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ProGrade Digital has new memory card readers - see the pricing and availability at B&H Photo and Amazon (the press release can be found here). Here are two CF Express reports from readers - it seems that the D5 will also be getting a firmware update in 2019 that will make it compatible with CF Express: I was at PhotoPlus on Friday, and spent time both in the NPS suite as well as on the show floor. In the NPS booth, I asked them about the D5 and CF Express. The response from NPS was that I should find one of 2 senior product people on the show floor, as there had been some mixed messages internally and I should get it straight from the horse’s mouth. I found one of the guys and asked him. He said for the D5, there will be a firmware update sometime in 2019 that will make it compatible with CF Express. I would assume the same for the D850 and maybe even the D500, but we shall see. I think it’s safe to assume that the D4 and D4s will not see the update. In the NPS suite, I was having a discussion with one of the reps and I mentioned that sometimes Nikon does things that are really unfriendly to the people who have invested a lot of money in their products over a long period of time. I specifically mentioned the BT-A10, which the rep had no clue even existed. I...

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Published By: Nikonrumors - Saturday, 10 November, 2018

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