John Skinner Offline Upload & Sell: Off
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This entire XQD card thing has me a bit pissed, confused, and outright bewildered.
The D4 got thrown at us some time ago. What Nikon was thinking adding this XQD thing? I'll never know. I say this as the actual people inventing the format won't install or use this card type on their own releases... Ok, speed gimmick, lets see where it goes. And as pricey as the lone whore on shore leave.
(2 years on)
D4s -- by all accounts, the very best sports action DSLR made. $6500.00 + in point of fact. Nikon? Oh yea, they stayed with it. XQD in combo with a CF (try and get this write speeds to come close to matching.) All the while Lexar and Sony are still asking for 'first males born' for these memory cards. To say noting of the over priced readers.
ANOTHER 2 years on.
So Nikon goes full tilt with your choice or 2 CF or 2 XQD ( the latter being 300 clams more) and still after 5 years and on, neither Sony or Lexar are selling 'kits' or 'combo packs' for the D4s and D5's. Hell, you can barely get readers. And when you do, these dam prices are just way over the top.
I'm frustrated being here in Canada because everything is over-valued by our weak dollar. And, no matter how tiny something is... it's always 74.99 to ship here. It could be a book of matches -- $74.99.
This replacing memory is becoming a little old now.. I can either belly up to the bar and gather these little expensive buggers, or, shoot alone with CF as a single. (real peace of mind).
SORRY -- HAD TO RANT. Dog is dead, I have no cats, and no one else cares about me and my dam cameras.
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