Canon cameras have supported a wide variety of cards over the years from CF, CFast 2.0, and lately UHS-I, UHS-II, and CFExpress.
Most Canon cameras today support UHS-I and UHS-II memory cards. Check the guide for your camera below to find the best memory card for your Canon camera.
List Of Canon Cameras Benchmarked
Here is a massive growing list of all the Canon cameras we’ve tested memory cards in.
Be sure to check out what sd cards are best for your camera. Not all Canon cameras perform the same, and sometimes you may not need UHS-II cards for shooting video even if your camera supports it.
Camera Links | Sensor | Speed Class | Type | Release Date | |
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Canon R8 | Full Frame | UHS-II | Mirrorless | 2023 | |
Canon R6 Mark II | Full Frame | UHS-II / UHS-II | Mirrorless | 2022 | |
Canon R5 | Full Frame | CFexpress / UHS-II | Mirrorless | 2020 | |
Canon R6 | Full Frame | UHS-II / UHS-II | Mirrorless | 2020 | |
Canon RP | Full Frame | UHS-II | Mirrorless | 2019 | |
Canon EOS R | Full Frame | UHS-II | Mirrorless | 2018 | |
Canon 5D IV | Full Frame | CF / UHS-I | DSLR | 2016 | |
Canon 6D Mark II | Full Frame | UHS-I | DSLR | 2017 | |
Canon 5DS R | Full Frame | CF / UHS-I | DSLR | 2015 | |
Canon 1Dx Mark II | Full Frame | CFast / CF | DSLR | 2016 | |
Canon R50 | APS-C | UHS-I | Mirrorless | 2023 | |
Canon R10 | APS-C | UHS-II | Mirrorless | 2022 | |
Canon R7 | APS-C | UHS-II / UHS-II | Mirrorless | 2022 | |
Canon C70 | APS-C/S35 | UHS-II/UHS-II | Mirrorless | 2020 | |
Canon T8i | APS-C | UHS-II | DSLR | 2019 | |
Canon 90D | APS-C | UHS-II | DSLR | 2019 | |
Canon SL3 | APS-C | UHS-I | DSLR | 2019 | |
Canon M50 | APS-C | UHS-I | Mirrorless | 2018 | |
Canon M6 Mark II | APS-C | UHS-II | Mirrorless | 2019 | |
Canon M6 | APS-C | UHS-I | Mirrorless | 2017 | |
Canon M5 | APS-C | UHS-I | Mirrorless | 2016 | |
Canon 7D Mark II | APS-C | UHS-I | DSLR | 2014 | |
Canon 80D | APS-C | UHS-I | DSLR | 2016 | |
Canon SL2 | APS-C | UHS-I | DSLR | 2017 | |
Canon 77D | APS-C | UHS-I | DSLR | 2017 | |
Canon T7i | APS-C | UHS-I | DSLR | 2017 | |
Canon T6i | APS-C | UHS-I | DSLR | 2015 | |
Canon T6s | APS-C | UHS-I | DSLR | 2015 | |
Canon T6 | APS-C | UHS-I | DSLR | 2015 | |
Canon G1X Mark III | APS-C | UHS-I | Compact | 2017 | |
Canon G7X Mark III | 1" | UHS-I | Compact | 2019 | |
Canon G7X Mark II | 1" | UHS-I | Compact | 2016 |
Finding The Right Card Is Important
Because each camera has unique specs they will require getting the right memory card. There is no reason to spend a ton of money on the best UHS-II memory cards for example if you don’t need that max speed.
For video shooters, many cameras only produce a 4k bitrate of 120Mbps and won’t see any benefit by using faster memory cards than required.
However, some cameras like the Canon EOS R have a bitrate of 400Mbps, and it will require the top end UHS-II memory cards to function correctly.
CFExpress And The Future
The Next generation of Canon cameras like the 1DX III will use CFexpress memory cards. It’s likely Canon will switch over to this new format for their professional cameras and keep their consumer cameras using UHS-I or UHS-II memory cards.