Lexar Memory Cards Inventory At B&H Lowest Ever? The very first memory card I purchased was a Lexar 4gb SD card. That was around 2009. Some time later, I was told SanDisk was another...

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

The very first memory card I purchased was a Lexar 4gb SD card. That was around 2009. Some time later, I was told SanDisk was another quality memory card. So, I bought one of them. An 8gb SD card. Now I only purchase SanDisk cards, now that Lexar, who was owned by Micron, and is now owned by by a Chinese company named Longsys. There were no Lexar XQD cards available at B&H. Only Sony Brands. Sony has the G and M Series XQD cards available to be sold. Now, that the Nikon D850 is the hottest full frame camera on the market right now. Sony is projected to make a lot of money, while Lexar is recuperating. Sony and Lexar were the only two manufacturers of XQD cards. I wonder will Lexar be what it use to be? They have some catching up to do.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

I didn't know that Lexar when chop suey. Haven't there been some posts about a decline in Lexar quality. A few years ago it was reported that Lexar was one of the four companies that made their own solid state electronic chips - is this still true and are their manufacturing standards as strungent as in the past. I know not the answers.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I had a Lexar in my phone, it died too early.
Replaced it with a Sandisk.

DMGill Loc: Colorado

Petapixel had an interesting article on the future of Lexar XQD cards. Lexar was sold by their parent company, Micron , to Longsys. Longsys was the actual manufacturer of Lexar’s XQD card and says that they will continue production of XQD cards.

If my memory is correct, there were some comparability problems with some Lexar CF cards with some Nikon, Cannon, and Fugi cameras, but that problem was solved and didn’t involve XQD cards. Their XQD cards have received excellent reviews. I’ve been using the 2933x 64 GB and 128 GB cards along with the comparable Sony XQD cards in a pair of Nikon D500 for a year (and more recently in a D850) without a problem.

https://petapixel.com/2017/11/02/lexar-will-keep-making-xqd-memory-cards-cfexpress-future/

https://nikonrumors.com/2017/10/31/more-info-on-lexar-xqd-and-cfexpress-memory-cards-compatibility-hoodman-rumored-to-start-making-xqd-cards.aspx/

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

DMGill wrote:

Petapixel had an interesting article on the future... (show quote)

According to the Nikon Rumors article you posted, Hoodman is rumored to be getting in the XQD card market. Also, in this same article, which I did not know, is that B&H has already discontinued selling Lexar XQD cards. I wonder is this just temporary? SanDisk says they have no interest in manufacturing XQD cards. Their concentration is on C-fast and perhaps CFExpress memory cards. XQD cards are used in just a few Nikon cameras. Canon and Nikon have cameras using the Compact Flash memory cards.

TheShoe Loc: Lacey, WA

John_F wrote:

I didn't know that Lexar when chop suey. Haven't there been some posts about a decline in Lexar quality. A few years ago it was reported that Lexar was one of the four companies that made their own solid state electronic chips - is this still true and are their manufacturing standards as strungent as in the past. I know not the answers.

Probably not, that was when owned by Micron and before. The XQD chips, being new, may have been the straw that broke Micron's back.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

mas24 wrote:

The very first memory card I purchased was a Lexar... (show quote)

Don't forget that Micron never made those memory cards - Longsys did - so there is no reason to expect quality to be affected. Micron announced they were shutting down Lexar, then later announced they were selling it instead. I'm guessing they had totally shut down distribution channels before they sold the brand, and is will take Longsus time to restore them

whitewolfowner

Have had sand disk cards since my inception to digital; have taken over 100,000 photos and not one has given me a hastle at all.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

rehess wrote:

Don't forget that Micron never made those memory cards - Longsys did - so there is no reason to expect quality to be affected. Micron announced they were shutting down Lexar, then later announced they were selling it instead. I'm guessing they had totally shut down distribution channels before they sold the brand, and is will take Longsus time to restore them

Yes, it looks like that is the situation. Time to catch up on higher inventory levels for Lexar. Sony is saying. "Take your sweet time."

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

I have not had any problems with Lexar XQD cards!!!

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

mborn wrote:

I have not had any problems with Lexar XQD cards!!!

Lexar made excellent memory cards. Including SD cards. I own both Lexar and SanDisk SD cards, and never had a failure on each Brand. Regardless, if Lexar gets back on its feet or not. Sony will still be selling its XQD cards. And SD cards as well.

DMGill Loc: Colorado

It sounds like Lexar XQD cards are on the way back and there may well be some already manufactured and in this Country that just need re-packaging. Even more interesting that the memory card manufacturers are said to have an understanding about moving towards a common standard that will be backwards compatible with XQD with a simple software update.

pmackd Loc: Alameda CA

Adorama has Lexar XQD cards is stock. Prices are a little below SONY and speeds a little faster.

DMGill Loc: Colorado

Looks like Adorama has Lexar XQD cards on backorder as are Sony 128GB G series.

DMGill Loc: Colorado

Price comparison
Sony 128GB XQD G Series Memory Card
B&H $189.95
Amazon $221.74 (Sold by MemoryC)
Adorama $189.95 (On backorder)