Welcome to March 2026 SD card price comparison. Today we are going to be looking at the Lexar 256GB SD Card SILVER, Up to 205MB/s Read, 140MB/s Write, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card and see what it’s current market price is. When I attended the London Photography Trade Show 2026 I was warned by one retailer that the price of SD cards would start to sky rocket in 2026 and oh boy was he right!

Now before we kick this off a lot has happened since June and I feel there needs to be a bit of an explaination as to what’s happened so far…

• The price of wholesale flash media storage has exploded, This is in due part caused by Mircon (one of the leading flash media companies) deciding that they would exit the consumer market and would focus on Artifical Intelligence companies leaving the remaining flash storage companies in a position to put up prices.
• Samsung and SK decided to join OpenAI’s stargate program focusing on fabrication of DRAM storage for data centers over consumers, this again has put a strain on the consumer market.
• If you want to learn more about the current situation I would check out GamersNexus who have provided fantastic coverage of the storage market and restrospective looks at how the storage market has been developed over time, well worth watching if you have a few hours to spare. I personally recommend this video and this video.

This has left the consumer camera storage market in a space of limbo so let’s get on to the part you care about SD card prices! (prices vaild as of 07/03/2026)

Shop	Price	Shipping	Total	Percentage since June 2025
Amazon UK	£50.63	free (Prime)	£50.63	75% (£21.63)
Wex	£109	free	£109	165.9% (£68)
London Camera Exchange (LCE)	£90	£4.99	£94.99	90% (£45.01)
Jessops	£118.99	free	£118.99	156.3% (£72.61)
Harrison Cameras	£118.99	free	£118.99	153.3% (£72.61)
Park Cameras	£119	free	£119	161.5% (£73.51)

The cheapest?

Still Amazon UK – £50.63

The most expensive?

Park Cameras – £119 (a whopping £68.37 difference in price!)

Cheapest brick-and-motar shop (If your not keen on shopping online)

London Camera Exchange – £94.99

When will this price madness stop?

Honestly I wish I could say when it will end however I feel the only way this will stop is when the AI bubble bursts and the data center demand goes down and that could take a few years to occur, I believe with the way the current economical and geopolitical circumstances we will see these prices rise again in June 2026 when I do my next SD shop comparison. I don’t want to sound doom and gloom but unfortauntely that’s the current situation we are in so if your thinking of buying an SD card I would look at trade pricing at the upcoming photography and video show in Birmingham as you may be able to get cards at a cheaper price and also please visit the Disabled Photographic Society’s booth and meet my fellow photographers as they will have a booth.

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If you wish to compare the prices to June 2025 check out my previous blog post.

Recently on Reddit there has been an active discussion on replacing Instagram with alternatives. Now for the record I am not leaving Instagram, it’s my largest follower count and overall the churn I get on engagement is OK but I decided it’s time to explore beyond Instagram and see if the grass is greener on the other side…

Glass Photo – [find me there]

Glass Photo is not your ordinary “instagram” app, it has been designed from the ground up to be an app just for photographers, the app requires a yearly subscription to particpate (£49.99), It has no ads. Overall the engagement I’ve had on Glass Photo has been slow but I’ve been posting the same photos across Foto and Glass, people seem to like transport images more than the arty ones but will contiune to test through the year.

Foto – [find me there]

I have been surprized by Foto after uploading my first image to the platform people instantly started to like and comment. I’ve been overwhelmed by the supportive community and overall it’s currently my favourite app, It was founded by 3 people and the quality of photos on the app are awesome for inspriation. Defintely worth spending some time looking at this app. The free tier is at the moment very generious.

TikTok – [find me there]

I’m now on TikTok, Will be used to announce exhibitions but that’s about it.

In 2025 I went to Japan for the first time in my life, it changed my life (for the better!) and as soon as I got back to the UK I ended up booking flights back to Japan in 2026. Some people thought I was absolutely crazy and ever since leaving Japan I’ve been yerning to get on a plane and visit again but until I do I have been trying to find places in the UK that might give you a small feel of what Japan is like so without further ado let’s look at places that a sense of Japan.

Kew Gardens

Kew Gardens is home to two beautiful japanese style landscapes, “Chokushi-Mon & Japanese Landscape” which includes a beautiful Zen Garden with rocks, During my last trip to Kew in 2025 this area was under refubishment. The second landscape is the “Bamboo Garden and Japanese Minka House” although the building is currently closed it is incredibly beautiful especially if you visit in the evening as the light reflects into the Minka House.

Chokushi-Mon & Japanese Landscape [Map link]

Bamboo Garden and Japanese Minka House [Map link]

Price: Fee applies.

Holland Park – Fukushima Garden/Kyoto Garden

In 1991 Kyoto Garden was opened by HRH Prince Charles and His Imperial Highness The Crown Prince of Japan as part of the Japan Festival of 1992 symbolising the friendship between Japan and Great Britan, The garden got it’s original name as it was a gift from Kyoto to Great Britian. The garden features Koi Fish and often has beautiful herons who visit to “admire” the fish. There is a beautiful waterfall and pathway that flows around the Garden and in the Autumn the garden takes a beautiful shape with the trees glowing orange and red. The Gardens are considered a place of quiet reflection by the locals but sadly overtoriusm has impacted the garden with individuals often refusing to close the gate. Holland Park is host to lots of dogs but Kyoto Garden is fenced off and offlimits to dogs.

Google Map [Map link]

Price: Free!

Regents Park

When I recently visited London Zoo we exited into Regents Park and took a quick 20 minute stroll to The Japanese Garden Island which consists of a beautiful island (that is off limits to the general public) and a viewing platform with two lovely benches above the waterfall. The garden is free to visit and the park is open to dogs so if your wanting to bring your fluffy one along it might be a nice alternative to Holland Park’s Kyoto Gardens!

Google Map [Map link]

The London Peace Pagoda

Situated in Battersea Park the London Peace Pagoda was built in 1985.

Google Map [Map link]

Price: Free!

Japan House

Based in High Street Kensington Japan House features regular exhibitions, goods from Japan, Authentic food and drink and a Japanese Toliet!

Google Map [Map link]

Price: Free!

V&A Museum – Toshiba Gallery

The V&A Museum has a collection of Japanese items including samarui armour and swords. The gallery was reopened in 2015.

Google Map [Map link]

Price: Free!

The British Museum – Samurai (temp exhibition)

Although the British Museum is controversial I wanted to include the exhibition for the Samauri is on from 3rd February 2026 – 4th May 2026, You can see the Samauri exhibiton at the V&A for free. The British Museum’s exhibition is paid with adults entering for an eye watering £25!

Google Map [Map link]

Price: Fee applies.

Beyond London

a small mention goes out to Milton Keynes, The Nipponzan-Myohoji assembled the first Peace Pagoda in the western world as well as establishing a temple and monastery and Japanese Garden

Google Map [Map link]

Price: Free!

Another mention goes to Cowden Gardens in Scotland – Booking Required.

Price: Fee applies.

Google Map [Map link]

On the 17th January 2026 I attended what I initially thought was a trade show (as advertised on Eventbrite) but was actually a yearly gathering of the society of London photographers and a trade show on top.

before I get started on the show I would like to express my views are my own and the show is free you can’t really go wrong with free but if you attended on the day they charged £10 so if I was to base my views on that alone I would be benchmarking this event with the photography and videography convention that happens in Birmingham in March.

The photography competition.

I want to be frank and honest, when I go to photography conventions there is still a seediness to how things are run. Often there are young female models posing for photographers and after spending many years watching the objectification of women in the gaming sector I’m not particularly keen to see this still exists within the world of photography. If you look at any of my photos you will a common trend, I don’t post images of naked women doing different poses. The trend I saw at the London Convention was a majority of the competition photos consisted of women posing naked. A lot of winning photos ended up going down this trend and me and my wife just looked at each other.

To counter balance things I thought surely there will be a naked male model and yes there was but guess where the photos had been placed? In eyeshot like the naked women or at the bottom? If you guessed at the bottom you’re absolutely right.

now without trashing the competition there was some truly spectacular art on offer with amazing wildlife images and pet images too but often we would see merits and only the highest ranks went to portrait photography in many instances. It just felt like the judges had a particular type (naked adult female blonde models) and for me personally it made me think “would I even submit photos to this competition?” And the answer is a resounding no.

The Trade Fair

The trade part of the fair was actually really good! I got to meet some great companies and vendors and I got try out some really nice cameras. I did notice Nikon and Fuji demoing products with SmallRig attachments for the additional grip. For example I tried the ZF and Nikon had bolted on a SmallRig so it felt better ergonomically. I also got to try the Z8 which was amazing, I do feel like I will never get this camera body as it’s out of my price range but it was very nice to get a glimpse across the pond to see how the other half live.

My favourite vendor to chat to was Cannon. I’m not switching to Cannon anytime soon, I’ve invested heavily into the Nikon Ecosystem and have even visited Nikon’s R&D HQ museum in Japan but Cannon has a very cornered niche in the photography printer market. I got to have some time to test their photography grade printers and what can I say? I am in love with them. Can I buy one right now? No. Would I have room for one right now? Absolutely not. Would my wife potentially scream at me if I bought one? Yes and No.

I really enjoyed my time at the event for the trade side of things and I would like to return again. The exhibition side of things was a bit of a disappointment but hey I might pluck up the courage to enter just so more artists can push the narrative that it’s okay and acceptable to have art that isn’t just women getting naked for grubby old men.

In June 2025 I entered a photo into a competition with a photo club. The venue was selected by the society in question and was not picked by me personally.

Unfortauntely over the last couple of days allegations have surfaced about the celebrity that the venue was named after. They have been asked to comment but so far there has been no comment.

The exhibition was on display from 5th November 2025 – 30th November 2025. I was only made aware of the allegations on 19th December 2025.

Upon reflection I have made the decision to remove the individual’s name from my site and exhibition materials and removed the trailer that promoted the photo being on display. Any materials left over with venue information that included the individual’s name will be linked over to this post so that people can understand why I removed the person’s name from the posts.

My art does not allign with the principles of what could of allegedly occured.

I did not know the individual in question in any way shape or form and I’m taking these steps as a precautionary measure to protect my art.

Kind Regards,

Oliver

Since the post went live it has come to my attention that the venue my art was displayed in was funded by an individual currently named in alligations I’m unable to directly verify, As such I have taken the precautionary meassure to remove their name from resources I own and operate however third parties may still opt to include their name. For further information on my stance see this post.

In 2015 I went to University, In 2025 CCCU have written about my experiences on their blog “Oliver Bryant – Combining Cyber Security and Creative Vision” check it out.

I was able to buy a Kodak Charmera that went in stock (it’s now sold out again!) But what can this tiny little camera do?

The Specs

Image Output: 1.6 Megapixels (1440 x 1080)

Lens: 35mm F2.4

Size: 58(W) x 24.5(H) x 20(D) mm

Price: £30.00 (as of November 2025)

Gallery (no image processing)

Who is this camera really for?

I remember the first time I got a Kodak Digital Camera, It was a Kodak EasyShare C300 3 Megapixels! As you can see in this blog post the image is washed out, very blurry and lacking depth or colour I am normally used to in a digital camera. Yes it’s nice you can keep a pocket camera on a key chain but it’s a matter of convinence. When I’m going out to take photos for me the logical sense is to bring my camera along, having one on a key chain is great for random moments but unfortauntely the camera falls flat on the image quality. It’s something I just can’t recommend as you can buy a film camera at the same price range and get better results or even pick up a cheap digital camera on Ebay and get a better result.

Liked

• Portable Camera, Super cute, Great conversational item.
• Affordablity (but again cheaper cameras with better quality are on the market)

Disliked

• Image Quality
• Colour Quality

Review Score

2/5

Project Flower went live on the 21st November 2025, After a year of development travelling around the world to find the best flowers this project has been so much fun to put together and I can’t wait for people to go and explore Project Flower

Inspiration

The idea of the gallery initally kicked off in May 2025 when visiting castle gardens in the UK but during the trip to Japan in June 2025 Oliver visited Borderless Tokyo by the artist collective “TeamLabs” which combines art with human interaction so Oliver thought “How can I replicate at the very basic level art that people can interact with?” and this was the result:

The flower becomes a canvas that a visitor can interact with to create new art and the particles move around the cursor so that the visitor is guided to make their own decisions and given the freewill to change and alter the page to their configuration.

Leveraging great partners

I have been using Kunstmatrix for nearly 4 years now, Kunstmatrix is a virtual gallery platform. For this exhibition the main show is hosted using the virtual gallery platform.

Acompanying Playlist

When developing this exhibition for the first time in the development of my exhibitons I decided to share a Spotify playlist containing music that compliments the gallery.

Thank You

I would like to thank everyone who visits the gallery and those who interact with me on the social platforms, Without your input this project would not of got off the ground. I dedicate Project Flower to my late nan, Joy whom loved flowers and spent many years planting beautiful flowers in her Garden, without her kindness and love I would never of discovered how amazing flowers are.

Flowers not your thing? No Problem, Check out my other exhibitions.

The Disabled Photographer’s Society held a private viewing on the 4th November 2025 showcasing photos created by members of the society. My photo entitled “Bear-Musement” won Preliminary Nature Print for 2025. As stated in my previous post the exhibition is on from the 5th November 2025 – 30th November 2025 at the name witheld in Dartford, Kent.

I would like to thank the judge and the committe for putting on a wonderful event showcasing the creativity of individuals within the DPS Society there are some absolutely remarkable photos on display so please come and visit. You don’t have too long to see “Bear-Musement” up close in person!

Pointing to “Bear-Musement”

Handed a medal and certificate by the Paul Hinchliffe

Up close image of the medal awarded by the DPS.

What’s next?

I am currently trying to figure out what my next physical gallery appearence is going to be, I am currently in talks with a gallery about a potential exhibition in late 2026-2027. I am also applying to other photographic competitions too so watch this space and you may see a photo of mine near you soon! If you think that you might have a suitable venue please contact me

On the 23rd November 2025 my Nan, Joyce Davies joined my Grandad in the Heavens. She was a kind, wonderful and gentle soul who was loved by everyone who met her including her wonderful care team. She will be missed beyond words.

In 2024 – 2025 I took some portrait photos of my Nan.