Re: First hand encounters of XQD uses for the EX1, EX3 and EX1R?
 

That was fast... and at a good price! I'm glad I put off my purchase a couple of days, on order with BH now.

Thanks

Will post again after they arrive and I test them with the PMW-EX3 if anyone is interested.

Re: First hand encounters of XQD uses for the EX1, EX3 and EX1R?
 

Well... Looks like I have to update my quote for my local retailer. If I can pay beneath the price of a SxS-1 to get very similar performace, I'll be happy.

Keep us updated to see if they actually work in a EX3. New and Old sometimes don't mix.

Re: First hand encounters of XQD uses for the EX1, EX3 and EX1R?
 

I should get 2 cards of the 'E' variety from BH on or about Tuesday, hope to have results for PMW EX3 by end of week. From the technical info I have read about the cards there are definite differences in the physical architectures of the new cards. Hopefully they will work OOB without a firmware update.

Re: First hand encounters of XQD uses for the EX1, EX3 and EX1R?
 

I received two Sony 64G S-series180MB/s (QD S64 E) cards from B&H last night. I haven't had time to do any extensive testing, but I did put them in the QDA-EX1 adapters and stick them in the PMW-EX3; they formatted normally, I recorded color bars and shot some video outdoors, everything played back normally, no anomalies were noted. Sorry, I didn't have time to over-crank or shoot in different video standards at this time.

Re: First hand encounters of XQD uses for the EX1, EX3 and EX1R?
 

Just bit the bullet. Paid $504CAD with taxes included for both the adapter and the new S series 64GB. I'll do my own testing once I receive the adapter and card.

Re: First hand encounters of XQD uses for the EX1, EX3 and EX1R?
 

I can tell you all right now, if you have the latest firmware version, it does indeed work.

On EX1R firmware 1.31 it does work as a SxS replacement. In fact, on SD card adapters, it has to create the /PRIVATE/SONY/ folders on the SD card to prevent conflict with AVCHD files, but the BPAV folder is on the true root of the card when you use a XQD card. Overcranked for as long as I wanted and it didn't fail on me. This is on the new S series card. It is still compatible despite some re-working of the controller chip inside the card for faster speeds.

As long as you have the absolute latest version of your EX1, EX1R or EX3's firmware, it will work. I want to thank James for checking with me on his EX3, and now I'm a happy XQD user on my EX1R.

Also, I mirror James' advice to leave the card in the adapter if you have an ExpressCard port on your computer to read the card. The QDA-EX1 is a non-locking adapter so unless you're using the USB 3.0 reader, leave it in for general use. Treat it like a MxM card before it had the locking mechanism.