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Lexar Announces 1TB SD Memory Card

January 14, 2019 By Eric Reagan

During CES last week, Lexar announced a new 1TB SDXC UHS-I memory card. As resolution for both still images and video continues to creep higher, these larger capacity cards will continue to become more relevant. Although, 1TB seems quite the reach for anything but 4K video right now. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: lexar, memory card, sd, sd card, sdxc

 

Deal: PNY 256GB Elite UHS-I U3 SDXC Card for $79

January 13, 2016 By Eric Reagan

PNY 256GB SDXC UHS-I U3 Memory Card

B&H has the PNY 256GB Elite Performance UHS-I U3 SDXC card for $79.99 (reg. $113.95) through Jan. 16. Check it out here at B&H Photo.

Filed Under: Deals Tagged With: deal, memory card, PNY, sale, sd card, sdxc

iOS 9.2 Enables Lightning to USB Camera Adapter for iPhone

December 10, 2015 By Eric Reagan

iPhone USB Camera Connect Adapter

With iOS 9.2, Apple has enabled iPhone support for the USB Camera Adapter for getting your photos on your iPhone’s camera roll. When you plug the adapter into your iPhone and camera, your iPhone will automatically open the Photos app and allow you to import photos or videos. [Read more…]

Filed Under: apple Tagged With: iphone, Lightning cable, sd card

Samsung Launches New SD Card Lines

April 7, 2014 By Eric Reagan

lineup_microSD and SD cards

Samsung has announced new lines of SD and microSD cards. They will be available in PRO, EVO and Standard categories. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: memory card, Samsung, sd card, sdhc, sdxc

SanDisk ‘4K-Ready’ Extreme Pro SD UHS-II Cards Now Available for Pre-Order

March 1, 2014 By Eric Reagan

SanDisk_Extreme_PRO_SDXC_280MBs_NoClass_Front_64GB_HR

SanDisk’s new high-speed Extreme Pro UHS-II cards are now available for pre-order.

Recall that this new line gets its major speed boost from the UHS-II bus interface. Most SD-compatible cameras currently on the market support UHS-I, at best. The only camera so far to support UHS-II is the new Fuji X-T1.

The new SanDisk UHS-II cards offer write speeds up to 250MB/s and read speeds up to 280MB/s. The Speed Class 3 rating delivers a minimum sustained write speed of 30MB/s, which is relevant to video shooters since it allows capture of the compressed 4K video formats we are starting to see on cameras. Expect this to become a bigger theme this year. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: extreme pro, memory card, sandisk, sd, sd card, sdhc, sdxc, UHS-II

5D Mark III SD Card Speeds are Slower Than They Should Be

June 23, 2012 By Eric Reagan

5D Mark III w/ SD Card

Image Credit: Jeff Cable

Jeff Cable noted a curious fault of the Canon 5D Mark III and its rather sluggish SD card write speed.

. . . for some reason unbeknownst to me, Canon decided to build the 5D Mark III with one very fast CF slot which supports the newer UDMA7 protocol and a standard SD card slot which does NOT support the high speed standard (called UHS – for Ultra High Speed).

Jeff lays out the full details on his trials with the SD format over on his blog.  Note that Jeff works for Lexar and knows more details about memory card specifications than the average photographer.  Word from the horse’s mouth is also available on page 32 of the 5D3 manual with the express disclaimer that the camera does not support the UHS speed class standard.

I’m with Jeff on this one.  It’s a real head scratcher why Canon wouldn’t support UHS-I in its cutting edge 5D Mark III.  (The standard was announced way back in 2010 and has been pretty widely adopted thus far, including prosumer shooters like the Nikon D7000.)  While it’s not as big a deal as a crippled AF system (ahem, 5D Mark II), this certainly is annoying and makes the SD slot unusable for some shooters out there.

Of course, Canon updated the 5D Mark II to provide support for the CF card spec UDMA-7 over 2.5 years after the camera was released.  So, maybe we can hope a little bit that a similar firmware update would come to the 5D3 in order to put the SD card slot on nearly equal footing with the CF card slot.  However, Jeff says that this could be a hardware limitation and not possible to update.

Has anyone else been plagued by the sluggish SD card problem on the 5D Mark III?

More memory card geekery explanation on Demystifying SD Cards.

Filed Under: Canon Tagged With: 5d mark iii, cf card, dslr, sd card, slow card

New Think Tank Photo Products

April 9, 2012 By Eric Reagan

Think Tank Photo SD Pixel Pocket Rocket

Think Tank Photo has released four new products for packing photo accessories.  Check them out via the gallery and links below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: accessories, batteries, camera, gels, photo, sd card, strobist, think tank photo

SanDisk 64GB Extreme Pro SDXC UHS-I Card Delivers on Speed

September 19, 2011 By Eric Reagan

SanDisk Extreme Pro 64GB SDXC Card

SanDisk has announced a new 64GB Extreme Pro SDXC UHS-I card to complement the existing line of 8GB to 32GB UHS-I cards announced earlier this year.  With a max write speed of 90MB/s and 95MB/s read speed, the new 64GB UHS-I card blows away the Extreme Pro UHS-I cards that were announced in January, which clocked in at 45MB/s. [Read more…]

Filed Under: sandisk Tagged With: 64GB, card reader, dslr, extreme pro, sandisk, sd card, sdxc, uhs-I, usb 3.0

USRobotics USB 3.0 All-in-One Card Reader

July 16, 2011 By Eric Reagan

USRobotics USB 3.0 Card Reader

USRobotics has a new USB 3.0 all-in-one card reader, which gives you faster transfer speeds for all of the popular memory card formats. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: card reader, cf card, compact flash, memory card, memory stick, sd card, usb 3.0, USRobotics

Lexar 64GB and 128GB SDXC Cards Now Shipping

March 16, 2011 By Eric Reagan

Lexar’s Professional 133x SDXC cards are now shipping in the jumbo sizes of 64GB and 128GB.  These new SDXC cards carry retail prices of $199 and $329, respectively. (Although, the street prices are substantially less.  See below.)

Find them at the following links:

Lexar 64GB SDXC Card: B&H Photo | Adorama

Lexar 128GB SDXC Card: Adorama

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: 128gb, 64GB, lexar, memory card, sd card, sdxc

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