with this video. I will return to finish my comments when I get
the parts and have the cards assembled. Thanks again!
Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for the comment!
I'm diggin the trooper, but you need to trade that shirt in for a Redwings jersey 😛 My main concern with doing this is the added heat inside of the camera. There is a reason why they don't include m.2 NVME's in the camera at time of sale. I'd have to do a tear down of a Hasselblad to see how they handle heat dissapation. Because you are disappating heat from the case into the camera.
Ok, I really thought this was going to be a joke, but this is awesome!!!
Glad you thought so!
Thank you! I did it, works well. Nikon D500 needs really high speed, and capacity. I bought Samsung 256 gb SSD, capacity is cca 5400 picture in raw, more than enough for me.
My gosh. This is pure gold!
Glad you found it helpful - thanks for watching!
cheers man, i bought Belkin 512 G and now will order two of these, hopefully i can find minimum 1TB or 2TB from samsung. Thanks Joseph my Nikon buddy
I saw this video around the time it was released and purchased a 512GB CF Express Type B from SinTech (in a metal case). 10 months later and the drive has failed today, it stopped registering in the camera claiming it needs to be formatted etc, doesn't register in the PC either but does show that something has been connected.
So I took the premade DIY type card from SinTech apart, and found that it was using a Toshiba/Kioxia BG4 (which from what i understand are some of the best 2230 NVMe SSDs to use for this adapter type, far more durable than Western Digital SN570 onwards etc). I cleaned every part of the internals of the DIY CF Express Type B card with Isopropyl alcohol, let it dry and it did start working in the camera, until i removed the CF Express and reinserted it, stopped working and started giving the error once again.
I attribute the failure of the SinTech CF Express Type B card to the adapter being used like manufactures (SinTech, ZITAY) but otherwise it did work amazingly flawless for 10 months straight.
Thanks for the update. Mine still works great. Are you going to try a new adapter?
I am not sure I would use a home made card in camera but it could be an options to use as one back up to my laptop when traveling. It would be smaller in size than my old external drive.
Also a good idea.
That is a great video, thank you. You can make your own 256gb cfexpress card for under $100 vs the cost from the big name brands. Thank you!
Glad you liked it. Thanks for the comment!
It's possible to buy 512gb cfexpress angelbird for 180$ now
@@Nilarium549 thats cfexpress 😂
It was nice to see homemade CFExpress card. Maybe you can test the heat of the card when you do video recording with it compared to commercial cards.
I am going to do some more tests on them with video in the future. Thanks for watching.
This is a great idea but some parts are hard to get in some places in the world.
The supply chain issues are real for sure.
And thanks as always for commenting. Appreciate it.
Is there similar kit available for type A ?
Interesting... I will build a few & test them on both Photos & Video
oh by the way something else i do that works,
Now do you want to be able to record your 8K 60P video on a media 1TB that only cost you 149.00?
here is how you do it you purchase for only $30.00 or so for a CFexpress Type B to M.2 PCIe 4.0 x2 Extension Adapter Cable for NVMe 2230 2242 2260 2280 Key M SSD for Canon R5 Nikon Z6Z7Z9
what this does is plugs in a m.2 SSD Drive into a dummy CFexpress card B, by a Ribbon cable,
Do a search for that product, then you can buy a 1TB Seagate FireCuda 530 1TB Solid State Drive - M.2 PCIe Gen4 ×4 NVMe 1.4, speeds up to 7300 MB/s, Compatible PS5 Internal SSD, 3D TLC NAND, 1275 TBW, 1.8M MTBF, 3yr Rescue Services (ZP1000GM3A013)
Now i have this adapter and have a 4TB m.2 drive to it this one
Seagate 4TB FireCuda 530 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 Internal SSD with Heatsink
the SSD drive only cost $599.00 If you was to buy a 4TB Cfexpress B Card it would cost you anywhere from $1,800.00 to $2,000.00 easy..
You see these companies are ripping people off, they can sell these for much less the very same companies are selling 1TB m.2 SSD's for $150.00 and for the cfexpress cards around $400.00 to $500.00 Big rip off,
And The M.2 SSD's are just as fast if not faster and more reliable then the CF express cards by far..
Google them products and you can be on your way to capturing 8k 60p on a 4tb m.2 ssd for around $630.00 that is including the adapter i have 3 adapters incase, i just mount the m.2 SSD to my rig next to the camera and a ribbon cable goes into my camera with the dummy CFexpress b card that is plunged in my camera, you should check it out this is the best way and you save so much money i have 3 4tb m.2 that i use with this camera and it's blazing fast never had a problem, i recorded so far over 22 hours of 8K 60P video with this method never a problem..
Thanks for that info!
Is it cf type A sir?
Great video, however I dont find this to be a case in December 2022, and so far the price of native CFexpress is only around 20% higher than nvme SSDs. In some cases it is even lower actually.
Just shared Your video to the Matt Irwin YT channel,, He just dropped a video about this subject (Ihope that it is OK)
Is there a way to build a CFExpress Card Type A or will the dimensions of the M.2 PCI-e NVME Internal Solid State Drive 30mm 2230 Form Factor not allow it?
how is type A made of , have you figured it out ?
@@kishoretvk Not yet! Any ideas?
@@modsupremo no I'm also in search of it
Anyone figure this out? Need this for Sony users since Sony uses CFexpress type A
Do you have to remove the sticker on the memory chip and /or replace it with thermopaste?
I think so) the author did not follow the production instructions
Greetings!
Your presentation is very nice and very useful, can I get links where to find the parts for making cfexpres type B.
thank you !
Hi, interesting video, thanks for sharing. I have the Lumix GH6, can you tell me which brand SSD 2030 is compatible with the GH6? Thank you.
joe! ur tha man!
Is this a type a or b
The link for the adapter looks like a reader. Is there a link for that small silver case the NVME fits in?
Here is a link to order direct: eshop.sintech.cn/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=130_15&products_id=1388
@@ShutterSpeak Thanks. The card all put together was such a great price I ordered that. The specs are good too. Best price around!
Very interesting. I think another useful test would be to compare the download to PC speeds for both cards...
Very true -thanks for watching!
So after 8 months, is it still operationsl? Are there any issues? How about using it in z9, is there any issues? How about video recording in raw formats in 422 in z9, did it record well?
I use it all the time. It works perfectly. I haven't tried it in my Z 9 as I keep it in my Z 6 to record video. However, it is a CF Express card - the same as any other. I just made it myself. It should work with anything that take that type of card.
@@ShutterSpeak , right now I just spend a lot to buy the z9, 30mm lens, memory and other accessories. Meaning I already maxed out my allowed funding.
But when I need the extra memory then I will definitely consider what you just did.
I mean, I just saw 300$ for 1TB and that is a big savings
Joseph the question I have for you here is on the case that you used are there any available that are made of plastic because by putting in a metal case is that grounding out in the camera body when you put it in please send me a reply .
Jospeh Hi - can you do this with type A?
Finely a cheap solution
Can you make your own XQD media cards?
If Angelbird hadn’t come out with its 512gb CFexpress for $179 I’d be all over this as is a super cool concept. I shoot on an R5 so my cfexpress is only used for video.
Just be aware Angelbird is having compatibility issues with the Z6 & Z7. There is a firmware update but it requires an Angelbird card reader.
@@ShutterSpeak I have an Angelbird card with no compatibility issues on my z7. I heard it had problems only with the Z9
compatibility issues was with there 1 TB cards
@@scottscrufari no problems with my z9 so far
Is it reliable ?
Hi, have you tested these cards in the d850?
I have not but they are really no different then what you buy in a store. Works on a PC, camera and should work on anything else that can accept cfexpress.
@@ShutterSpeak as per the sintech website, "Nikon Z6,D500 can't support BG40 SSD". Another youtuber says that the bg40 doesn't have a dedicated controller and dram chip, which may be the reason. So I'll go with the Samsung ones which you have recommended.
@@kamatchinmay I use the samsung in my Z6 all the time -works great!
What is the write speed of this card? I don't see this in the description in the store.
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@@ShutterSpeak This is a very slow write speed. With such a card you cannot record in prores 422 and you cannot record in H.264 10 bits with a bitrate of 400 megabits per second.
I am not sure if a home made memory card would damage the camera, also, may invalidate the camera warranty.
I don't think so. My opinion only of course.
Interesting video, thanks for sharing. I bought the same things as you but unfortunately I have problems with the shutter button to make videos with the GH6. Often it records not when I press the shutter button, but when I take my finger off it. So register late. Anyone have this problem? Thank you
Why would you link this to the CFExpress card? Have you tried it with another card and tried to duplicate the issue?
@@ShutterSpeak You are right. In fact I have the problem also with Lexar Professional SSD, even if a bit less problem.
How about CFexpress 2.0 Type A?
Different form factor.
Where do you get the case? I can't find any on ebay.
eshop.sintech.cn/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=130_15&products_id=1388
what a shame no type A. in computer world nowadays, 1T SSD is about 100$(not the shitest or most high end) at a great speed (sata or nvme, both far excessding the V90 speed). so unless it is an action camera size, modern camera really have 0 excuses not using those kinda of storage anymore. they doing this just so can rip us off from the storage side of things. it is so sad.
Do you know if that can run with the a7s iii?
It should work with anything that accepts tat type card. Haven't tested it though.
@@ShutterSpeak, I figured out that a7s iii is actually using CFExpress type-A, which has different dimensions. Thank you for your fast answer!
is this the same for type A as well ?
NO - Type A is a different size.
Could you put some links for type a adapter if you get it in your research ?
So, does this makes it a "CFe Type B" card?
It sure does.
@@ShutterSpeak can you explain for type A
@@kishoretvk This is type b - type A is a different size.
Shows how much the card makers are gouging the consumer even though there are many "competing" companies 😏
These cards cannot be identical by speed. NVME SSD is much faster than SD card.
I guess you used the wrong method to test the speed. As I know Nikon utilizes its internal memory as a buffer for serial shots but not the card. So you've just tested the speed and capacity of this internal buffer which is the same in both cases despite the card you've chosen.
There is no SD involved here. I think you missed something.
Toooo much thermal paste!!
A rice grain is more than enough to remove air between the case and the card!!!