CF Express has arrived for D5, D850 & D500

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FWIW, I upgraded the firmware in my D5, D850, and D500 this past weekend. Everything went off without a hitch, although the D5 took a bit longer than it normally does for firmware upgrades. I ran them all twice, just to be safe. Updated the Distortion Control firmware while I was at it.

Far as I can tell, no issues or problems - although I do not own a CF-E card to test on them. I imagine if I need additional memory going forward I will begin buy CF-E, but for now I have plenty of XQD cards.
 
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on a side note: I just had a bit of a scary moment with the firmware update on my D850: it seemed to complete w/out a hitch, but after the requested restart of the camera, it would no longer autofocus. Turned it off and back on again - still no AF. Turned it off one more time, removed the lens, put it back on, turned the camera on - now AF works flawlessly, again.
 
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I read many oraticles on the speed of memory cards. Can someone please tell me the write speed of a D500 and a D810? There would be no use going beyond this speed, except to have some "comfort speed" so the camera isn't pushing the limit of the card.
 
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PhilColw said:
I read many oraticles on the speed of memory cards. Can someone please tell me the write speed of a D500 and a D810? There would be no use going beyond this speed, except to have some "comfort speed" so the camera isn't pushing the limit of the card.
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Unless you believe that you will never buy another camera, buying CFE cards rather than XQD means that you won't have to re-purchase cards to take advantage of faster cameras in the future.

I feel no need to replace my XQD cards I'm already using in my D850s, but if I were buying cards for them, they would be CFE cards.

(No, I don't know the write speeds of your cameras.)

Chris
 
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Not A Speck Of Cereal said:
Unless you believe that you will never buy another camera, buying CFE cards rather than XQD means that you won't have to re-purchase cards to take advantage of faster cameras in the future.

I feel no need to replace my XQD cards I'm already using in my D850s, but if I were buying cards for them, they would be CFE cards.

(No, I don't know the write speeds of your cameras.)

Chris
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I agree with you totally. I wont buy another XQD.

I'm in the high 70's, so I'm still hoping to last long enough to need another camera some day. LOL
 
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PhilColw said:
I read many articles on the speed of memory cards. Can someone please tell me the write speed of a D500 and a D810? There would be no use going beyond this speed, except to have some "comfort speed" so the camera isn't pushing the limit of the card.
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Here's a website that may help. They don't cover all cards and all cameras, and have not been updating recently. The work is very good, so I hope they pick up again. This is for thee D810 - and they have data for D500 cards as well:

Nikon D810 SD CF Card Speed Tests - Fastest memory cards for D810 - Camera Memory Speed Comparison & Performance tests for SD and CF cards

Nikon D810 memory card tests. Fastest CF and SD cards for the D810.
www.cameramemoryspeed.com www.cameramemoryspeed.com

Nobody can tell you the speed of the camera - it's the camera + the card. There are a lot of factors involved that affect write speed starting with which card is being used, and how the camera handles the components of that card. In the example of the D810, tested Sandisk CF cards alone range from a write speed of 96 MB/s to a speed of 33 MB/s. Tested SD cards from Sandisk range from 72 Mb/s to 39 MB/s. The card speed is a major factor in burst length and clearing the buffer. Sometimes a new card - like a Sandisk 280 MB/s UHS-II card - operates in SD UHS-I cameras at a much slower speed of around 37 MB/s in the D810 even though in your D500 it has a write speed of 139 MB/s.
 
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EricBowles said:
Here's a website that may help. They don't cover all cards and all cameras, and have not been updating recently. The work is very good, so I hope they pick up again. This is for thee D810 - and they have data for D500 cards as well:

Nikon D810 SD CF Card Speed Tests - Fastest memory cards for D810 - Camera Memory Speed Comparison & Performance tests for SD and CF cards

Nikon D810 memory card tests. Fastest CF and SD cards for the D810.
www.cameramemoryspeed.com www.cameramemoryspeed.com

Nobody can tell you the speed of the camera - it's the camera + the card. There are a lot of factors involved that affect write speed starting with which card is being used, and how the camera handles the components of that card. In the example of the D810, tested Sandisk CF cards alone range from a write speed of 96 MB/s to a speed of 33 MB/s. Tested SD cards from Sandisk range from 72 Mb/s to 39 MB/s. The card speed is a major factor in burst length and clearing the buffer. Sometimes a new card - like a Sandisk 280 MB/s UHS-II card - operates in SD UHS-I cameras at a much slower speed of around 37 MB/s in the D810 even though in your D500 it has a write speed of 139 MB/s.
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Thanks. I did another search and it looks like the D810 will max out at close to 100mbs on the fastest CF card and about 70mbs on the fastest CD card. This appears to be the limit of the camera in practical terms. The D500 can write at almost 300mbs on the fastest XQD card and about 163mbs on the fastest CD card.

Sorry for answering my own question, but I couldn't find this info the last time I did a search.

Only a guideline, I know.
 
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Hi Fellows, I've obviously done something wrong. I did the upgrade on both the D850 and D500. I'm trying to use a SanDisk Extreme Pro CFExpress 128 GB card. In each camera I get an Err message and I get told to use a different card. Within the camera menu each upgrade shows the new version. Have I skipped a step, did I get a bad card? Suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks
 
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Vaughn said:
Hi Fellows, I've obviously done something wrong. I did the upgrade on both the D850 and D500. I'm trying to use a SanDisk Extreme Pro CFExpress 128 GB card. In each camera I get an Err message and I get told to use a different card. Within the camera menu each upgrade shows the new version. Have I skipped a step, did I get a bad card? Suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks
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Think it points to a card issue, given both bodies show the latest FW iteration. I'm using Sony Tough 128GB CF-e cards in the D5, D850 and D500 with no problems at all.
 
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Vaughn said:
Hi Fellows, I've obviously done something wrong. I did the upgrade on both the D850 and D500. I'm trying to use a SanDisk Extreme Pro CFExpress 128 GB card. In each camera I get an Err message and I get told to use a different card. Within the camera menu each upgrade shows the new version. Have I skipped a step, did I get a bad card? Suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks
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As I recall, the instructions for the D500 say to load the firmware twice and that after the first load it will show the new version number. The D850 only required to update the firmware once. I tested mine with a Delkin 64GB card and have had no issues.
 
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