CFExpress Type B Support in 2024

Report · May 20, 2024

Before I update to Elements 2024 from 2020, does anyone know if Photoshop Elements 2024 now supports CFExpress Type B cards?

Thanks,

Jim

Report · May 20, 2024

Is it the card or the reader that is the problem? If you connect to the camera via a USB port, it should work. But you can download a free trial and see for yourself.

Report · May 20, 2024

It's not so much PSE, but your hardware, but your computer.

NX-SB1SE is a CFexpress Type B card reader/writer with a USB 20Gbps (USB 3.2 Gen2x2) interface with a standard transfer speed of 2,500 MB/s. That's 2.5 GB/ per second- if your hardware supports it. I find transfer rates of chips to be 1/10th the stated data transferugged into my usb 3.0 port.

You will need to purchase a dedicated CFexpress reader. Bunch of them on sale on Amazon. Ensure you get the correct one based upon the type of usb port you have. USB 3.0 ports are are blue. If you plug the card reader into a usb 2.0 port you won't get that balzing fast transfere speed that 3.0 offers.

Report · May 21, 2024

Thanks. I am using a ProGrade Digital CFExpress B/SD dual card reader I got on Amazon a couple months ago. The SD side of the card reader reads fine. Also, File Explorer in Windows recognizes the files on the CFExpress card in the reader. I tried your suggestion of connecting the camera directly. That did work. Seems wierd that the SD slot of the card reader would work, but not the CFExpress slot only when attached to PSE 2020. I found a comment in the forum thta said PSE 2020 didn't support CFExpress cards. That's why I asked if PSE 2024 now supported them. I also have a ticket open with Adobe suport asking the same question.

Thanks again,

Jim

Report · Dec 28, 2024

Jim

Did you ever resolve this? I have exactly the same issue as you. I dont think PSE 24 does support Type B CF cards. I wonder if this has beenn addressed in PSE 25? I am thinking about upgrading to PSE 25 or Lightroom but have not made up my mind yet

regards

Bob Fairchild

Report · Dec 30, 2024

Bob,

I did not ever get an answer about the CF Express Type B card reader talking to Elements. I actually wound up getting DxO Photolab 8. I'm just getting into that now but it looks pretty good. The file management is much more intuitive than the Photoshop method. Bye bye catalogs!! There are a lot of reviews for DxO Photolab 8 on You Tube. Check them out.

Plus, I was not going to go with a subscription method (Lightroom/Photoshop, etc.) being a retired finance guy who is also an amateur photographer shooting mainly our rv adventures in national parks, travelling around our beautiful country, etc.

I was also thinking about just doing a quick upgrade on Premier Elements from 2020 to 2025 even after I got DxO so I'd have video editing. But I noticed on the email they sent me with the normal upgrade discount that it's only a 3 year license. If I really need to get into video editing, I may have to find something else.

Stay Safe & Good Shooting!!

Jim

Report · Dec 30, 2024

Thanks Jim much appreciated. It seems all the big software producers want to supply their software as a service and not a product

Report · Dec 28, 2024

I can't give you a definitive answer, but no attention has been given to the Adobe Photo Downloader in many years. I doubt whether support for CFExpress cards has been added. But you can find out for yourself by downloading a 7 day free trial of Elements 2025. Please let us know if you decide to do that.