CODEX to launch new CFexpress card range and media reader

CODEX is preparing to announce a new range of CFexpress cards and a media reader — and for anyone who works in professional video, that name carries more weight than most. Details will be on the CODEX website. Why CODEX moving into CFexpress is interesting CODEX has spent two decades at the top end of the industry, making recording media and workflow systems for cameras like ARRI’s Alexa line. Its Compact Drives and capture systems are standard on high-end feature and episodic productions, and the company’s reputation rests on something rather unglamorous: media that does not fail, and a workflow that gets footage off it safely. CFexpress has become the dominant format across mirrorless and compact cinema cameras — Sony’s FX line, Canon’s Cinema EOS bodies, the RED KOMODO and much else besides. A CODEX-branded card brings a company whose entire business depends on reliability into a market where a...