Best Memory Cards Sony ZV-1

The Sony ZV-1 is a camera that has one UHS-I SD card slot. It needs a card that has a U3 or V30 speed class to record video at 100Mbps or 30MB/s. This makes picking the best memory card for the Sony ZV-1 fairly straight forward. This guide will point you to the best options.

Recommend Memory Cards Sony ZV-1

The Sony ZV-1 is a camera for video makers who want to vlog. It does not matter if the card is fast or slow when you shoot 4K video, so you do not need to buy the most expensive v90 UHS-II cards.

If you want to move your files from the card to the computer faster, Sony has a good E-card. It can write at UHS-I speed, but it can read at UHS-II speed. For UHS-II cards, this is a good deal from a trusted brand.

Here are some of the best UHS-I SD cards for the Sony ZV-1, including those Sony E cards.

Recommended SD Cards	Speed Class	USB Write	USB Read	Links
SD UHS-II V60				Hide
Sony E v60 128GB	UHS-II v60	142	252	Amazon / B&H
Sony E v30 64GB	UHS-II v30	73	247	Amazon / B&H
UHS-I U3				Hide
Sandisk Extreme Pro 32GB-1TB	UHS-I	137	175	Amazon / B&H
Kingston CanvasGo! 128/256/512GB/1TB	UHS-I	124	161	Amazon / B&H
Delkin Advantage 128GB-1TB	UHS-I	77	93	Amazon / B&H

Sony ZV-1 Specs

Sensor: 20.1MP 1″
Processor: Exmor RS BSI CMOS Sensor
Memory Card Compatibility: UHS-I, U3 | Single Slot
Sony ZV-1 Capacity: There is no specified limitation to the memory card size by Sony.
Video Specs: 4k 30p, 100Mbps (12MB/s) 8-bit H.264

Sony ZV-1 What Size Card To Buy?

For 4k shooting in the Sony ZV-1, you don’t need anything different or special when buying memory cards other than the U3 or v30 rating.

Because the Sony ZV-1 has a low bitrate for 4k video, it can write to memory cards with speeds as low as 12MB/s. Any memory card with a U3 rating will meet these specs, but U1 cards may not and the ZV-1 will reject U1 cards if you try to record 4k video to them.

Sony ZV-1 Record Times

Here is a chart that shows you the record times of the various record formats related to the size of each card.

Resolution	Format	Bitrate	32GB	64GB	128GB	256GB
4k30p, 24p	XAVC S 4K	100Mbps	43min	85min	171min	341min
4k30p, 24p	XAVC S 4K	60Mbps	71min	142min	284min	569min
1080 120p, 100p	XAVC S HD	100Mbps	43min	85min	171min	341min
1080 120p, 100p	XAVC S HD	60Mbps	71min	142min	284min	569min
1080 24p, 25p, 30p, 50p, 60p	XAVC S HD	50Mbps	85min	171min	341min	683min
1080 25p, 30p	XAVC S HD	16Mbps	267min	533min	1067min	2133min
1080 60i	AVCHD	24Mbps	178min	356min	711min	1422min
1080 60i	AVCHD	17Mbps	251min	502min	1004min	2008min

Best Memory Cards Sony ZV-1 Bottom Line

The Sony ZV-1 is a camera that uses UHS-I memory cards. Sony also has E-cards that are special. They can write as fast as UHS-I cards, but they can read as fast as UHS-II cards. This can make transferring files to your computer quicker. You may want to try this card if you care about read speeds.

Comments

4 responses to “Best Memory Cards Sony ZV-1”

August 10, 2022

Tony95

According to Amazon reviews the listed speeds can be achieved with the Sandisk brand card reader

1. August 10, 2022
  
  Alik Griffin
  
  This is true, I have all new readers now and even the new Prograde and new Lexar reader that just came out can do the faster read speeds now.
  
  Now I have to go through and update everything.
  
  1. August 10, 2022
    
    Tony95
    
    I guess your speeds will be accurate if someone leaves the card in their camera or other device. This is what I am planning to do, so no max speeds for me.
    
    1. August 10, 2022
      
      Alik Griffin
      
      I usually test the cards in the cameras but never got to the ZV-1. My guess is that it’s sharing similar hardware to the RX100 II which I’ve listed those write speeds above in that giant list of benchmarks. Check that out to see how the RX100 likes different cards, most Sony cameras perform about the same.
      
      Alternatively, it’s possible they upgraded to new UHS-I tech and it could potentially write as fast as 60-70MB/s like the A7III but I don’t think so since that camera does a whole different thing with UHS-II.
      
      All the UHS-I Sony cameras write to cards at around 30-40MB/s. The reason it’s slower than a computer benchmark is Sony is really only including hardware that’s good enough for what the camera absolutely requires. So it’s slightly slower UDMA 3.0 hardware powering the cards but this still easily allows for 4k 100Mbps video.