XQD Card cancelled.

wade7575

Senior Member
I seen a video by Jared Polin on youtube and he was saying the XQD card has been cancelled and from what I seen on the net it seems to be true,it's going to be replaced by the CFexpress cards and because they are the same form factor you be able to use a CFexpress card in a Z6 and Z7 once Nikon release's a firmware update to support the CFexpress cards.

I'm glad Sony won't be making the XQD card's anymore I never did like Sony's way of doing business sort of like the way the SD card was not good enough for them and they had to make the Duo card's.
 

wade7575

Senior Member
This one isn't a rumor just google XQD card cancelled Sony announced it themselves,if the XQD card is really cancelled witch it looks like it has been Nikon and all the other Camera manufacturer's that support the XQD card have no choice,what's Nikon going to do stop making Z6's and Z7's just shortly after they released them.
 

Danno

Senior Member
I have not read anything about the XQD going away, but I have read quite a bit about the CF Express upgrade for all the XQD cameras Nikon has. they fit in the same space and it is just a firmware update. From what I have seen there are more people signing up to make them which should help pricing. ProGrade is making some very large cards.
 

Chucktin

Senior Member
There was something on the net about XQD cards being cancelled BUT it was followed by another company (vendor?) releasing their own.
If someone makes my D850 an orphan I'm going to be seriously PO'd!
 

Dawg Pics

Senior Member
XQD cards are still listed on the Sony site, and I can't locate any announcement by Sony regarding discontinuing the line. I know Lexar quit making them, and then they were shutdown. @wade7575 can you link the Fro video? I couldn't locate it with a search. I found two videos with some dude who had opinion videos regarding what he thought would happen with XQD.

Sony registered 2 new patents on XQD cards in June 2018. Anyway, as long as the new tech is compatible all is well, just more expensive. :rolleyes:
 
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wade7575

Senior Member
I looked for Jared Polin's video but I can not find it,it's been a few days since I seen it and I'm not sure how long it's been but I don't think it's been more then a month.
I'm not sure if Jared said Sony cancelled the XQD but he something about it being cancelled now that was about Lexar or some other company I can't recall but he did say something about Camera's that use the XQD cards can use the CFexpress cards and all that would be needed is a firmware update.

I read it about a month ago threw a google search about the QXD cards being cancelled and it seemed like a legit article but I can not find it,I was looking for SD cards and trying to get a good deal and it was in the list of result's and I don't know how to find it.

I guess it will be a wait and see game,I think even if Sony keeps making the XQD cards they are going to be the only ones and that's not going to be ag ood thing for XQD's.

XQD cards are still listed on the Sony site, and I can't locate any announcement by Sony regarding discontinuing the line. I know Lexar quit making them, and then they were shutdown. @wade7575 can you link the Fro video? I couldn't locate it with a search. I found two videos with some dude who had opinion videos regarding what he thought would happen with XQD.

Sony registered 2 new patents on XQD cards in June 2018. Anyway, as long as the new tech is compatible all is well, just more expensive. :rolleyes:
 

Woodyg3

Senior Member
Contributor
Sony and Delkin are still making XQD cards and I can find no reports that they are quitting. They are still for sale at all the stores that have normally sold them. Lexar stopped making them, of course.

CFexpress cards are going to be really expensive, I'm sure. I'm not in any huge hurry to grab CFexpress cards.
 

Dawg Pics

Senior Member
Maybe sometime in the future they will replace one with the other, especially if the market can't support both cards. As long as the price drops if that happens, then no problem. Sony not supporting XQD because it isn't used in their consumer cameras doesn't have anything to do with replacing XQD with CFexpress cards. Because they are the same size, the CFexpress cards won't be fully supported by Sony either. So, I am not sure why that was mentioned. I would have to watch the vid again to see if I misunderstood him.
It does make sense that since the CFexpress cards are the same size as the XQD people would raise the point that it would eventually replace the XQD. It just hasn't happened yet.
 

spb_stan

Senior Member
This was expected eventually because XQD is 4 pipes, streams, which the CFExpress is 4 and 8 pipes in two versions, type A and type B
So older Nikons will likely be updated with firmware for XQD cameras for Type A only but all newer cameras will be compatible with Type B
Sony will not leave the card market, they have announced 1700mb/s CFExpress.

Sony uses the XQD in their pro video cameras...and it is interesting to note none use 2 slots...because it was designed to be extremely reliable and it is. They have reported after millions made, only 1 failed. The differences are vast, not only are the contacts of a design that are protected and superior connections. They are also more like error detection/error correction buses based on the super reliable PCIe+ architecture.

SD cards are essentially a solid state 5.25-inch floppy disk, the with the same dumb bus system without any error detection. The hysteria over the lack of two cards shows the tech is too complex for Youtube photo gurus to understand. I unsubscribe to any channels that promote that nonsense.
The Z cameras are the only bodies on the market that can use the full capability of the 8 pipe CFExpress and expect a future update that allowed ProRes RAW to card capability, unavailable on any camera less than $25,000. It is not an option with current Sony a7/a9 architecture and surely not Canon.
Nikon was ridiculed for its tag line of "Future Proof" cameras when the Z was announced and the Youtube gurus were pretty vocal about how Nikon was leasing a bad camera. A lot of them staked their reputation on those claims but it was a case of lack of insight, understanding, and vision. They made fun of the S lenses for being too expensive for cheap plastic lenses but later the testing revealed each was the sharpest corner to corner wide open than any other lenses. The 50 is the sharpest lens period and the 24-70 embarrasses the expensive 24-70 2.8 G and E versions in corner-to-corner sharpness, contrast, color, and flare resistance. The announced 2.8 version will be a killer.
The May software update is not a bug fix but a feature addition and Nikon has hinted that the policy of adding features will be a core advantage of the future proofing the Z cameras. The hardware is essentially a blank slate of a tough body, and quality sensor and EVF and everything else is a computer that can be configured to anything the manufacturer would like to add or change. Want better AF? Keep improving the software, it is not limited by the hardware like in a mirrored camera, what more control options, no problem, just write a bit of code and add it to the next feature update. This means unlike the Sony which is built as and treated as a disposable camera, the Z cameras are viable for the next decade, it is certainly built to last.
Sony might switch their production facilities to the CFExpress soon but there will still be a good supply since XQD is still the only available pro grade card.
Due to the obvious advantage of pro cards, SD will not be around much longer in any serious cameras. No "pro" camera will have SD in the next releases.
 
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