Fujifilm GFX100 II Best SSD for External Recording as Officially Recommended by Fujifilm

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With the Fujifilm GFX100 II, Fujifilm introduced the capability to connect an external SSD via a USB Type-C cable to record photos and videos directly to an external SSD in all modes and formats, including 4K/60p and 8K/30p.

However, depending on the type of SSD, there are some modes and formats that cannot be recorded.

That’s why down below we will share the full compatibility list for SSD recommended by Fujifilm based on their own testings. The following SSD is recommended by Fujifilm.

Out of all these, the ones that work best (access to all video codecs and formats) are:

To see the full chart in detail and with all the notes, check out the list below or load the full JPEG file of the chart here.

✔：Available　×：Not available  Last Updated Date : Sep 2023
Brand Series Model number *1 Capacity ProRes/ProResHQ H.264/H.265 Still
8K 4K FHD 8K/
4K/FHD		 Burst
I-O DATA SSPA-USC SSPA-USC1K 1TB *2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Samsung Portable SSD T5 MU-PA2T0B 2TB *2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Samsung Portable SSD T7 MU-PC2T0R / H / T 2TB *2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield MU-PE1T0S / K / R 1TB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔✔*3
SanDisk Extreme Portable SDSSDE60-250G-G25 250GB × *2 ✔ ✔ ✔
SanDisk Extreme Portable SDSSDE60-500G-G25 500GB *2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
SanDisk Extreme Portable V2 SDSSDE61-500G-G25 or G30 500GB *2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
SanDisk Extreme Portable V2 SDSSDE61-1T00-G25 or G30 1TB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔✔*3
SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable SDSSDE80-2T00-G25 2TB *2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔✔*3
SanDisk Professional PRO-BLADE SSD Mag *4 SDPM1NS-001T-GBAND 1TB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔✔*3
SanDisk Professional PRO-BLADE SSD Mag *4 SDPM1NS-002T-GBAND 2TB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔✔*3
Wise Wise PTS-1024 1TB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Wise Wise PTS-2048 2TB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

*1 Model name could be different depending on the market.
*2 It DOES NOT WORK in ProResHQ mode.
*3 It makes shooting time longer for burst photos to use CFexpress cards marked “✔✔” comparing with the cards marked “✔” even if the both cards are same sizes.
*4 “PRO-BLADE TRANSPORT” is required for use.

・Use external SSD up to 2TB compatible with USB Type-C.
・Use an external SSD with a logical sector size of 512 Byte (For details, see the product specifications of the external SSD)
・Use external SSD adopting the NVMe protocol (External SSD adopting a SATA-standard connection is not supported)

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