Just announced: New Lexar ARMOR series offers SD and CFexpress cards made of stainless steal

Lexar announced their first 8.0 generation SD card and a new series of super rugged ARMOR card series. They are yet not available for preorder but nearly all current SD cards (Amazon / BHphoto) and CFexpress Type B cards (Amazon / BHphoto) are discounted. Here is the press text:

Lexar memory cards include the CFexpress 4.0, ARMOR series, and SD 8.0.

Lexar presents four new memory cards leveraging the next-gen PCIe 4.0 performance. The lineup includes the TYPE-B DIAMOND, GOLD, SILVER, and the TYPE-A GOLD card, all enabling seamless 8K RAW video shooting. In particular, the Lexar Professional DIAMOND CFexpress 4.0 Type B Card won the ‘TIPA WORLD AWARD 2024’ and boasts industry-leading speeds of up to 3700MB/s read and 3400MB/s write1.

The Lexar ARMOR series include GOLD SD UHS-II and SILVER PRO SD UHS-II cards, the world’s first memory cards made of 316 stainless steel. They offer IP68 waterproofing, dustproofing, and bend-resistance—ideal for outdoor filming. For the SD8.0 card, Lexar Professional GOLD PRO SDXC Express Card delivers up to 1700MB/s1 read speeds—over 5x faster than SD4.0 cards.

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Some of the current card discounts:

 

The new Peak Design Outdoor Bag Line for photographers has already raised well over 1 million dollars!

Last week Peak Design launched their first full adventure-outdoor Backpack and Sling lineup on Kickstarter (Click here). And in less than a week they have raised over 1 million dollars!

Reminder: If you back this project you get up to 25% off MSRP. The campaign ends (as well as that discount) on October 16th, and orders will ship from January 2025. There are so many features about them that you best check out their page to learn them all. And this is a video displaying the full specs and options:

Why I switched from Sony to Panasonic

Chris Harvey writes:

Everyone seems to be switching to Panasonic and when I was looking to upgrade my camera earlier this year, after shooting Sony cameras for so many years, one camera came out on top and seemed to outperform the rest. In this video I share my first impressions of my new camera, the Panasonic Lumix S5ii. This is not a review, and I don’t dive into all the specs. I just wanted to share some photos and video clips I’ve shot with the camera so far, and share my perspective as someone using Panasonic cameras for the first time.