Review: Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo vs. Memory Stick Pro-HG Duo HX

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, holy shit that is a long name but we move on. My test was a simple one. I used the Cybershot HX5 (one of the best damn cameras I’ve ever used) and I wanted to see, if I used a higher speed Memory Stick, would it impact my pictures. There have been plenty of scenarios where I’ve been wanting to take a picture but my camera was still processing the past picture. This can cause you to just miss pictures during daylight and worse, when it’s a lower light situation, you think your camera is done taking the picture and you move your hand away and bam, blurry picture.

From the video you can tell that the camera with the Memory Stick Pro-HG Duo HX does indeed snap pictures faster. I can imagine that this is only exponentially more apparent on a NEX or Alpha camera. But for me, the difference you see in the video is much more visible on a daily use. My Cybershot just feels snappier from the time I turn it on and hit the shutter. Also as I noted, transferring files to the computer is extremely faster. This is nice because when I got out, I don’t take 200MB of pictures, I take 3GB+.

Conclusion:

If you have a higher end camera from Sony, this is a must for you, no way around it. For those who own Cybershots, if you take a lot of pictures, this is something I still highly recommend although they don’t come cheap unless you buy from Amazon. If you are more of a casual user, you can stick to the regular Memory Stick Pro Duo.