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Best Memory Cards Tested In-Camera | Canon 90D

  • January 29, 2020
  • AGriffin

We tested all the most popular UHS-I and UHS-II memory cards in the Canon 90D to find which cards gave the best performance and speed.

See our recommended sd cards for the Canon 90D.

 

Best Memory Cards Canon 90D


The Canon 90D is capable of using UHS-II and UHS-I memory cards. Performance is greatly improved with UHS-II cards but they aren’t necessary for general use.

Quick Recommendation List

For a quick list of the best sd memory cards for the Canon 90D here are the top 5 cards recommended based on value and performance.

The speeds listed next to the cards in this chart are how quickly they performed in the actual camera based on the benchmarks from the chart further below.

Top Performers With In-Camera Speeds

1. Sony G Tough – 102.61MB/s – Amazon

2. Prograde v90 – 103.34MB/s – Amazon

3. Delkin Power v90 – 104.21MB/s – Amazon

4. Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-II – 99.26MB/s – Amazon

5. Adata v90 – 104.92MB/s – Amazon

Good Budget Cards

1.  Lexar 1000x – 87.23MB/s – Amazon

2. Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-I – 66.91MB/s– Amazon

 

Video Shooters

If you’re mostly shooting video and want to save some cash, stick with the V60 UHS-II cards. UHS-I cards work fine for video as well, I just like the cheaper UHS-II cards because they are still much faster when it comes to transferring data from your card to your computer if you buy a UHS-II card reader and are using fast drives.

Use the chart below to see the best performing v60 memory cards or lower-tier UHS-II cards. Start by looking with the Lexar 1000x. It has bad reviews on Amazon but that’s mostly because it doesn’t play nice with Panasonic cameras.

 

In-Camera Memory Card Benchmarks | Canon 90D


The way I test these cards is I run them through a few sequences of a continuous burst until the buffer fills, then I calculate the time it takes for the buffer to clear against how much data was written. 

This accounts for the processing time it takes for the camera to write each file and generates more accurate real-world results.

For USB speeds I used Windows 10 with crystal disk and the Lexar UHS-II memory card reader that comes with Lexar 2000x cards.

 

Speed Chart – Cards Tested In The Canon 90D

Memory CardSpeed ClassUSB ReadUSB WriteCanon 90DOrder
Sandisk Extreme Pro 170MB/sUHS-I99.288.366.91Amazon
Sandisk Extreme PlusUHS-I99.388.267.07Amazon
Sandisk Extreme U3UHS-I99.356.846.29Amazon
Sandisk Ultra U1UHS-I99.534.325.05--
Kingston CanvasReact A1 U3UHS-I99.682.563.07Amazon
Kingston CanvasGo! U3UHS-I99.674.058.93Amazon
Lexar 633x U1UHS-I95.054.647.07--
Sony Professional U3UHS-I98.560.268.27Amazon
Sony U3 94MB/sUHS-I96.757.567.23Amazon
Sony U3 95MB/sUHS-I96.685.453.65Amazon
Transcend U3UHS-I96.787.868.30Amazon
PNY Elite Performance U3UHS-I96.766.955.64Amazon
Delkin Advantage U3UHS-I99.678.863.58Amazon
Toshiba Exceria Pro U3UHS-I97.874.763.08Amazon
Toshiba Exceria U3UHS-I97.229.928.98Amazon
Verbatim Pro+ U3UHS-I98.583.760.36Amazon
Verbatim Pro U3UHS-I96.668.052.30Amazon
Amplim 667x A1 V30UHS-I99.652.244.40Amazon
Sandisk Extreme Pro 300MB/sUHS-II258.5190.599.26Amazon
Lexar 2000xUHS-II258.9201.599.96Amazon
Lexar 1667xUHS-II----87.23
Lexar 1000xUHS-II153.483.0982.63Amazon
Toshiba Exceria ProUHS-II263.6223.8100.74Amazon
Transcend v90UHS-II258.2164.969.66Amazon
Sony G ToughUHS-II256.8201.0102.61Amazon
Sony GUHS-II258.0206.771.63Amazon
Sony MUHS-II253.691.680.51Amazon
Delkin Power v90UHS-II257.6191.0104.21Amazon
Delkin Prime v60UHS-II252.889.194.04 Amazon
Fujifilm Elite IIUHS-II259.3168.4104.68Amazon
Adata v90UHS-II259.4187.4104.92Amazon
Hoodman Steel 2000xUHS-II268.7183.9102.52Amazon
Hoodman Steel 1500xUHS-II258.1169.277.10BHphoto
ProGrade V90UHS-II258.2212.8103.34Amazon
ProGrade V60UHS-II166.9105.955.02Amazon
Amplim 1900x V60UHS-II249.8104.580.49Amazon
Angel Bird V90UHS-II256.6211.170.89Amazon
Angel Bird V60UHS-II166.980.280.46Amazon
FreeTail Evoke Pro V60UHS-II238.5102.880.32Amazon

 

Camera Specs

Sensor: 32.5MP APS-C CMOS Sensor
Processor: DIGIC 8 Image Processor
Memory Cards: Single Slot UHS-II
Continuous Burst: 10fps – up to 11fps
Video: 4k24p / 4k25p / 4k30p – 120Mbps
Buffer Size Est: 900MB
Shots To Fill Buffer: 29 RAW (Adata UHS-II)
Time To Clear Buffer: 5:54 (Adata UHS-II)

Canon 90D – Amazon / Adorama / Bhphoto

Essential Canon 90D Accessories

 

There are a lot of different cards tested with various speed classes and specs. To learn more about what all these numbers mean check out the ultimate guide to memory cards.

Recommended Memory Cards | Canon 90D

This list, explains why each card was recommend based on personal experience, price and how they perform in the Canon 90D.

 

Top Performers

Although the Canon 90D doesn’t have a very high video bitrate compared to the higher end cameras, I still recommended cards that were fast enough to support those high video bitrates so the cards are a little future proof. These cards will all perform well even with other Canon cameras that support UHS-II cards with high bitrates like the Canon EOS R.

 

Sony G Tough 64GB UHS-II 102.61MB/s

Recommended SD Memory Card For Canon 90DAvailable At: Amazon / Adorama / BHphoto

The Sony Tough G cards are one of the best and most reliable memory cards you can buy. They are built out of one piece instead of two plastic pieces with a seem that dramatically improves the build quality. They are a little more expensive than most of the other memory cards but for a single UHS-II SD card slot camera it’s not always a bad idea to go with a card that has the best build quality you can buy, and the Sony Tough cards are top performers.

 

Prograde v90 – 103.34MB/s

Recommended SD Memory Card For Canon 90DAvailable At: Amazon / BHphoto

ProGrade is a fairly new brand that came from some of the former Lexar employees. Micron sold off their brand Lexar to a Chinese company and some of the guys started a new brand ProGrade. The cards perform very similar to the older Lexar cards which makes me think they’re still using Micron flash. These are great cards and I highly recommend them.

 

Delkin Power v90 – 104.21MB/s

Good UHS-II Memory Card For Canon 90DAvailable At: Amazon / Adorama / BHphoto

Delkin is one of the brands I use a lot for my personal cameras. The Delkin Prime was the second-fastest SD memory card I tested in the Canon 90D. They make great cards and flash memory.

 

Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-II – 99.26MB/s

Best SD Memory Card For Canon 90DAvailable At: Amazon / Adorama / BHphoto

The Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-II memory has a lifetime warranty and their cards often are the most reliable and the most dependable. This is usually the cards I recommend the most and they usually run the fastest. While a few other cards run a little bit faster than this card in the 90D, you’ll likely not see that difference in real-world performance.

 

Adata v90 – 104.92MB/s

Fastest SD Memory Card For Canon 90DAvailable At: Amazon

You don’t hear about the Adata UHS-II cards very often, but they are a solid contender and they always perform very well in my memory card speed tests. I don’t often recommend them since they are not that popular, but with the Canon 90D, this was the fastest memory card. You’ll notice bad ratings on Amazon, but like with the Lexar cards, this is mostly due to terrible memory card compatibility issues Panasonic cameras have. In all other cameras, the Adata cards work great.

 

Good Value

Lexar 1000x UHS-II – 87.23MB/s

Best Value Memory CardAvailable At: Amazon / Adorama / BHphoto

The Lexar 1000x is a card that is hard not to recommend. It gets a bad review on many sites because it has some compatibility issues with some other brands of cameras (mainly Panasonic), but with the Canon 90D it’s the best value card, especially if you shoot video.

You still get faster performance than any of the UHS-I cards but at a UHS-I price. You also get full UHS-II read speeds for quick data transfers from your card to your computer when using a UHS-II memory card reader.

 

Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-I – 66.91MB/s

Best UHS-I Memory CardAvailable At: Amazon / Adorama / BHphoto

If you’re just shooting casual with some video or need a few backup cards then UHS-I cards are totally fine to use in the Canon 90D. The Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-I memory card is a fantastic card, very quick for UHS-I and very reliable. It’s also more than fast enough for 4k video in the Canon 90D.

 

Canon 90D Memory Card For 4k Video

The Canon 90D only has a modest bitrate and doesn’t require extremely fast memory cards for 4k video. Even many of the UHS-I cards are capable of handling 4k video with this camera, however, you should stick with U3 or v30 speed class cards.

It is possible Canon could open up the firmware even more and add more video features down the road as they did with 24p which would require faster SD memory cards, but this would be highly unusual for Canon.

When it comes to choosing the correct size, you should stick with a minimum size of 64GB which are SDXC memory cards. This gives you the 64-bit file system so that you can record clips longer than 4GB.

Minimum Recommended Specs

Size – 64GB SDXC
Speed Class – U3
Speed Class – UHS-I

 

Canon 90D File Size Record Times | Chart

The Canon 90D has a 4k video bitrate of about 120Mbps which translates to about 15MB/s.

This means when you’re shooting video you’ll be shooting 15MB ever second.

Canon 90D video bitrate performance.

4k 24p / 30p – 120Mbps
1080p60 – 60Mbps
1080p30 – 30Mbps

Here is a chart that will show how much 4k Canon 90D footage each card will be able to hold.

Canon 90D 64GB 128GB 256GB 512GB
4k 120Mbps 71min 142min 284min 569min
1080p60 142min 284min 569min 1138min
1080p30 284min 569min 1138min 2276min

Note that 1080p30 on the Canon 90D has a very low bitrate. If shooting 1080p footage is your interest, consider looking at the Canon EOS R, which outputs 120Mbps 1080p footage which is one of the best on the market for 1080p.

The best thing to do would be to always record 4k footage and downscale to 1080p. Doing this in a 16-bit sequence will dramatically improve the results theoretically producing 4:4:4 1080p footage. Davinci Resolve should be able to handle this.

 

How To Avoid Counterfeit Cards

Unfortunately, I’ve had to include this section in my memory card articles because it seems to be a pretty big problem.

Counterfeit cards are everywhere and you do need to be careful.

The best thing you can do it to test each card that you buy right when you get it. To do this max out the memory of the card, you should be able to get within a few gigabytes of the card claims to be.

You will never get exactly the same rating because of the nature of the exFat file system, so don’t worry about that.

 

How Counterfeit Memory Cards Work

Usually, counterfeit cards claim to be something like 128GB or 64GB and actually only have 32GB or lower of flash memory in them. This is achieved by reprogramming the memory controllers in the cards to tell the camera or computer that the card is bigger than it really is. Once you fill-up the card past how much actually memory is in the card, the whole card goes bad.

You may go days, or weeks before breaking this number, so it’s always important to check your cards right away.

You can do this by copying files from your computer onto your card or recording video.

 

Where To Buy Memory Cards

If possible always try to buy your memory cards from a trusted source. Popular storefronts and certified supplies are the way to go. Avoid auction sights.

 

Best Memory Cards Canon EOS 90D | Conclusions

The Canon 90D has some nice specs with overall great performance. Having a UHS-II memory card may show some improved performance over UHS-I memory cards, however not all UHS-II memory cards are the same or produce quick results. Some cards with the v90 speed class showed significantly difference between others.

Prices vary dramatically between speed class and between brands so if you’re just using the camera for video, you don’t need the top of the line memory cards, UHS-I or v60 UHS-II memory cards will be more than enough.

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AGriffin

Professional editor, blogger and photographer from Los Angeles California.

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