Best SD CARDS for Photography & Video - Is SANDISK the Most Reliable & Fastest Memory Card?

Great video, really helped this dad here get the right card for my son’s new camera!

What card do you recommend for the Sony a6700?

So 128GB, 170mbs V30 for video?

Thank you! The first person resolve my questions!

Thanks a million, that really helped me to pick the card for my new camera❤

Thanks for an informative video (easy to understand, too..) from a rank beginner

I use PNY cards mostly, but that’s because i run point-and-shoots and a GoPro. I don’t have anything really high end, although i do want one of those GoPro MAX units, but geez are they expensive. I do own some SanDisk units though. Avoid Samsung if you can, from what I’ve heard they’re a bit unreliable at times. I prefer to have slightly smaller cards, because my storage situation is a mess and i don’t like using the cloud, it gets messy very quickly. Also i would stay away from Amazon, there’s been a lot of fakes on there, i mostly buy from local stores because of this.

What is the best quality memory card that I can get for the Sony NEX 7 camera for video vlogging and to transfer the videos on my MacBook Pro Mid-2012?

I'm not a pro but I like to work with 64gb cards. I mark them with numbers from 1,2,3.... That helps me with editing. For example weddings. One card for preparing, dress... mostly everything before ceremony. Second for a ceremony,third for cocktails, wedding house...and so on. Helps me organize everything before I start editing,if it's a video or photos. Easier to find something aswell,you don't have to scroll through 1T card, just card nr 2 and I know the whole ceremony it there.
Great vide, cheers from sunny Algarve 🤙

Great video and great information.

Just been offered a lexar 128gb 4k, would this be good enough for a gopro 10 black? Never heard of lexar

Thank you for this video straight to the point.

Wonderful information. I am very new to photography and I appreciate your input.

I have the canon mark 2, what would you recommend? San disk has been great.

Just treated myself to the 256GB version for both my cameras :)

Fantastic thank you. All the information i need for my next card purchase I have bene using lexmark 64 but will go to sandisk 128. Great content thanks

Trying to upgrade from my phone to an actual camera and this was much more helpful than the other videos I've seen. Thank you for being so diligent!

That's good info and advice.

If anyone's interested, SanDisk is the premiere memory card manufacturer. They make the most reliable cards, but are the most expensive. Just don't by any SanDisk card since the do make several levels of card.

You need to choose the top tier such as the Extreme Pro to get the very best of what they have to offer, and if you need the highest reliability. Although no card is 100% reliable, your boss or client can't blame you if it does fail since SanDisk is as good as it gets.

Even a reputable dealer can have fake cards,they aren't immune against fakes.

Look on your cameras maximal speed performance and than buy the card than can handle the speed, maybe a little more speed but not much for cost, the camera couldn't anyway use it.
And i buy never again lexar products.

This days is the biggest problem the nockoffs and you never know if the card is 100% Orginal or a cheaper brand if it's works propper, like fake space and so on. 😒

Hello from Auckland, New Zealand ...great video !!!👍👍👍

what card do you recommend for Canon powershot G7x Mark II ?

Thanks for the video! Super useful. Wasn't sure what to get but now I have a good idea!

You just popped up on my feed. Is that one of my cards? kidding by the way. Cheers mate

I only did a little bit of a like so idk if it registered... nah jk i gotchu

Thank you for the helpful video managed to purchase the same memory card for £23 with lifetime guarantee from A reputable dealer new to photography got myself a Nikon D7100 lots to learn great content subscribed 👍

Can I get one today how much?

How about Tough cards ??

Great video, Steve. Really informative, clear and to the point. Much appreciated!

Which as card do u recommend for a fdr Sony ax53 would appreciate ur help so much thanks god bless u

Do cards deteriorate? I always take a bunch of random photos and a few videos just to test the card. My brain tells me that if the card works well to day, it is much less likely to crash tomorrow so it's better to try it before you use it for important stuff. I wonder if there are apps that test SD cards. Great video. Full of great stuff. Thanks

Thank you! Very helpful. I've been having my GH5s stopping writing in the middle of a shoot. Thankfully I had a backup camera person shooting at a different angle. So I've been researching cards, formatting, etc. (Which in itself just stinks, but have to resolve it) this is the first time I've heard that is the Read Speed. I had thought for the past 10-15 years that was the writing speed so I was at a loss why the camera had issues. But, the same lagging issue just happened with a Lexar 250/mbs Read Speed which should be fast enough for 1080, 10 bit video. Still researching, so please reply if you have a Panasonic and have run into the issue. Camera is up to date. I'm going to completely reformat the discs, which I haven't done. I know they tend to save past work and push it out as new data comes (from disc recovery programs).

Really like your logo at the beginning and end of your videos! Great video :)

Excellent presentation!

Good advice for old gear. Not pertinent to pro grade cameras

Has anyone used the Sandisk Extreme MicroSD 128gb (90 MB/s) card (with card adapter) in the GH5 recording 200 Mbits/s video onto it successfully ?

Steve, do you have an opinion on the Sony Tough memory cards?

The SD card price sweet spot currently is around 64 or 128GB. If your camera can take UHS II cards, get one of those with a V60 or even a V90 speed rating. Often cameras with two slots have one that cannot make use of the UHS II extra high speed cards, but they will fit because they are backward compatible. UHS II cards are easily identified because they have two rows of contacts instead of one in order to transfer data both ways faster.
In tests the Sandisk 170mb/s card seems to be exactly the same card as the previous 150mb/s card, just with a different label. Personally I have no brand preference and have cards from Kingston, Sandisk, Samsung and Lexar and Integral. My latest cards are two 128GB ones. One is a Lexar 250mb/s UHS II V60 and the other is an Integral Ultima Pro 128GB 100/50 UHS I V30 which was much cheaper but more than adequate for its intended purpose.

This can be so complicated. I have purchased so many different sd cards. That sandisk card is one of my favorites. I have recently tried the lexar 1667x and I think I am a convert. It is faster and only a couple of dollars extra.

I mostly agree, especially for your fotography settings (wedding). However, I actually prefer the smaller 64GB cards, because I do timelapses of skyscapes and the Milky Way, mostly while traveling. I am using a 5Dm4 and an astro-modified 6D. I like to spread the pictures on many cards. Ideally one or two nights equals one card. Each new write to the card endangers the stuff already on the card. On the downside this means, that I typically have to take 20 SD and 10 CF cards on my travels. That is very expensive! Of course, using smaller cards means I have to carefully plan ahead. It is very bad if I have to switch cards in the middle of a timelapse! 😅

Have a canon 21_ 1356 35mm EQUIV POWER SHOT. S X70 H S ( 4K) 65X OPTICAL ZOOM 20.3MEGA PIXELS . USING CAMRA TO DO BOTH VIDEOING AND PORTRATE.COVERING TABLE TENNIS .NOT TO VERSE IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY.WHAT TYPE OF S D CARD IS RECOMMEND ,THANKS SO MUCH.

I have the same one you use and the samsung pro's the samsungs are better all around and cheaper.

like your KEEP IT SIMPLE approach.

thank you🙏🏽

The Canon 5d ? I think that came out before I was born, I'm 46