Kingston Refreshes Canvas SD/microSD Series Flash Cards to Canvas Plus Up to 512GB

Kingston Digital, Inc., flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology company, Inc., announced the refresh of its Canvas series flash cards to Canvas Plus.

The SD and microSD lineup include the company’s first UHS-II cards. To keep up with Canvas Plus, MobileLite Plus UHS-II readers have been engineered to support fast read speeds. Canvas Plus represents the next gen of SD and microSD cards with increased performance for DSLRs, 4K/8K video production, Android devices, action cams and drones.

Canvas Plus offers three different variations for both SD and microSD cards: Select Plus, Go! Plus, and React Plus. Canvas Select Plus, which began shipping in 4Q19, is joined by Canvas Go! Plus and Canvas React Plus. They support not only the cameras that are capable of 4K and 8K video capture, React Plus and MobileLite Plus are also backwards compatible with UHS-I and conventional SD bus standards. MobileLite Plus readers will be available on their own or as a bundle with React Plus cards to ensure optimized speeds.

Canvas Plus card series include:

• Canvas Select Plus:

• • • Designed for recreational/amateur full HD and 4K DSLR cameras (SD), and Android mobile devices (microSD).

    • Class 10 UHS-I speeds ⁽¹⁾ up to 100MB/s read.

    • MicroSD supports A1 app performance class to expedite workflow on tablets and smartphones.

    • SD and microSD in capacities (2) up to 512GB.

• Canvas Go! Plus:

  • • For shooting 4K UHD video and burst mode photography on your DSLR (SD), or using with your 4K action cameras and drones (microSD).

    • Class 10 UHS-I U3 speeds ⁽¹⁾ up to 170MB/s read ⁽³⁾, 90MB/s write.

    • MicroSD supports A2 app performance class to expedite workflow on next-gen tablets and smartphones.

    • SD and microSD in capacities ⁽²⁾ up to 512GB.

• Canvas React Plus:

  • • Top-of-the-line UHS-II performance to capture professional grade 4K/8K videos and high-resolution photos on industry-standard cameras.

    • Class 10 UHS-II U3 speeds ⁽¹⁾ up to 300MB/s read, 260MB/s write ⁽⁴⁾ (SD) and 285MB/s read, 165MB/s write ⁽⁴⁾ (microSD).

    • UHS-II microSD to support A1 app performance class to expedite workflow on tablets and smartphones.

    • SD and microSD in capacities ⁽²⁾ up to 256GB.

• MobileLite Plus readers:

  • • Built to increase the workflow efficiency with UHS-II speeds for faster file transfers and processing time.

    • USB 3.2 Gen 1 speeds with backwards compatibility support for UHS-I cards.

    • Designed for performance with the company’s microSD and SD cards.

“Our goal is to deliver the best possible experience so consumers can share the content that’s important to them,” said Carissa Blegen, product manager, flash card, Kingston. “Canvas cards lead the way with UHS-II and A2 app support and are durable, feature great storage capacity and are higher in speed to capture all of life’s memories without the worry of space limitations or long transfer times.“

Canvas Plus flash cards are backed by a lifetime warranty, free technical support and reliability.

⁽¹⁾ Speed may vary due to host and device configuration.
⁽²⁾ Some of the listed capacity on a flash storage device is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for storage. As such, the actual available capacity for storage is less than what is listed on the products. For more information, go to Kingston’s flash Memory Guide at kingston.com/flashguide.
⁽³⁾ Designed with proprietary technology to reach read speeds beyond UHS-I 104MB/s spec, up to 170MB/s. Full performance requires MobileLite Plus Reader or compatible device.
⁽⁴⁾ Full performance requires MobileLite Plus Reader.

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