Best Memory Cards | Fujifilm X-Pro 3

A detailed guide for finding the best and most reliable memory cards for the Fujifilm X-Pro 3 and at the best prices.

Best Memory Cards | Fujifilm X-Pro 3

I’ve been testing memory cards in-cameras for years now and I’ve put together a nice guide to help you find the best memory cards for your budget and how you shoot. You don’t need to buy the most expensive memory cards if you’re not bursting a lot or if your style is more casual.

However, if you do burst a lot and shoot a lot of 4k videos, having better UHS-II memory cards will be beneficial. 

Fujifilm X-Pro 3 Best Memory Cards & Recommendations

For the Fujifilm X-Pro3, there are two different speed classes of memory cards that will benefit different groups of users. V90 cards are the fastest and are ideal for shootings doing a lot of bursting and need the buffer to clear quickly.

Video shooters or casual photographers, or JPG shooters will benefit from v60 cards because of the better price to storage ratio. V60 UHS-II cards are more than fast enough for the 4k video the Fujifilm X-T3 outputs.

Here is a list of the top recommended cards.

Speed Test

I haven’t been able to test the memory cards in the X-Pro3 yet, but you can use the results from the Fujifilm X-T3 speed test to see how these cards perform with the very similar hardware.

Fujifilm X-Pro 3 Frequently Asked Questions

How Many Frames Per Second: 11 Mechanical / 20 Electronic
How Many Memory Card Slots: 2 UHS-II memory card slots
What Is The Memory Card Capacity: Rated to support up to 512GB memory cards
Recording Limit For 4k: 10 Minutes
Recording Limits For 1080p: 15 Minutes

See the full guide to accessories:

Must-Have Accessories Fujifilm X-Pro 3

Best Memory Cards For 4k Video

You have a few options for recording video and the memory card you choose will be important.

The X-Pro 3 is capable of shooting 400Mbps 10-bit internal video. This rated spec pushes the limit of what UHS-I cards can handle, and I highly recommend you buy UHS-II cards for this video bitrate. The Sony M cards work and even the Sony E cards will work if you’re on a budget.

However, if you’re shooting casual video, you can drop down to 200Mbps video and get great results. This will still keep the file size small but it’s still better than what most cameras can do. For example, the Sony cameras only shoot at a bitrate of 100Mbps. So dropping your bitrate to 200Mpbs is still twice as good as what you would get from the competition.

There are some recording limits that you should be aware of. For 1080p shooting, you can only record for 15 minutes at a time. For 4k you can only record video for 10 minutes at a time.

You cannot shoot video to a backup card, it will only go to one card so you do not need dual cards for video recording.

Best Memory Cards X-Pro 3 | Bottom Line

The X-Pro3 is an incredible camera packed with very high-quality components. It’s a little tricky picking the right memory cards for the job since it all depends on how you intend to use the camera.

If you want 400Mbps video, you should get a high-quality UHS-II card and then you can buy a UHS-I card or a cheaper UHS-II card when shooting photos, and you can send JPG to the slower card as a backup.

You definitely do not need top-tier cards for both slots.