We've been eagerly awaiting some of that next-gen XQD memory since it was announced right around a month ago, and now that we have something worthy to pop it in, we're doubly buzzed. Sony's the first ...

Sony announced 32GB and 64GB S Series memory cards supporting the XQD specification which are the fastest ever developed, with read and write speeds of 168 MB/s. The new “S Series” is ideal for ...

Nikon’s just-announced full frame D4 is getting attention for a lot of reasons. There’s the fact that CES is just around the corner, there are all the rumors about the anticipated D800 (we want to put ...

Sony has announced XQD memory cards that will be compatible with the Nikon D4. A 16GB card will cost $129.99 and a 32GB card will cost $229.99. Sony has announced XQD memory cards that will be ...

Sony has announced a new high-speed XQD memory card series. Aimed at sports photographers, the S series cards offer sustained read and write speeds of 168MB/s, considerably faster than the first ...

Despite numerous other format developments, Compact Flash has remained the memory card of choice for many of today's photography professionals. It's reliable, rugged and a good size for quick swap ...

The top two flash-memory card makers are letting Sony handle the market for the new high-end XQD format--at least for now. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors ...

In today's world of high-speed data transfers, cameras and their memory cards have been relatively left behind. But, Sony have stopped that with the Sony XQD memory card, based on the PCI-Express ...

Are you ready for yet another memory card format? Dubbed XQD, the medium was first announced by Sandisk, Sony and Nikon in November 2010. And after the the CompactFlash Association finalized the ...

Nikon announced the Nikon D4, its newest flagship professional DSLR, on January 5. The D4 will be the first to use the latest XQD memory card format, the successor to the venerable CompactFlash. On ...