upcoming purchase?
May 26, 2021 09:37:51 #
starlifter wrote:
I maybe acquiring a Nikon D850 in the near future. I was wondering should I get a XQD card or a Compact Flash one. What are the pro's and con's of each?
You buy both, the best available of each. The highest evolution of XQD is called CFexpress. Basic CF cards top out at the Sandisk “Extreme Pro”.
May 26, 2021 10:14:58 #
User ID wrote:
You buy both, the best available of each. The highest evolution of XQD is called CFexpress. Basic CF cards top out at the Sandisk “Extreme Pro”.
While CFExpress fits the same form factor as XQD it’s not the “highest evolution”. It’s a completely different thing. The only compatibility is the physical design of the card. As for his second slot, that fits an SD card, not a CF card.
May 26, 2021 10:54:06 #
starlifter wrote:
I maybe acquiring a Nikon D850 in the near future. I was wondering should I get a XQD card or a Compact Flash one. What are the pro's and con's of each?
I do not take video, or a lot of photographs during an outing or in quick succession so I went with a high capacity SSD Card. I have had no issues.
May 26, 2021 11:14:02 #
Neither. Instead of getting an XQD or a Compact Flash (which the D850 does not accept) get a CF Express card. CFE looks just like an XQD but it is much, much faster. You will appreciate this when uploading images, provided you have the correct hardware to do so. Best of luck.
May 26, 2021 11:47:08 #
I have a 120 xqd and a 128 sd II and I have not filled both cards yet and I am an air show guy. Because the D850 is not native CFE there is a slight reduction in write speed. I have not personally tested this but you can find the articles. As pointed out the read speed would be an advantage. My load times for 1000 frames are a few minutes so I do not feel the read speed advantage is necessary at this time. For right now I am passing on cfe but I have done the firmware update just in case. Good luck what ever you decide to do. The D850 is a great camera.
May 26, 2021 12:25:08 #
Thanks all for your replies. Might be 2 weeks might 3 but I going to a camera store so I will ask them also.
May 26, 2021 13:44:20 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
While CFExpress fits the same form factor as XQD it’s not the “highest evolution”. It’s a completely different thing. The only compatibility is the physical design of the card. As for his second slot, that fits an SD card, not a CF card.
Well it’s good news that the top shelf SLR has left the old CF cards behind. As to the XQD slot, are you saying that unlike the Z the D850 has never been upgraded to use CFexpress cards ? For my basic Z6 it was just a FW update. Is the D850’s XQD slot not updatable ?
May 26, 2021 14:02:29 #
User ID wrote:
Well it’s good news that the top shelf SLR has left the old CF cards behind. As to the XQD slot, are you saying that unlike the Z the D850 has never been upgraded to use CFexpress cards ? For my basic Z6 it was just a FW update. Is the D850’s XQD slot not updatable ?
I said no such thing. Yes the D850 and the Z cameras can be updated to use the CFExpress with a firmware update but CFExpress is not just a newer version of XQD. You’ll need a different reader for CFExpress.
May 26, 2021 15:19:26 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
I said no such thing. Yes the D850 and the Z cameras can be updated to use the CFExpress with a firmware update but CFExpress is not just a newer version of XQD. You’ll need a different reader for CFExpress.
Acoarst one needs an appropriate reader. Need of a proper reader isn’t a question of camera compatibility though.
My Z is a refurb and arrived already at FW3.00 so I put a CFexpress”B” in it. There was a reader at B&H that handled SD thru CFexpress”B” for $160. For $80 I got one that reads only CFexpress”B”. But the FW updated camera is fully reverse compatible. That is what leads me to use that term you objected to, evolution.
My camera has a card slot that has seen gradual stages of progress in the cards it can use, so I call that progress evolution.
May 26, 2021 16:32:26 #
starlifter wrote:
I maybe acquiring a Nikon D850 in the near future. I was wondering should I get a XQD card or a Compact Flash one. What are the pro's and con's of each?
Get the XQD, It will last the life of the camera.
May 26, 2021 18:09:04 #
May 26, 2021 19:17:07 #
cjc2 wrote:
Neither. Instead of getting an XQD or a Compact Flash (which the D850 does not accept) get a CF Express card. CFE looks just like an XQD but it is much, much faster. You will appreciate this when uploading images, provided you have the correct hardware to do so. Best of luck.
Thaz what I did. A warning before you suffer sticker shock: my card and reader were $240 at BH. 128gb card and a very non versatile reader.
May 27, 2021 03:51:58 #
Rick from NY wrote:
If you don’t already own xqd cards, why would you even consider purchasing dead technology that is essentially useless in anything other than a couple of old cameras? For those old enough to remember, that’s like buying a Betamax when VCR outsold it 100 to 1.
I suppose that means my old film cameras are useless and I should stop using film as IT is soooo outdated tech
May 27, 2021 03:53:32 #
Architect1776 wrote:
Get the XQD, It will last the life of the camera.
100%
Just because something is old or new tech comes along does NOT make it useless as some may assume wrongly or we would not be using FILM
May 27, 2021 07:55:40 #
a1sportsphotography wrote:
I suppose that means my old film cameras are useless and I should stop using film as IT is soooo outdated tech
Not really a valid comparison. There’s really no price difference and CFExpress is much more viable moving forward. All your 35mm film cameras can use the same film. Going forward it’s much more likely new cameras will support CFExpress than XQD.
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