Lexar XQD Cards

obajoba

Anyone else see that Amazon has listed the Lexar XQD Cards for $299 (32GB)? They show OOS but I wasn't expecting them to show up for at least a few more weeks.

Thoughts on how they will compare to the Sony S-Series XQD cards?

*Edit - Here's the link for Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Lexar-Professional-1100x-32GB-LXQD32GCTBNA110/dp/B00B1N07A8/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1359085498&sr=8-13&keywords=XQD

Msmoto

@ obajoba...fixed the link

CBSS

Sony XQD Memory Card High-speed memory card for XQD-compatible high-end DSLRs (32GB) $119.99

http://tinyurl.com/at2rn5b

TaoTeJared

I seriously doubt there will be any difference. Sony and Lexar both make great high-end products. Now if Transcend or Kingston started making them, then you might see a performance difference.

PB_PM

I think it's interesting that Sandisk hasn't followed suite. Maybe they have behind closed doors? Every Lexar card I have, when loaded on the computer, identifies the memory as being made by Sandisk.

TaoTeJared

I haven't see that one with Lexar card - granted I only have a couple though.

Sandisk if you recall worked with Sony to write and create the standards for the XQD.

To me it just sounded like a business decision not to spend $$ creating all the necessary equipment to mass produce it. There is not a huge demand at the moment and most forget that the largest use of memory cards are in business industrial applications that use small computers on equipment, vehicles, handheld devices etc. If they are not wanting to move to a new format yet, or need the speed, then the market is really, really small.

PB_PM

It's likely that Lexar uses several memory manufactures, since as far as I know they don't have their own fabs.

Blinkingeye

I don't understand why someone hasn't developed an appliance that you can slide a SD card into then put in the XQD slot. Seems like an easy fix to as yet non-accepted, expensive memory.

PB_PM

Most likely due to the fact the XQD cards aren't much bigger than SD cards. Thickness is the same, so it would be kind of hard to put an SD card inside.