Right now, CF is my primary storage medium. My main cameras use CF(Nikon D800 and D810) and the SD card rarely comes out of them. I do use SD in my Df as that's all I get, but otherwise I'm currently primarily CF.
I've been using the Lexar "popup" USB 3 CF/SD reader for a while, and have no reason to dislike it and it's meeting my needs just fine. I also have SD options for my various computers, including the nice OWC dock I just bought for desktop use with my MBP, and some older MBPs still in use that have built in readers.
I had a Nikon D500 for a while, since sold, and I had a couple of XQD cards for it. At the time, I had "the" reader, the one that AFAIK was one of the few if not the only on the market, the Sony XQD/SD reader(not the II version). I had no complaints about it.
With that said, I'm dragging my feet now on getting a D850, and with that is going to come jumping back into the XQD/CFExpress fold(I haven't kept pace with CFExpress in the older Nikons-I seem to recall at least initially it was buggy and I didn't rush to buy any cards for my D500). I sold my XQD cards and reader when I got rid of the D500, so I'm starting from scratch, and even if I only use XQDs for now it seems silly to not get a reader that can handle CFExpress.
Ideally I'd like a USB 3 or USB-C reader that can handle all three card types-CF, XQD/CFExpress, and SD. Does such a unicorn exist, or am I resigned to needing two readers when I get back into XQDs?
I've been using the Lexar "popup" USB 3 CF/SD reader for a while, and have no reason to dislike it and it's meeting my needs just fine. I also have SD options for my various computers, including the nice OWC dock I just bought for desktop use with my MBP, and some older MBPs still in use that have built in readers.
I had a Nikon D500 for a while, since sold, and I had a couple of XQD cards for it. At the time, I had "the" reader, the one that AFAIK was one of the few if not the only on the market, the Sony XQD/SD reader(not the II version). I had no complaints about it.
With that said, I'm dragging my feet now on getting a D850, and with that is going to come jumping back into the XQD/CFExpress fold(I haven't kept pace with CFExpress in the older Nikons-I seem to recall at least initially it was buggy and I didn't rush to buy any cards for my D500). I sold my XQD cards and reader when I got rid of the D500, so I'm starting from scratch, and even if I only use XQDs for now it seems silly to not get a reader that can handle CFExpress.
Ideally I'd like a USB 3 or USB-C reader that can handle all three card types-CF, XQD/CFExpress, and SD. Does such a unicorn exist, or am I resigned to needing two readers when I get back into XQDs?
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