- Brands (listed in the order of my preference)
- Sandisk is my first choice. I only use Sandisk for my personal and professional work. The other cards listed below are great quality too, but some brands can be hard to find in brick-and-mortar stores. Sandisk is available just about anywhere.
- Patriot
- Kingston
- Lexar
- PNY
- Transcend
- Class or speed
- At a minimum, use Class 10/UHS-1 cards. For 4k or higher resolutions, use UHS-3.
- Class specs from Sandisk
- 4k recommendations from Kingston
- Memory card readers
- Kingston USB 3 multi-card reader featured in the video (It’s my favorite)
- Kingston USB 3 dual SD card reader (A great option if you only use full size SD cards)
- Lock your cards when you’re finished with a shoot and keep them locked during import to prevent accidental overwrites/deletes/corruption
- What is the locking/write protection/read-only function?
- How to unlock a card
- Formatting or “erasing” your cards
- Sony’s recommendations on formatting new cards
- Protect your cards with card carriers
6 things you need to know about memory cards
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