The best selling Sony a7 III (Amazon/B&H Photo/Adorama) has two SD memory card slots, one supports UHS-II SD memory cards. To max use of a7III, for example shooting 4K video with Sony a7 III, a fast card is a must. Otherwise, you’ll miss most of your shots waiting for the buffer to clear. So the best choice is to use the UHS-II SD memory cards. Below are a list of top recommended UHS-II SD memory cards for Sony a7 III full frame mirrorless camera.
Recommended UHS-II SD memory cards for Sony a7III:
Sony a7 III’s one card slot supports UHS-II SD cards. Currently the fastest & toughest UHS-II SD memory card is Sony’s new released SF-G UHS-II Tough SD card, this card has fastest read speed at 300 MB/s & write speed at 299 MB/s. Below are top recommended UHS-II SD cards for Sony a7 III:
Card | Max. Read Speed | Max. Write Speed | Check Price |
Sony SF-G Tough UHS-II SDXC | 300 MB/s | 299 MB/s | Amazon/B&H/Adorama |
SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II SDXC | 300 MB/s | 260 MB/s | Amazon/B&H/Adorama |
Lexar Professional 2000x UHS-II SDXC | 300 MB/s | 260 MB/s | Amazon/B&H/Adorama |
Hoodman Steel 2000x SDXC UHS-II | 300 MB/s | 260 MB/s | Amazon/B&H/Adorama |
ProGrade Digital UHS-II SDXC | 300 MB/s | 250 MB/s | Amazon/B&H |
Delkin Devices Power SDXC UHS-II | 300 MB/s | 250 MB/s | Amazon/B&H |
Sony SF-M Tough UHS-II SDXC | 277 MB/s | 150 MB/s | Amazon/B&H/Adorama |
Lexar Professional 1667x UHS-II SDXC | 250 MB/s | 90 MB/s | Amazon/B&H/Adorama |
Recommended UHS-I SD memory cards for Sony a7III:
The fastest UHS-I SD memory cards are from SanDisk and Sony, both has max. read speed at 95 MB/s, and max. write speed at 90 MB/s.
Card | Max. Read Speed | Max. Write Speed | Check Price |
SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-I SDXC | 95 MB/s | 90 MB/s | Amazon/B&H/Adorama |
Sony UHS-I SDXC | 95 MB/s | 90 MB/s | Amazon/B&H/Adorama |
Delkin Devices Elite UHS-I SDHC | 95 MB/s | 80 MB/s | Amazon/B&H/Adorama |
Sony High Speed UHS-I SDXC | 90 MB/s | 70 MB/s | Amazon/B&H/Adorama |
Transcend UHS-1 SDXC | 95 MB/s | 60 MB/s | Amazon/B&H/Adorama |