What's new in memory cards?

As image sensors gain higher resolution and more cameras become capable of shooting 4K video, photographers are being challenged with accelerating developments in the memory card market. Memory cards come in a variety of shapes and sizes with different technologies and ways of handling digital data. With some cameras supporting two quite different card formats, it can be difficult to pick out the one that best suits your camera system and the images you record.

With cameras that only have one card slot, the choice of card type is made by the camera manufacturer. This is true to some