Does SD card brand matter on the X-T5? Sony vs SanDisk vs Lexar?

I own the Fuji X Secrets book by Rocky Nook (which is helpful), and for the X-T3 and higher models with superfast UHS-II slots, he recommends the Sony SF-G SDXC II cards with read/write speeds of 300/299 MB/s. They're quite pricey at £109, and wondering if Sony SDs are really worth the premium.

• SanDisk ones seem to be similarly priced at £95
• Lexar ones seem a bit less expensive at £67

Any noticeable difference between these brands?

I'm not shooting movies on my X-T5, just pics, and normally not in burst mode. So not even sure what speed I actually need in practice? Do I really need 300 MB/s?

One of my resolutions this year was to learn photography, but my new hobby's getting rather expensive rather fast!📷 So just wondering where I can save a bit on parts & accessories! However, if Sony is really the way to go, so be it. Thanks.

TumblingTiger wrote:

I own the Fuji X Secrets book by Rocky Nook (which is helpful), and for the X-T3 and higher models with superfast UHS-II slots, he recommends the Sony SF-G SDXC II cards with read/write speeds of 300/299 MB/s. They're quite pricey at £109, and wondering if Sony SDs are really worth the premium.

• SanDisk ones seem to be similarly priced at £95
• Lexar ones seem a bit less expensive at £67

Any noticeable difference between these brands?

I'm not shooting movies on my X-T5, just pics, and normally not in burst mode. So not even sure what speed I actually need in practice? Do I really need 300 MB/s?

One of my resolutions this year was to learn photography, but my new hobby's getting rather expensive rather fast!📷 So just wondering where I can save a bit on parts & accessories! However, if Sony is really the way to go, so be it. Thanks.

If you Google the name of your camera and “sd card performance” you’ll find people who have tested a variety of cards with your camera.

I’ve used Prograde cards which appear as fast as the others (or close enough to make no practical difference).

I need all the speed I can get as I bust yet your style dose not call for fast cards.  I've tested a number of cards and the Sony cards are the fastest.  In your case the faster cards will speed up your transfer when you move photos from your card to the computer.  As this takes a while unless you are fighting deadlines get the less expensive cards.

Morris

All the manufacturers claim 300mB/s read, but that is not what you will get in camera, as all the tests show, and different sites often show the different results for a given card.

But equally important is reliability, which is not reflected in those tests.

Alik Griffin also gives some sensible advice about choosing memory cards, in addition to his tests: https://alikgriffin.com/best-memory-cards-fujifilm-x-t5/

Personally, for SD-II, I have found SanDisk extremely reliable, if somewhat slow, but have had problems with some Lexar cards in the X-T4. I've settled on Kingston Canvas React Plus for SD-II cards as giving the best bang for the buck, and have never had any problems with them in the X-T4, X-T5 or X-H2S. I use SanDisk for SD-I in cameras that don't take advantage of SD-II, such as the X100V,

I don't shoot video but do use bursts a lot.

Indeed! I’m quite happy with my Kingston uhs ii v90 cards