I Went to Lexar's Factory in China—Here's What I Learned About Your Memory Cards

I Went to Lexar's Factory in China—Here's What I Learned About Your Memory Cards

Behind the Scenes at the Factory Last week, I did something I never thought I’d do: I flew to China to visit a memory card manufacturing facility. Specifically, I wanted to get the real story on Lexar—one of the brands that’s been quietly powering professional photography workflows for years. And honestly? It was eye-opening. Look, I get it. Memory cards are boring. They’re the unsexy part of your kit. Nobody gets excited talking about read/write speeds at parties.

Best Storage Solutions for Large Photoshop Files in 2026

Best Storage Solutions for Large Photoshop Files in 2026

Best Storage Solutions for Large Photoshop Files in 2026 Look, I’ve been doing this long enough to know that storage conversations aren’t sexy. Nobody gets excited about talking about hard drives at parties. But you know what is exciting? Not having Photoshop choke when you’re working on your 47th layer of a massive print file. Not watching a 4GB export crawl along at dial-up speeds. Not discovering mid-project that your external drive is actually just a very expensive paperweight.