Most of the world has moved on to svelte SD storage, but many photog pros still swear by the speed and durability of Compact Flash. If you’re one of them, smile: Lexar just dropped a 256GB bomb.
The cards, with a claimed minimum transfer speed of 60MB/s, will probably be very expensive: the 128GB version of the Professional 400x will cost you $US470, and Lexar’s not saying anything about the 256GB’s price tag. Whatever it costs (likely a grand-ish), look for it sometime in the first half of this year. Lots and lots and lots of 1080p video. [Lexar]
Zac
Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 10:16 AMI dont see the point. If you put all your eggs in one basket…
Ash
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 10:03 AMTotally agree, I still use multiple 4GB SDHC cards for my DSLR rather than 16GB etc. The last thing I want to do is loose hundreds of sentimentally important photos only to find out that I’ve either lost the camera or card, or the card has become corrupted. 4GB fits more than enough for me, even when I’ve got trigger happy.
LJ
Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 1:11 PMThere are 256 cards all over eBay. Is this really the first? Seems more like free media for Lexar.
Matt
Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 6:58 PMDude i’ve taken a quick browse around ebay and have found that the highest storage compact flash drive they have available is a 64GB and that all these so called 256′s are actually only 256MB. Do some proper research before you spout your drivel.
Cliff Wells
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 4:58 AMUsed to think Lexar was top of the line, then my 32GB 400x failed me and I had to send it back. 256GB certainly lightens the load for a busy photo (week?), but what if this one fails? I thought all Compact Flash was (temporary). How much is this thing?