SanDisk says it expects the dock and readers to go on sale this summer, but it’s already listed prices for them on its store.

But does that stop me from wanting one of these docks, loaded out with enough card readers to dump every SD card I own at once? Absolutely not. I’ve never even held half the cards these things can read. To be clear, I’m not a video or photo professional, and I certainly don’t need this much card-reading capacity. If you’re going to a location and just need to bring along one reader, you can pop it out of the dock and take it along with you - the individual readers use USB-C 10Gbps to connect to either your computer or the dock. The modularity also allows for portability. And if you change what you’re shooting with in the future, you can buy new modules instead of having to get a whole new dock. If you’re all-in on CFast, you could load up four of those readers. For one, it lets you mix and match your dock’s card reading abilities: mainly shoot Red but use a Canon R6 as a B-cam? You can load up three Red Mini-Mag readers and a combo SD / microSD / CF card reader. The modules themselves will be available individually, which is great for a few reasons.

SanDisk’s readers, which work independently or as part of the dock. SanDisk says it’ll be making modules for the dock that support CFast, CFexpress, Red’s Mini-Mags, CF, microSD, and SD formats. This dock not only fills the hole that was left in my heart by Lexar’s Workflow hub, but it makes me completely forget it existed: the Workflow didn’t have Thunderbolt daisy-chaining or a 260W power supply for charging devices and accessories (though I will admit that Lexar’s SSD modules were kind of neat).

Western Digital, owner of the SanDisk brand, has announced a new product called the Pro-Dock 4, and it’s all I’ve ever wanted in a card reading solution: it lets you mix and match four card reading modules, which can all be read simultaneously, and connect them all to your computer using a single Thunderbolt 3 cable.

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