CFExpress Cards Treated as SSD not as Removable Camera Card

Has anybody figured out how to make OS read a CFExpress Card as a camera card not as a SSD drive? Forums already addressed this back in Big Sur MacOS days but not solved. I have Monterey OS 12.6.6 but the problem is the same. One can copy image files from the CFExpress to an internal drive and then use Lightroom or Capture One or Adobe Bridge to access the image files. However, many photographers / hobbyists like me are used to using Adobe Photo Downloader (part of Adobe Bridge) to access the camera cards, then rename, convert to DNG, add Metadata while importing the files. With CFExpress cards being recognized as a solid state drive, the Photo Downloader does not recognize the CFExpress card (although Finder does and it is double-clickable on the desktop and image files are also visible in finder). I have read many forums that complained about the same thing. I do have a screenshot from my Mac where I attached 2 camera cards, both inserted in their respective Sony card readers via USB. The original card I had is a XQD card named Nikon D850. This one is recognizable by Adobe Photo Downloader. The other one is the CFExpress B, which does not get recognized by Adobe Phot Downloader. I accessed the properties of the drives in Disk Utility. Both cards are formatted in their respective cameras and the format is ExFAT, however the Nikon 850 card says that Solid State = No, and the CFExpress B says that Solid State = Yes. Now in my simplistic mind, if there I a way, a utility to change the CFExpress B card property from Solid State = Yes to Solid State = No, then the card will be treated as a camera card. But perhaps the community has other, more sophisticated solutions.

Posted on Jun 10, 2023 5:39 PM

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Jun 11, 2023 12:38 PM in response to a brody

Good advice. Thank you very much "a brody". I do have Nikon NX software (for QXD card) and Hasselblad Phocus software as well (for CFExpress B). Both are free software tools. I checked that both have the "Import" function, however I do not have a problem with the XQD card as Adobe Bridge recognizes it as a camera card. I will dabble with Phocus Import function and see if it can do what Adobe Bridge does (rename, convert to DNG, add metadata), and if it does, then problem solved. If it doesn't, then problem is not solved. I really want Adobe Bridge to recognize CFExpress as a camera card since I hav been using Adobe for more than 15 years and I established a comfortable workflow with it.

Jul 26, 2023 5:38 AM in response to karlmark99

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