At NAB 2017 Panasonic announced the new hi-speed card reader. Seven minutes to download a 512GB Express P2 Card with Panasonic’s new XPD3 card reader! Eight minutes to download two 512 Express P2 Cards with two XPD3 card readers!
   

Utilizing Thunderbolt 3 and it’s 40 Gbps data transfer speed Panasonic delivers a blazing fast card reader allowing for a super fast offload of Express P2 Cards. The news XPD3 card reader was specifically designed to work with high-quality, high frame rate recording of 4K. Think 4K 120fps and 4K 240fps. At those speeds, a 512Gb P2 card can be full in a matter of minutes. Card reader XPD3 will start shipping in June 2017.