XQD good or bad?
Mar 1, 2020 18:30:18 #
I see from time to time posts that are negative about the Sony XQD being too expensive etc. I haply use one in my D850. I photograph Belly dancers at some of the local haflas (parties). Last night I ended up with 731 raw files each in the range of 40-55 MB. When down loading the files to my PC it took 6.3 minutes at the rate between 90 and 100 MB/sec.
The second card in the camera is a Lexar 64 GB SDXC. As a test, I down loaded from the PC to the Lexar all the same files. The download rate was 20-22 MB/sec and took 31:34 minutes! I assume downloading from the Lexar to the PC would be nearly identical.
Why so many pictures? Well their dancing motions are fast, especially when twirling. At times, I’ll fire ten continuous shots just to catch the right “expression”. I’m not sure the Lexar card would write that fast doing a ten frames burst. I also use the Sony XQD USB3 adapter. My card reader is also a Lexar USB3 device.
I use a 24-70mm f:2.8 lens and shoot at 160th of a second, f:2.8 and let the ISO go where it wants. The venue is middle-eastern restaurant in their event room. The lighting is for a mood not photography! Low level with mixed color shades over the bulbs. I let Nikon determine its best choice!
These are from my first group of edited files.
The second card in the camera is a Lexar 64 GB SDXC. As a test, I down loaded from the PC to the Lexar all the same files. The download rate was 20-22 MB/sec and took 31:34 minutes! I assume downloading from the Lexar to the PC would be nearly identical.
Why so many pictures? Well their dancing motions are fast, especially when twirling. At times, I’ll fire ten continuous shots just to catch the right “expression”. I’m not sure the Lexar card would write that fast doing a ten frames burst. I also use the Sony XQD USB3 adapter. My card reader is also a Lexar USB3 device.
I use a 24-70mm f:2.8 lens and shoot at 160th of a second, f:2.8 and let the ISO go where it wants. The venue is middle-eastern restaurant in their event room. The lighting is for a mood not photography! Low level with mixed color shades over the bulbs. I let Nikon determine its best choice!
These are from my first group of edited files.
Some time i need to count the REVP they do!
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Thats a HARD ceramic floor tile.
Some have very photogenic eyes.
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She just bent over backward next to me, a quick grab.
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Mar 2, 2020 01:33:41 #
Although XQD cards are a superior storage media to SD and CF cards, I have a few for my D500, I'm curious why no Sony 35 mm DSLR'S or MILC'S use them, only video cameras. Along with XQD, the next big thing in storage cards will be CFExpress or CFE cards. I read that Canon is planning on adopting CFE card usage on their new high end 35mm digital cameras. Maybe the EOS R5 will have a CFE slot.
Mar 2, 2020 09:50:27 #
Mar 4, 2020 22:27:59 #
rmorrison1116 wrote:
Although XQD cards are a superior storage media to SD and CF cards, I have a few for my D500, I'm curious why no Sony 35 mm DSLR'S or MILC'S use them, only video cameras. Along with XQD, the next big thing in storage cards will be CFExpress or CFE cards. I read that Canon is planning on adopting CFE card usage on their new high end 35mm digital cameras. Maybe the EOS R5 will have a CFE slot.
It's been announced, the EOS R5 will have a CFE card slot.
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