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Lexar has the fastest CF, fastest CFast, fastest XQD and fastest UHSII SD. But Sandisk has always dominated the UHS I SD as you mentioned. 4 out of 5 ain't bad. The only Sandisk I own are the UHS I cards and my free CFast card from the 1DXII. The best thing is they not only have the fastest (read speed) in those other four categories but they are usually the best value. So I stand behind my comment that it will be sad to see them go and I hope someone buys them and continues on with current products and prices.
Lauchlan Toal wrote:
For SD cards they were slightly deceptive and not all that great though - for example, their top end SDHC 32GB card advertises 1000x speed, or 150 MB/s - amazing, considering that the top end SanDisk SDHC 32GB card only offers 95 MB/s, and the Lexar costs less than $5 more, or only $3 more per card if you buy a pack of two.
(Links to cards:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1090738-REG/lexar_lsd32gcrbna1000_pro_1000x_uhs_2.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1282971-REG/sandisk_sdsdxxg_032g_gn4in_extremepro_sdhc_32gb.html
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However, the Lexar offers much lower write speeds, even lower than the SanDisk. When you read the specs for each, the Lexar has 75 MB/s write speeds, whereas the SanDisk offers 90 MB/s. Since write speed is what matters for camera performance, the SanDisk is actually the better card, and it costs less.
Additionally, the Lexar card only offers that 150 MB/s read speed with UHS-II card readers - most card readers are UHS-I, which will limit it to less than 104 MB/s - close enough to the 95 MB/s of the SanDisk that I doubt anyone would even notice a difference.
So the Lexar certainly does have an advantage if uploading time to your computer is more important than clearing the camera buffer quickly, provided you have a UHS-II reader. For most photographers though, the card with the faster write speed is more beneficial.
For CF, XQD, and other formats I have no idea how Lexar stacks up though - hopefully they perform better than the SD counterparts....Show more →
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