ProGrade Digital has introduced the brand new PGM0.5 cellular card reader. It options twin SD and microSD slots that it says produces comparable efficiency to its full-size readers however is far smaller and higher capable of help cellular creators.
The super-small reminiscence card reader is designed to work in laptops in addition to tablets and cellular units and boasts switch charges as much as 5Gb/s (625 MB/s). The PGM0.5 permits customers to obtain content material to units like Android smartphones or newer iPads.
“A brand new wave of content material creators has emerged during the last couple of years, pushed strongly by sharing platforms similar to YouTube and TikTok. A big portion of those creators are working in a extremely cellular atmosphere, using quite a lot of units similar to smartphones, tablets, and light-weight laptops for video modifying together with highly effective new modifying software program purposes. Content material seize units, utilized by these creators, embrace high-resolution motion cameras, drones, and mirrorless cameras. The vast majority of the content material captured on these units is saved on SD and microSD reminiscence playing cards. To higher help these customers, now we have developed our new dual-slot SD/microSD card reader (PGM0.5) that may present a extremely transportable, high-speed approach to import all of this content material instantly into cellular modifying platforms at a really inexpensive new worth level”, Wes Brewer, CEO, and founding father of ProGrade Digital, says.
As a USB 3.2 Kind-C connector, it may be inserted into a bunch gadget dealing with both course and whereas just one slot works at a time when it’s related to a pill or smartphone, each can be utilized concurrently when it’s plugged right into a laptop computer.
The PGM0.5 permits creators who usually work on tablets just like the iPad to deal with the gadget extra like a laptop computer’s workflow. As soon as footage is captured, it may be edited on an iPad by way of an app like LumaFusion, which has been confirmed to help the interface seamlessly.
“The Creator Group, at its coronary heart, is a group of storytellers. And never a day goes by that the staff at LumaTouch doesn’t marvel on the tales created by this group. That is what impressed us to design LumaFusion the best way we did, and to create a visceral, fulfilling, fluid modifying expertise for our clients,” Chris Demiris, Co-Founder and Director of Engineering for LumaTouch, says.
“The event staff at LumaTouch has been testing the brand new ProGrade Digital PGMO.5 cellular card reader, and it’s clear to us they share the identical inspiration. ProGrade Digital has created an efficient camera-to-timeline workflow for cellular units that works in excellent concord with LumaFusion. We’re excited to see how LumaFusion clients who shoot on DSLRs, drones, or GoPro’s react to this seamless cellular workflow.”
The Prograde Digital PGM0.5 reminiscence card reader is offered for $35.