As the anonymous FR-reader told me, “it was only a matter of time…”.
And so here they are, the super-fast UHS-II cards of San Disk. Announced a couple of days ago, and now available at Adorama here (64GB UHS-II Class 3). 280 MB/s readspeed and 250 MB/s write speed… get the best out of your X-T1.
It’s listed, but not available for pre-order until now, also at BHphoto here.
There are just two cameras until now that support these ultra-fast SD-cards, the X-T1 and the GH4.
X-T1
X-T1 body only ($1,299): USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline / EU: wexDE / wexUK / PCHstore /
X-T1 with 18-55 ($1,699): USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / Adorama / Pictureline / EU: wexDE / wexUK / PCHstore /
X-T1 Vertical Battery Grip ($ 249,99): USA: AmazonUS / BHphoto / EU: wexDE / wexUK /
X-T1 Hand Grip ($129.95): USA: AmazonUS / Bhphoto / EU: wexUk / wexDE
X-T1 ratings at some popular review sites
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Way too expensive right now. Will wait until it drops to current Sandisk Extreme Pro levels
I doubt many people will need that extra speed enough to get a memory card instead of a lens. People who do need that speed aren’t too keen on mirrorless for the most part haha
Since when do we only buy things we ‘need’. 😉
Might also want to get the new UHS-II speed cardreader as the ‘old’ UHS-I is of course limited to about 100MB/s, where UHS-II is about 3 times as fast at 300MB/s .. to get the most out of those expensive cards all around, not just in camera. 🙂
http://www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/readers/extreme-pro-uhs-ii/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#Ultra_High_Speed_bus
Anyone know how much of a difference it makes with the X-T1? I know with my X100S it made a huge difference when I moved to the 90MBps SanDisk when trying to do auto bracketing but that’s because the X100S didn’t seem be able to write images to the card while capturing more images. You end up waiting for the three images to be fully written to the card before you can take anymore images. So you could go from 20 seconds down to 7 seconds by buying a fast card and that made a large difference in usability for that camera. I’m hoping the X-T1 is smarter about how it handles stuff like that.
According to this review ( http://www.techradar.com/reviews/cameras-and-camcorders/cameras/digital-slrs-hybrids/fuji-x-t1-1217506/review ) it shoots while writing to the card:
“Despite using the same processor as the X-E2 and X100s, the X-T1 is compatible with UHS-II SD format cards and can shoot continuously at a maximum rate of 8fps (frames per second) for up to 47 Fine JPEG files or 23 simultaneous raw and JPEG files. Rather than stopping after the buffer becomes full, the X-T1 can still continue to shoot at 3fps until the card fills up”.
The X100S does that too far as i know, doesn’t it? But maybe it’s different with bracketing.
Yes, it’s different with bracketing. You can’t start bracketing while the camera is writing to the card for some reason. When you shoot in single shot or multiple frame rate (i.e. 3 or 6 fps) modes it buffers and you can take pictures while the camera is writing out to the card.
I just tested my X-E2 and it has the same “feature”. I’m guessing that the X-T1 will as well. In that case a fast card might make bracketing more useful with fast pace shooting (weddings, street, etc). That said bracketing is still only +-1 stop which limits its usefulness.
These cards are expensive enough right now to wait and see how my “slow” 90MB/s cards work
I will take every advantage I can get.
Huh, hefty price tag! I think I can wait a good while before buying such a speed demon. I’ve just decided that my 90MB/s cards are good enough for the time being.
Luckily I am not the machine-gun type of a photographer 😉
I think the 16GB version might be worth it, most of the time that’s all you need for a normal day of shooting, especially when you’re NOT ‘the machine-gun type of a photographer’. ;). Then at least you get the best out of your camera most/all of the time … and those few times you might get real trigger-happy a ‘cheap’ 16-64GB card on the side will suffice. 🙂
Please give us X30 !! With better Af, bigger УМА and APS sized sensor. It will be best pocket sized mirrorles on the market! Great as small brother to my XE2!
Please please
Jeez man, this site is now trying to get you to pimp a link for an SD card? Make sure you guys run out and buy it!
Yeah, it is sad that 90% of the site is now ads or affiliate links. It is starting to crowd out the useful information and posts. I would guess that cleaning out most of this junk wouldn’t result in a decrease in revenue — just keep a few easy to find affiliate links.
This is very interesting. You buy a camera for 1,190€, you still need an over 200€ card to make it fast. If you want the wheather sealing to mean anything, you need a lens that will cost something between 600 to 800€ or even more. We are talking about a crop sensor kamera….well at this point i think i have been outpriced. But i am happy for all those who can afford it.
This comes evidently with the magnificent buffering this camera has. And a few expensive lenses you need to buy to get a real benefit of the weather sealing. Not to forget the additional handgrip and battery, because pixels are very power-hungry. It is Fujifilm after all just like the cheap plastic covering the connectors. Oh yes, let’s ditch that bad old DSLR, so wrong in everything. I just say ‘Good looking toys for boys but no tools for the real workers’. At the end, the same money will buy you an even better DSLR.
Well, for many, the “big issue” is carrying a big FF DSLR, battery grip, and a few lenses on one’s shoulder. All damn day. I don’t care how big, strong, and macho you are… carrying all that crap just gets old.
First of all, Fuji is only APS/C. You should only compare them with APS/C DSLRs. Instead of buying heavy zooms, an APS/C DSLR + good primes is not even necessarily so different in weight and form factor. If you go FF, well it’s very simple: there is NO Fuji X whatsoever on the market that delivers the same image quality or built. The same perfect artifact-free RAW-conversions. The same size of bright, pixel-free viewfinder. The same reliability, consistency and flexibility. The same availability of glass. The same kind of third party market support. The same line of pro-flashes. The same capability to live for another five years after you’ve bought it and even much longer if you want to. I repeat again: toys for boys but no tools for the real workers.
Wow, so informative! I’m sure you must have a really good camera! Can you post pictures to your online galleries please? I’d like to see what a real pro like you can create with a *real* pro camera! Looking forward to it!
I’m not going to disclose my identity, but yes, I can easily proof it.The X-series are an excellent compact camera system, but is still not the godzilla of all cameras. That last one is just hyping. After 1.5 year struggling with a lot of quirks, problems, bugs, flash problems and a non-existing service organisation, I started revamping my DSLR solution back to a decent level, well, Fuji, it’s in a bag somewhere now. Nice for some kind of a citytrip, yes, that’s it.
The only thing that you an prove (not “proof”) is that you have way too much time on your hands to comment on something you’re not interested in! Are you the same person as “X-Proof”?
No. I just lost my believe in Fuji likely like X-proof did. We’re really not the only ones, I’ve got many friends in precisely the same situation and sold the X-Pro1 before I did. Boy they were right. We all loved our Fuji so much when we bought it. We went for the looks, like you all do now, this sexy X-T1, look at it. We believed in the same hype, the stories and refused to see what problems this system had. But one day, I got awake, in the middle of a professional shooting session that became a complete disaster, because this camera refused to do anything right. After that the same thing happened, time after time. Imagine a camera that doesn’t want to fire flashes in studio, where are you? If you buy a pro-DSLR, you buy a piece of reliable mechanics + electronics. Something that has been out there for many years, 55 years to be honest, that is not looking sexy, is not cutting edge but doing the job, right, time after time. If you buy a Fuji, you buy some servo motors and electronics + a very quirky FW that is adjusted numerous times. Call it Kaizen, I find it rubbish, Fuji is just debugging this stuff for 1.5 years now. Yes the X-series work fine if the weather is not too bad and the light is good, one day. Not in the dark, and in some silly situations I still don’t understand. It’s an adventure and some like the that challenge. I don’t but if you got enough time and they won’t kill you for the possibly poor result you’ll bring back, that’s alright. I’m still waiting for the FW update that kills my X-Pro1’s shutter lag, makes the AF behave like in any other 100$ compact camera and solves my flash problems, where is it? Oh yes, just buy a new camera after 1.5 years? Is that the solution?
Well, I can’t deny that you had a bad experience with your Fuji! I agree that the X-Series can’t compare with DSLRs when it comes to studio strobes, and to be fair, I don’t shoot with strobes. My experience so far with the X-E2 has been just the opposite of yours. Is it perfect for everything? Definitely not, but no camera system is. All systems have some limitations — and will infuriate *someone*. For what you do, I’d definitely stick with one of the DSLR systems. For me, I have no interest in supporting (in my case) Nikon any more. My greasy-mirrored D600 is the last DSLR I’ll buy from them. All the best in finding/using the tools that work suitably for you.
Interesting post, I like the nuances. My father had only one camera, an SRT-100X. Has gone through everything, is still part of my ‘task force’. If you buy an MLIC, you start with the camera, extra batteries, special cards, grip, half cases (it’s so delicate you can’t use it without something),… 1 year after that, the story is over, new camera, new grip, new… This is really as X-proof stated a ‘toys for boys’ market, hyper-commercial, selling you a dream but not really the facts. Precisely there, all MLICs go wrong. They were not conceived for a true professional use, they just look like that. On top of that, I’d hoped the X-Pro1 could act a bit like the Leica I could never afford. Well, I don’t think the pure IQ is not that different, but a Leica is made to last, a Fuji… I just don’t know. Maybe I’ve been wishing for a far to perfect camera that could really replace all functions of a DSLR (which is a Leica M.240 capable to do with some effort) and my heart, I personally had hoped that the DSLR market and MLICs would have come back to the same point. Some do a bit, like Sony, with translucent mirrors, but still… the reality is the MLIC is very small market, and surely Fuji, it’s a dwarf in camera-land. DSLRs are still king and that well remain like that. I’m pretty sure it’s still a more solid investment, and what happened with the D600 is less strange than most think. It seems to happen with more cameras that have a mechanical shutter in front of the sensor, I heard even Leica owners, having this problem. On the other hand, I find the ‘open and free’ sensor in many MLICs also a big problem. I can’t count the sensor-cleans anymore I had to perform on my X-Pro1. No oil spots, but dust, dust, dust and I’m really very careful when changing lenses. I’ve got a love and hate relationship with this camera, regret to a certain extend to have bought too deep into this ‘far from being perfect’ system, but on the other hand, I love the size, the weight, the concepts. A very difficult balance. So I’m living with two camera systems, still.
News flash: “real workers” (I’m assuming you mean “real pros”) don’t spend a minute of their time trolling sites. They have work to do.
BTW, you sound like a Canikon-type marketing schlub. No wonder their camera businesses aren’t going anywhere.
First of all, Fuji is only APS/C. You should only compare them with APS/C DSLRs. Instead of buying heavy zooms, an APS/C DSLR + good primes is not even necessarily so different in weight and form factor. If you go FF, well it’s very simple: there is NO Fuji X whatsoever on the market that delivers the same image quality or built. The same perfect artifact-free RAW-conversions. The same size of bright, pixel-free viewfinder. The same reliability, consistency and flexibility. The same availability of glass. The same kind of third party market support. The same line of pro-flashes. The same capability to live for another five years after you’ve bought it and even much longer if you want to. I repeat again: toys for boys but no tools for the real workers.
Cant believe Fuji “cheating” us this way.. big ” -” for Fuji!
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just ordered the 16gb from adorama with my adorama points. too bad b&h doesn’t let you order right now (wishlist, only) – i have way more points with them.