memory card

Memistore lets you keep your spare memory cards safely attached to your camera

Dec 13, 2017 John Aldred

So this is an interesting idea I haven’t seen before. Called the Memistore, it’s an SD card “wallet”, of sorts. But it’s not like any others…



Memory cards past, present and future – What you need to know about the different card formats

Dec 7, 2017 Jeff Cable

A couple of months ago, I asked all of you to email me with ideas for future blog posts. One of the suggestions that came…



Sony sets up in competition with itself with new high-performance CFast cards

Nov 29, 2017 John Aldred

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. At least, that seems to be the sentiment offered by Sony as it announces a new range of pro…



Lexar continues producing XQD memory cards after all

Nov 1, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

When Micron Technology announced they were discontinuing Lexar, one of the customers’ concerns was the availability of XQD memory cards. A recent post on Nikon…



SanDisk’s new “Industrial” memory cards are designed for very extreme conditions

Oct 9, 2017 John Aldred

We’ve seen memory cards that have survived the wash, explosions, four years in the ocean and more. But as if memory cards weren’t tough enough…



Here are the top ten memory cards compared

Aug 3, 2017 John Aldred

Memory cards are the biggest pain in the backside for photographers. We have to keep getting new ones whenever we upgrade because cameras make bigger…



New UHS-III SD Card spec offers blazing transfer speeds up to 624MB/sec

Feb 25, 2017 John Aldred

Just as Sony hits the “world’s fastest” mark with their new SF-G Series UHS-II cards, the SD Association comes along and moves the goalposts. Well,…



Sony’s new SD card is the world’s fastest with transfer speeds of 300MB/sec

Feb 23, 2017 John Aldred

I can still remember the days when a 16X CompactFlash card was considered quite fast at a nippy 2.4MB/sec. It was a good time. Dinosaurs…



Lexar launches the highest capacity CFast card on the market

Feb 2, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

Lexar has launched their latest addition to their line of CFast memory cards, and it’s the largest capacity CFast on the market. It’s Professional 3500x…



Why you should not delete images on your memory card using your camera

Dec 11, 2016 Jeff Cable

As many of you know, I spent many years of my life as Director of Marketing at Lexar dealing with the ins and outs of…