Lexar Professional 1066x CF 32GB CompactFlash Card

Introduction

Lexar is well known among professional photographers. The Professional 1066x card is their latest CompactFlash offering. The card touts read speeds up to 160MB/s using the latest UDMA-7 protocol and a guaranteed continuous write speed of 65MB/s for video applications. It is available in a wide range of storage capacities: 16, 32, 64, 128 and 256GB.

Performance

In memory card readers, the Lexar 1066x exceeded its advertised speeds. It measured 162.3 MB/s sequential read in the Lexar CFR-1 card reader. Write speed was equally impressive, measuring 151.8 MB/s sequential write, also in the Lexar CFR1. The highest write speeds were reached under Windows 8.1, earlier tests under Windows 7 did not yield write speeds as fast (115MB/s maximum).

Card: Lexar Professional 1066x 32GB
Benchmark: CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3 x64
Program settings: 1000 MB, 5 passes, random test data
Operating system: Windows 10 Pro
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 4.40GHz
RAM: 32GB DDR3 1600

In cameras, the Lexar Professional 1066x outperformed every other CF card in our tests. In the Canon 7D Mark II the card measured 102.9 MB/s write speed. In the Nikon D810 it averaged 98.6MB/s write speed. While in the Nikon D800 it averaged 71.1MB/s. If you desire the fastest CF card for your camera, the Lexar 1066x is the one.

Cameras tested with this card: Canon 1D X, Canon 5D Mark IV, Canon 5Ds, Canon 7D Mark II, Nikon D810, Nikon D800

Lexar Professional series memory cards have a limited lifetime warranty.

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