Which memory card for canon 90d: I have a Conon 90D and am looking to purchase a 64 or 32 card for use. I have tried "search" but all of the answers are 5 to 10 years old. I do not...

Mike Holmes Loc: The Villages Fl

I have a Conon 90D and am looking to purchase a 64 or 32 card for use. I have tried "search" but all of the answers are 5 to 10 years old. I do not take a lot of pictures per outing 100 to 500. It is mostly wildlife and shot at 11 fps and raw. I will probably only purchase two cards so cost is not important. Thanks for your input

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Mike Holmes wrote:

I have a Conon 90D and am looking to purchase a 64 or 32 card for use. I have tried "search" but all of the answers are 5 to 10 years old. I do not take a lot of pictures per outing 100 to 500. It is mostly wildlife and shot at 11 fps and raw. I will probably only purchase two cards so cost is not important. Thanks for your input

What does your owners manual say? Check the Canon site.

I say Sandisk Sandisk Sandisk Sandisk Sandisk Sandisk Sandisk Sandisk Sandisk Extreme!

MarcusTitus Loc: Dallas

The Canon 90D supports UHS-II cards so I would use them to get the most speed out of your camera. I use both Sandisk and Lexar exclusively. Never had any problems out of them.

Powergroove75 Loc: Coeur d'Alene, ID

I'm using SanDisk in my 90d. 128g cards if I'm remembering right (still in bed and it's still dark... I'll check when I get up)

I never run out of room unless shooting 4k video. I shoot only RAW.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

It looks like the site that used to test cameras and cards has gone out of business or is not testing the newest cameras. I'd take the EOS 5DIV as their final and best 'comp' to your EOS 90D that wasn't tested. https://www.cameramemoryspeed.com/canon-5d-mark-iv/sd-cf-card-speed-test/

For price and performance, look at the CF - SanDisk Extreme Pro 160MB/s 64GB and corresponding SD model.

What this review site tended to show was that cameras can only write so fast and buying card 'speed' significantly beyond the top speed the camera can achieve is a waste of your money.

Powergroove75 Loc: Coeur d'Alene, ID

Double checked and I'm using 64g cards.

Sandisk Extreme Pro

I carry two with me all the time and the only time I had to grab the backup was in Mexico and not uploading the one card to Adobe cloud before going out the next day.

Ourspolair

Page 10 of the advanced manual states that SD.SDHC.SDXC memory cards, UHS-II and UHS-I cards are accepted.
As others have suggested, the UHS-II cards are faster (so the buffer is not so slow transferring the data to the card), however they are also a lot more expensive.
I have found the micro UHS-II cards with adapter are considerably cheaper than the full-size cards (probably because they are popular for high-end cellphones).
If you are going to do filming or "burst" photography, I would recommend the UHS-II cards.

MarcusTitus Loc: Dallas

Canon does not support the use of micro UHS-II cards in adapters as most of them do not have the extra contacts needed for full UHS-II support. Canon states this in both my M5 and RP manuals.

miked46 Loc: Winter Springs, Florida

I use Sandisk high speed for my 80D and I have 15, 32, 64 & 128 Gbit cards they all work fine. Also do you shoot RAW & JPEG together?

Mike Holmes Loc: The Villages Fl

Thanks for all of the input!!!! The comments by CHG Canon about buying a High speed card for a camera which is not capable of supporting the high speed is very relevant.

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

Mike Holmes wrote:

I have a Conon 90D and am looking to purchase a 64 or 32 card for use. I have tried "search" but all of the answers are 5 to 10 years old. I do not take a lot of pictures per outing 100 to 500. It is mostly wildlife and shot at 11 fps and raw. I will probably only purchase two cards so cost is not important. Thanks for your input

Just another opinion and not a confrontation. . .
I tend to buy at least "one speed faster" than the manual calls for and I only buy San Disk cards.
I guess that everyone has a favorite brand that they trust when they travel overseas or to a remote location.
My thoughts are:
1. I haven't had a "brand name" card fail, but I have had "NoName" cards fail.
Why use brand name cards? Brand name cards, in my experience, have always lasted longer than my cameras before I trade up.
2. Also, I always buy a faster and larger card than the "current camera manual" calls for.
Why faster and larger? My new camera bodies always require faster and larger cards to support increased file sizes and processing speeds*.

*My old cards which do not fail are treated humanely but relegated to digital photo frame use.
Be Extra Safe and . . .
Smile,
JimmyT Sends

Canisdirus

I believe that the C90D writes at 90/mb.
So anything around 100/mb is fine. I'd go with a 64 over a 32 capacity wise.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

Mike Holmes wrote:

I have a Conon 90D and am looking to purchase a 64 or 32 card for use. I have tried "search" but all of the answers are 5 to 10 years old. I do not take a lot of pictures per outing 100 to 500. It is mostly wildlife and shot at 11 fps and raw. I will probably only purchase two cards so cost is not important. Thanks for your input

I would bet Sandisk is the best. I have never had a Card fail. Go for Extreme or UltraPlus. They read and write very fast.
Keep the capacity below 32GB. You could go higher to 64GB but if you lose or misplace the card at some point, you can be SOOL and that will ruin your day.

DebAnn Loc: Toronto

MarcusTitus wrote:

The Canon 90D supports UHS-II cards so I would use them to get the most speed out of your camera. I use both Sandisk and Lexar exclusively. Never had any problems out of them.

I agree with Marcus. I use both of those cards with my 90D and have had no issues.

Basil Loc: New Mexico

DebAnn wrote:

I agree with Marcus. I use both of those cards with my 90D and have had no issues.

Ditto. I've been using SanDisk Extreme Pro and Lexar in my 5DMark4 and 7DMark2 for a few years and have had great success with them both. For what it's worth here is a site I found that claims to have benchmarked different cards and this page is specifically with the 90D: (Disclaimer - I have no insight into the thoroughness or accuracy of their testing)

https://alikgriffin.com/best-memory-cards-canon-90d/