New memory card format on it's way?

9 years 7 months ago #399377 by EOS_Fan
I attended a photography Meetup group on Saturday and one of the people there was talking about a new memory card format that was rumored to be coming that would replace SD and CF in the main stream cameras.  For the life of me, I can't remember the name of it and I have done all sort of searches to find details.  Do you know what the name of this format is? 


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9 years 7 months ago #399381 by garyrhook
Can't imagine what that would be, given the clear fact that SD and its derivatives have won the market. Ask Sony about memory card formats (and video tape, for that matter). Hey, at least they won with BluRay.

Was there any indication as to the advantages of a new form factor? What problem needs to be solved?


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9 years 7 months ago #399503 by David Hutnik
I did some searches and came up empty handed, nothing found to suggest anything new coming.  Perhaps something will be announced at Photokina? 


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9 years 7 months ago - 9 years 7 months ago #399517 by Stealthy Ninja
You're probably thinking of XQD cards. The D4 (and D4s) uses them (only camera I can think of that uses them). They're "better" than other formats, but no one wants to use them.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XQD_card

Typical Sony, introducing a "better" format and expecting people to follow them... mini disc anyone?! ;)
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9 years 7 months ago #399520 by garyrhook

Stealthy Ninja wrote: Typical Sony, introducing a "better" format and expecting people to follow them... mini disc anyone?! ;)


I had forgotten about that one. To be fair, they've had a number of successes as well.


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9 years 7 months ago #399522 by Stealthy Ninja

garyrhook wrote:

Stealthy Ninja wrote: Typical Sony, introducing a "better" format and expecting people to follow them... mini disc anyone?! ;)


I had forgotten about that one. To be fair, they've had a number of successes as well.


Yeh bluray, which no one uses now because everything is just downloaded :P

I'll admit the do like to innovate. 
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9 years 7 months ago #399606 by Jacko
I'm waiting for downloadable movies to be 4k :thumbsup:


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9 years 7 months ago #399706 by Soccer Mom
Is there a need for a new card style? 

Canon 7D, 18-55mm, 55-250mm, 70-200mm L f/2.8, 100mm and 17-55mm f/2.8
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9 years 7 months ago #399925 by Joves

Soccer Mom wrote: Is there a need for a new card style? 


There is always a need for new things if they actually are an improvement to existing tech. It was not that long ago when people questioned why I needed a 1 gig drive, or over 500mb of memory. With some of the file sizes that image capturing is headed toward, faster storage is always a good thing. Now the real problem is that the cameras need to match that speed as far, as dumping its data. That is where the current bottleneck is. 


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9 years 7 months ago #399987 by Stealthy Ninja

Jacko wrote: I'm waiting for downloadable movies to be 4k :thumbsup:



You have a 4K TV to view it on?
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