Sony Launches 'World's Fastest SD Card' in India, Starting Rs. 6,700

Sony India on Tuesday launched its new "world's fastest SD card", the SF-G Series. The company says it comes with enhanced features specially designed for professional photographers and videographers. Along with the new SD cards, Sony also introduced SD Memory Card Reader to enable fast and convenient transfer of data to a personal computer.

The SF-G32/T1 IN card (32GB capacity) is priced at Rs. 6,700, SF-G64/T1 IN card (64GB capacity) at Rs. 11,000 and SF-G128/T1 IN card (128GB capacity) costs Rs 19,900. All the cards have five-year warranty and will be available from April 3.

The MRW-S1/T1 IN card reader is priced at Rs. 2,300, comes with a year's warranty and will be available from April 3.

With a write speed of up to 299MBps, and a read speed of up to 300MBps, the Sony says the SF-G Series supports maximum performance of digital imaging devices, contributing to longer continuous shoot of high-resolution images. It contributes to a shorter buffer clearing time as well.

The card can record 4K video with DSLR and mirrorless cameras. It is also capable of recording 2K, Full HD and XAVCS Codec.

Using Sony's algorithm, the card also prevent the decrease of data-writing speeds and contribute to the camera's ability after successive burst shoots.

With the purchase of cards, the users can download Sony's free software Memory Card File Rescue to help recover photos and videos, including RAW images and 4K XAVC-S video files that may have been accidentally damaged or deleted.