Lexar to stop Memory card production

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Bikerbrent

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Lets hope that someone buys the Lexar card business as the parent company hopes. Unfortunately, it seems very possible that one one else will be interested since only Sony and Lexar have made XQD cards and only Nikon uses them in their DSLRs, so the market may not be large enough. And, if no one else picks up XQD card production, then Sony would be in a postion to charge whatever they want for the card. I would be very nervous about buying a D500 or, even worse, a D5 with dual XQD slots at this point in time. I also find it interesting that even the new D7500 does NOT support XQD cards.
 
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Fortkentdad

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I just bought a Sony XQD - maybe I best buy a back up.

At the prices they want now, it seems they are already charging what they want.

I've had many a Lexar card, but have been avoiding them as of all the cards I've ever own, only two failed, both Lexar, both with the same failure - card reports that the write protection is on - when it is not.
 
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jay_dean

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Bikerbrent said:
Lets hope that someone buys the Lexar card business as the parent company hopes. Unfortunately, it seems very possible that one one else will be interested since only Sony and Lexar have made XQD cards and only Nikon uses them in their DSLRs, so the market may not be large enough. And, if no one else picks up XQD card production, then Sony would be in a postion to charge whatever they want for the card. I would be very nervous about buying a D500 or, even worse, a D5 with dual XQD slots at this point in time. I also find it interesting that even the new D7500 does NOT support XQD cards.
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Its Betamax all over again!!;)
 
Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

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jay_dean said:
Its Betamax all over again!! ;)
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I cocked an eyebrow when I saw Nikon start using XQD... The format just doesn't have a degree adoption saturation (I'm coining that phrase now) I'm comfortable with.

If I were XQD dependent I'd probably think pretty hard about stockpiling a few cards. Maybe I'm just being paranoid but I can't see prices for XQD media doing anything but going up, based on this new information, and that seems like it could be the best possible scenario. Worst case, of course, is that XQD goes the way of the Dodo.

I admit there's a lot of speculation in all that, but...
 
Dawg Pics

Dawg Pics

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I will probably get a backup card. I have never had a card failure, but with my track record, this would be the optimum time for me to start getting them.
I am not XQD dependent, but it is nice to have the option to have a back-up card in there.
 
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Fortkentdad

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I will be getting a second XQD card as a back-up, best price I've found is a 32GB Sony for $89 (CDN).
That card is a tad faster than my current card (440 vs 400).
At that price I'm going to put one away for future use. And hope Nikon finds a way to continue ensure XQD's are available.

IF I'd known this when I bought my D500 a month ago it would have made me think hard. I really am enjoying the D500 and apart from this threat to the future availability of XQD cards I have not regrets.

Puts me in mind of Sony's Betamax. Remember those?
Let's hope Scandisk or some other card producers adds XQD to their line up.

And failing that I like Mike W's idea of an XQD adaptor that holds an SD card - I think Nikon should make one and give D5 and D500 users one for free. Someone start a petition to demand that OK?
 
Woodyg3

Woodyg3

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Don't panic. We all remember Betamax, but do you remember that Betamax was used for pro video production for many years? XQD cards aren't going to go away, they are used in high quality video cameras. We'll see what happens to prices, but I predict that global warming will kill us all off before the XQD card disappears. :)
 
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