D850 firmware and CFExpress "upgrade"
Dec 8, 2020 00:19:46 #
billnikon wrote:
I use XQD cards with a write speed of 400 MB/s. And I have the D5 battery in my D850 and get 9 fps. I usually shoot in bursts and have not had a buffer failure yet. So, for now, I see no need for a CFExpress card but will do the upgrade regardless.
The price of these newer cards are not out of the ball park, and they are very fast.
The price of these newer cards are not out of the ball park, and they are very fast.
Hi Bill,
I was running the same card and speed. I had buffer failure after about 15-20 shots using the D5 battery, shooting in raw. I bought the San Disk CFe 128GB card 1700 MB/s. Had to buy the San Disk CFe reader as the XQD diidn't work with it. The San Disk CFe reader isn't backwards compatible to the XQD either. Another thing I discovered - the CFe reader only comes with a short USB-C to USB-C cable. I had to buy a USB-C to USB-A cable. So between the 3 pieces I was at $300.00.
The results actually surprised me. No buffer failure whatsoever. In fact, the camera did something that surprised me. For jokes I put a SB-400 flash as a fill flash on and used CH (Continuous High) mode, shot a burst of about a dozen frames and the flash fired every single time. It never worked that consistently previously. Not sure it had anything to do with the card buffering but it did work. I bought the CFe card and reader at Best Buy and the USB cable at my local ATT store because I was there and it was convenient. Here is a photo of the two cards and two readers and the USB-C cable.
Dec 8, 2020 16:07:33 #
on a side note: I just had a bit of a scary moment with the firmware update on my D850: it seemed to complete w/out a hitch, but after the requested restart of the camera, it would no longer autofocus. Turned it off and back on again - still no AF. Turned it off one more time, removed the lens, put it back on, turned the camera on - now AF works flawlessly, again.
Dec 8, 2020 18:14:38 #
billnikon
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Photo-Noob wrote:
on a side note: I just had a bit of a scary moment with the firmware update on my D850: it seemed to complete w/out a hitch, but after the requested restart of the camera, it would no longer autofocus. Turned it off and back on again - still no AF. Turned it off one more time, removed the lens, put it back on, turned the camera on - now AF works flawlessly, again.
Your supposed to remove the lens when doing up update.
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