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What is CFexpress? The new camera memory card format
XQD cards are a relatively new card format found in several professional level still cameras from Nikon and high-end video cameras from Sony. But you can rest easy knowing all the cards on this list offer top-notch performance and will do justice to your camera.
Like all Lexar Professional line memory cards, the Gold Series Professional CFexpress Type A Card comes with a limited lifetime warranty and expert technical support. Compact Flash cards have been around for almost two decades, and have a pretty good proven record of reliability in professional and prosumer still cameras, as well as being used in several removable medium format camera backs and in some higher end video cameras. The EV compensation dial of the A7R IV has been swapped for an unmarked customizable dial – on of four if you count the dial on the rear. But just as SD more or less steamrolled Compact Flash for years, it seems that CFexpress has already won this fight – and its use in cameras like the Sony A7S III is proof enough. Lexar Professional CFexpress GOLD Series cards can be had in capacities from 128GB all the way up to 2TB.
CFexpress Type A Card GOLD Series Lexar 160GB Professional CFexpress Type A Card GOLD Series
Integral and ProGrade provide the cheaper options, but may miss a feature or two; for example, ProGrade cards tend not to have an IP rating, which tells you the water and dust resistance of a product, although we have no complaints about their speed specs. Metering: 384-zone metering with Evaluative metering (linked to All AF points), Partial metering (approx.Personal projects include Route 66 travel photos and the beauty of nature in California, New Mexico, Colorado, and Texas. CFexpress Type B is, right now, the most common “next generation” memory card format and has all but totally won out over the SD Association’s flawed SD Express format despite its lofty promises. Recessed contact pins mean that these are protected from physical damage from dust or electrostatic shock for more reliable performance even in harsh environments. Even if it remains solely Nikon professional cameras and Sony video using XQD, that still means that the format will survive and flourish.