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Best SD Cards, Tested In-Camera | Panasonic GH5

  • February 8, 2020
  • AGriffin

Memory Cards You Should Buy For The Panasonic GH5

An in-camera comparison between all the most popular UHS-I and UHS-II memory cards and how they perform in the Panasonic GH5.

There are a lot of options for memory cards for the Panasonic GH5, some work great, others not so great. Use this guide to find the fastest SD memory cards for you Panasonic GH5.

 

Camera Specs

Sensor: Micro 4/3 20.3 Digital Live MOS / Processor: Venus Engine Image Processor
SD Memory Card Type: UHS-II / UHS-II
Video: Internal 4:2:2 10-Bit 4K Video at 24/30p
Continuous Burst: 12fps
Size of Buffer: 1.5GB
Uncompressed Shots Till Buffer Fills: 70
Est. Time Taken To Clear Buffer: 14-15 seconds. (UHS-II Cards)
Memory Card Capacity: 32GB – 128GB

 

Panasonic GH5 Black – Amazon / Adorama / B&H

Panasonic GH5 Accessories

 

Best Memory Card For The Panasonic GH5

 

Top 5 Best Memory Cards Panasonic GH5

Best SD Card GH5Many new cards have been released since the Panasonic Gh5 came out, so to cut to the chase, here is an updated list of all the best and the fastest memory cards for the GH5.

Card Name In-Camera Speed See Price
Sony Tough G up to 75MB/s Amazon
Sandisk Extreme Pro 300MB/s 72.08MB/s Amazon
Transcend 76.49MB/s Amazon
ProGrade V90 up to 75MB/s Amazon
Sony M Tough 59.45MB/s Amazon

 

General Performance And Speed Chart

Like some of the other Panasonic cameras as well as Sony and a few Nikons, the Pansonic GH5 has a memory bus speed that caps at around 35MB/s using UHS-I memory cards. UHS-II cards allow for more bandwidth, which means a max speed of around 70 – 80MB/s. Just over double the speed.

This means if you want to record internal 400Mbps 4k or 6k video, you’ll need to use a UHS-II memory card.

However, the tests show that not all UHS-II memory cards are working properly with the GH5 right now. See the chart below. 

 

All USB 3.0 tests done using CrystalDisk – Windows 10, with the Lexar SR2.

SD Memory Cards USB 3.0 Read USB 3.0 Write GH5 Write Order
UHS-II        
Transcend 290.2 MB/s 182.1 MB/s 76.49 MB/s Amazon
Sandisk Extreme Pro 300 263.2 MB/s 233.4 MB/S 72.08 MB/s Amazon
Sandisk Extreme Pro 280 260.5 MB/s 214.8 MB/s 69.05 MB/s Amazon
Toshiba Exceria Pro 258.8 MB/s 226.5 MB/s 67.95 MB/s Amazon
Delkin 1900X v60 273.3 MB/s 97.3 MB/s 59.95 MB/s Amazon
Sony M 253.2 MB/s 91.62 MB/s 59.45 MB/s Amazon
Delkin V90 245.1 MB/s 164.6 MB/s 36.27 MB/s Amazon
Lexar 2000x 272.7 MB/s 244.5 MB/s 35.45 MB/s Amazon
Lexar 1000x 147.4 MB/s 78.4 MB/s 34.92 MB/s Amazon
UHS-I        
Samsung Pro+ U3 97.5 MB/s 87.3 MB/s 36.61 MB/s Amazon
Samsung Pro U3 97.7 MB/s 78.6 MB/s 36.45 MB/s Amazon
Sandisk Extreme Pro U3 98.6 MB/s 90.8 MB/s 36.05 MB/s Amazon
Sandisk Extreme Plus U3 99.0 MB/s 64.4 MB/s 36.17 MB/s Amazon
Sandisk Extreme U3 72.43 MB/s 54.1 MB/s 36.10 MB/s Amazon
Kingston U3 98.1 MB/s 90.4 MB/s 36.02 MB/s Amazon
PNY Elite Performance U3 96.5 MB/s 66.1 MB/s 35.03 MB/s Amazon
Samsung Pro U1 96.3 MB/s 82.2 MB/s 35.03 MB/s Amazon
Delkin 633x U3 98.3 MB/s 88.7 MB/s 34.87 MB/s Amazon
Transcend U3 96.7 MB/s 68.4 MB/s 34.67 MB/s Amazon
PNY Elite Performance U1 96.5 MB/s 66.5 MB/s 34.65 MB/s Amazon
Sony U3 – Old Model 96.5 MB/s 84.5 MB/s 34.50 MB/s Amazon
Lexar 600x U1 95.4 MB/s 64.8 MB/s 34.30 MB/s Amazon
Lexar 633x U3 93.3 MB/s 67.3 MB/s 34.28 MB/s Amazon
Sony U3 – New Model 96.7 MB/s 56.2 MB/s 34.17 MB/s Amazon
 

 


Recommended SD Memory Cards For The GH5


 

Internal 4k or 6K Recording | UHS-I vs UHS-II

For internal recording, I only had access to the 150Mbps bitrate and every card I tested worked fine, including UHS-I cards, even when shooting 6k burst stills. However, Panasonic will offer a 400Mbps update later this year. So if you plan on using that, you will need to use a UHS-II card that can write at least faster than 50MB/s. 

 

Memory Cards That Don’t Work Well

For some reason, the Lexar UHS-II and one of the Delkin cards would not work properly as UHS-II memory cards. I tried four of my different Lexar cards both in slot one and in slot two and they wouldn’t work. It could be the camera I was using was just a bad copy, or it could be some firmware issue that could later get resolved since I know my cards are fine after testing them in just about every other camera on the market. 

 

 


Panasonic GH5 Frequently Asked Questions


 

Can I use Micro SD Memory Cards in the Panasonic GH5?

Yes, you actually can but I have had bad experiences using Micro SD memory cards. Basically what would happen to me was the cards would sometimes wiggle loose inside the adapter causing a memory card error. It doesn’t happen with every type of card or adapter but it does happen sometimes. For that reason, I don’t recommend buying them. Plus, they are small and easy to lose and if you buy some older models, they could put out some serious heat that could potentially melt the card. 

 

What Cards Work Best For Video?

If your shooting at 100Mbps or even 150Mbps you can use UHS-I memory cards. However, if you’re buying this camera for video, which you are, you’ll want to take advantage of the 400Mbps video and for that, you’ll need a UHS-II card.

 

My Card Isn’t Fast, What’s Wrong?

People still have a lot of problems with cards, here are a few reasons.

  • Some cards like the Lexar UHS-II cards and one of the Delkin UHS-II cards aren’t working as they should.
  • It could simply be a bad card. It happens. Just make sure you test your cards right when you get it. Shoot several minutes of video at a time to make sure everything is working.
  • You could have a fake card! There are a lot of counterfeit cards out there, especially on Ebay and occasionally on Amazon. Be sure to get your cards from a trusted source. B&H and Adorama are great, or, if you use Amazon, make sure you buy from a trusted seller.
  • Sometimes some cards perform slowly until you put a few shots on them. Not sure why this is, but if you notice your card performing slow right after formatting, this could be the cause.
  • Make sure your cards are clean and that the connection terminals inside your camera are clean and not damaged

 

Do Lexar Cards Suck?

As a brand, Lexar cards do not suck. They work great in every camera I’ve tested except this one. So I’m convinced it’s likely more of an issue with the camera’s hardware not being compatible with the way Lexar cards work. So if you’re a GH5 user, yes, I guess you could say Lexar sucks. 🙂

 

Do I really need a UHS-II memory card?

If you’re serious about video, then yes, you need UHS-II cards.

 

What Size Memory Card Should I Get, 32GB or 64GB?

64GB cards are great, especially if you’re only shooting 150Mbps. You will need a few of them though. With 400Mbps you’ll likely want to go bigger.

Panasonic GH5 UHS-I vs UHS-II

 

 


Best SD Memory Card Fuji GH5 | Bottom Line


The GH5’s performance with memory cards was slightly below average. The camera’s hardware doesn’t seem to be up to spec with some of the competition in terms of how it handles memory cards. However, Panasonic was smart to at least offer UHS-II memory card compatibility which allows the camera to perform as fast as a UHS-I camera would (like Fujifilm) that uses good hardware.

In other words. Panasonic wanted to save money on cheap hardware, now you have to pay for it by buying more expensive memory cards when cameras like the Fujifilm X-T2 can get the same performance out of UHS-I cards. This is something that frustrates me and should frustrate you, and we need to complain about this stuff so these companies change their practice.

I hope this article was helpful and I’ll be honest by saying I don’t know a ton about Panasonic cameras. So if you find out anything else that might be helpful to readers, please leave a comment and I’ll continue to improve this article.

AGriffin

Professional editor, blogger and photographer from Los Angeles California.

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