I got the following quote from Lexar’s Director of Global Marketing, Joel Boquiren, regarding the current Lexar XQD memory card situation: “Due to an unforeseen memory constraint from our XQD technology partners, we’ve had to delay production of the Lexar® Professional 2933x XQD™ 2.0 card until further notice. We are trying our best to minimize […]
Sony has registered two new XQD memory card models at the Russian certification agency – the code names are QDG120F and QDG240F. The codes for the current Sony QXD memory cards are QDG32E/J, QDG64E/J, QDG128E/J and QDG256E/J (check pricing and availability at B&H, Adorama and Amazon). Here is a screenshot of the registration:
The Polish Lexar distributor confirmed that the first batch of new Lexar SD memory cards will start shipping in July. Unfortunately, the XQD memory cards will be available at the end of the third quarter. Given the previous delays, I think it is safe to assume that we will not see any new Lexar XQD memory cards […]
Time seems to stand still at Nikon. When the Nikkor 180-400mm f/4E TC 1.4 FL ED VR lens was announced, Nikon promised (in the press release) to release a firmware update for the D5, D850 and D500 that will make the outer row of AF points activated as cross-type sensors to significantly enhance the AF […]
Nikon released firmware update version 1.30 for the Nikon D5 DSLR camera (I reported about it yesterday on social media: Facebook, Twitter and Google+). The new firmware can be downloaded from Nikon’s website. Here is the changelog:
The Lexar 32GB 2933x XQD 2.0 memory card bundled with a card reader is currently in stock at Adorama for $84.95:
Here is an update on the Lexar XQD memory cards situation (currently still listed as discontinued) – a reader recently contacted the company and this is the answer he got:
Yesterday ProGrade Digital announced their new CFexpress 1TB 1400 MB/s memory card. One of the listed benefits of using CFexpress memory cards is the backward compatibility possibility with the XQD format after a firmware update from the camera manufacturer:
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