On my A6600, memory really didnt matter much. I never felt much difference when I put in faster cards. The A6700 really demands it, especially if your trying to take high quality video!
Yeah, the entire A6x00 series, except for the new Alpha 6700, is using ancient memory card controller tech. Most likely UHS-I in the slower SDR50/DDR50 variant with corresponding 50 MB/s maximum speed.
I'm using scandisc extreme pro v30 170MB/s speed without problem with a6700. But I just take family pics of kids, etc. I haven't seen any slow down. Did just 1 4k video test so far with no issues. I will do more, but as I use my s23 ultra for videos .. will do it in future. So long story short, even at v30 if u take pics only at 5-10fps no need to buy new card. And if u take only 1-2 pics with 1 click. Absolutely no need to buy new card.
@@sidha22 Its more for video. Some video options simply wont allow you to record without a V60 or better. Clearing the buffer after after a birst is a lot faster with V60 and V90 cards. If you just do 1-2 photo's at a time, you will never need anything more than a V30.
Hi, thanks for your video. HOWEVER, I cannot find a basic list on the link for the sony a6700. Your link opens up to a page full of photo videos, NOT to a specific link for data cards. Please refine your list so that it immediately goes to a link just for the SONY a6700. Please make sure that you've titled the link specifically for Sony A6700 data/memory cards. Thanks!
Just checked and the link in the video description, just after "► 90 SD Memory Cards tested for Sony A6700" is still correct, linking to a table with (now) 93 SD cards tested for their burst write speed in the A6700 :)
Reading the explanations on your website am I right that the Sabrent Rocket V60 is not suitable for XAVC-S I or Slow Motion with the A6700 as it is not a V90 card? XAVC S-I modes would be of no relevance for me but XAVC S 4K S&Q or XAVC HS 4K S&Q should work.
We have to wait for the final specs, S&Q requirements are usually very complex for Sony cameras. For the moment, we took the safe path and recommend V90. But if the final specs will be the same as or close to those from the A7IV, V60 should work for XAVC (H)S 4K in S&Q as well.
I got kioxia sd card v90 it has problem while reading uncompress video formats and h265 video formats and shows playback error . so I need new card v90 also my friend got same error with Kingston v90 sd card. any suggestion for not having playback errors :)
@@memory-card XAVC S-I Codec is uncompressed easy to use while editing other more compressed and I need to use proxy files and as u know 4K (4:2:2, 10bit) 59.94p (600 Mbps) is really massive files so my v90 card writes it but playback issues when reading...
No, uncompressed 4K 10 bit with 60p would require ~14,930 Mbps (3,840 px * 2,160 px * 3 color channels * 10 bit color depth * 60 fps) or roughly 2 GB/s. XAVC S-I is just an all I-frame encoding - so pretty basic H.265 or H.264, just without P- and B-frames. Since most modern PC and Mac have pretty decent HW decoding, it's just wasted HDD space for 99 % of all use cases. Anyway: The playback issue is weird, since cards are usually always faster in read-mode. But could also be a problem with the Sony Firmware. Maybe there is an FW update available?
No, the Sony A6500 only supports SD memory cards and is using a really poor SD card controller - half as fast as some 10 year old entry-level DSLR's like the Nikon D3300. You can use our measurements of the Sony Alpha 6300 as a reference (basically the same camera, except for the housing and IBIS): www.memorycard.expert/-Cameras/Sony-Alpha-6300
Hi first off, thank you for the video, I really appreciate it. But what about video. I have the a6700 and haven’t yet figured it all out. Some videos appear only with my audio when I drag them into resolve. And on the Sony website it says that XAVC-S-I 4K @60 takes 600 Mbit/s. Like that does not even exist. I am confused what Sony is expecting us to do in the video department. I am going to order a v90 uhs-ii with at least 280mbit/a write speed, to hopefully be able to capture/use all of my available modes. But honestly some modes like the 120fps tell me I need more than that. But there isn’t more than that even in the market. I do postproduction so I’m not new to all the technical aspects, but I’m new to cameras, so I’m a little confused on that end. Imma have a look at your website now, but those question remained after the vid. Thank you again
@@memory-card i dont think that i am tho... the following is literally copied from sonys a6700 specs on their website "3.840 x 2.160 (4:2:2, 10 Bit) (ca.): 59,94p (600 Mbit/s)" @XAVC S-I 4K @XAVC HS 4K (which can go to120fps): "3.840 x 2.160 (4:2:2, 10 Bit) (ca.): 119,88p (280 Mbit/s)" so that is cool with some of the v90 uhs-ii. but what about the ones that go above this speed? does the crop factor maybe come in to play here? like is that the reason for the extra crop @120fps? i thought its the processor and overheating. correct me if its actually mbyte. but it quite literally says its mbits. so im a little confused. thank you tho:)
Video bitrates are just that: bits per second. But the read and write speed you found written on (SD) memory cards is MB/s, so MByte/s. Therefore *all* V90 SD cards are totally fine with 600 Mbit/s XAVC S-I 4K (V90 = 90 MByte/s = 720 Mbit/s). 280 Mbit/s are even just above V30 specs (V30 = 30 MByte/s = 240 Mbit/s). So that's almost idling for modern SD cards^^
Sure you can. But depending on your camera settings, the actual speed of the card and how many pictures you take in a row, it may take minutes to safe everything.
Thank you so much for this test....
On my A6600, memory really didnt matter much. I never felt much difference when I put in faster cards. The A6700 really demands it, especially if your trying to take high quality video!
Yeah, the entire A6x00 series, except for the new Alpha 6700, is using ancient memory card controller tech. Most likely UHS-I in the slower SDR50/DDR50 variant with corresponding 50 MB/s maximum speed.
are V30 cards and even those mini v30 micro sd cards still viable for a 6700?
I'm using scandisc extreme pro v30 170MB/s speed without problem with a6700. But I just take family pics of kids, etc. I haven't seen any slow down. Did just 1 4k video test so far with no issues. I will do more, but as I use my s23 ultra for videos .. will do it in future.
So long story short, even at v30 if u take pics only at 5-10fps no need to buy new card. And if u take only 1-2 pics with 1 click. Absolutely no need to buy new card.
@@sidha22 Its more for video. Some video options simply wont allow you to record without a V60 or better. Clearing the buffer after after a birst is a lot faster with V60 and V90 cards. If you just do 1-2 photo's at a time, you will never need anything more than a V30.
Hi, can i use v60 xcII sd card for simple 4K not 120p video on a6700 or need to buy v90
That's totally fine :) More information on the website linked in the video description.
Hi, thanks for your video. HOWEVER, I cannot find a basic list on the link for the sony a6700. Your link opens up to a page full of photo videos, NOT to a specific link for data cards. Please refine your list so that it immediately goes to a link just for the SONY a6700. Please make sure that you've titled the link specifically for Sony A6700 data/memory cards. Thanks!
Just checked and the link in the video description, just after "► 90 SD Memory Cards tested for Sony A6700" is still correct, linking to a table with (now) 93 SD cards tested for their burst write speed in the A6700 :)
Reading the explanations on your website am I right that the Sabrent Rocket V60 is not suitable for XAVC-S I or Slow Motion with the A6700 as it is not a V90 card?
XAVC S-I modes would be of no relevance for me but XAVC S 4K S&Q or XAVC HS 4K S&Q should work.
We have to wait for the final specs, S&Q requirements are usually very complex for Sony cameras. For the moment, we took the safe path and recommend V90.
But if the final specs will be the same as or close to those from the A7IV, V60 should work for XAVC (H)S 4K in S&Q as well.
I got kioxia sd card v90 it has problem while reading uncompress video formats and h265 video formats and shows playback error . so I need new card v90 also my friend got same error with Kingston v90 sd card. any suggestion for not having playback errors :)
Since when is the Sony a6700 capable of recording uncompressed/RAW-Video (internally)?^^
@@memory-card XAVC S-I Codec is uncompressed easy to use while editing other more compressed and I need to use proxy files and as u know 4K (4:2:2, 10bit) 59.94p (600 Mbps) is really massive files so my v90 card writes it but playback issues when reading...
No, uncompressed 4K 10 bit with 60p would require ~14,930 Mbps (3,840 px * 2,160 px * 3 color channels * 10 bit color depth * 60 fps) or roughly 2 GB/s. XAVC S-I is just an all I-frame encoding - so pretty basic H.265 or H.264, just without P- and B-frames. Since most modern PC and Mac have pretty decent HW decoding, it's just wasted HDD space for 99 % of all use cases.
Anyway: The playback issue is weird, since cards are usually always faster in read-mode. But could also be a problem with the Sony Firmware. Maybe there is an FW update available?
hi, bro I have Sony a6500 is it support Sony tough 160gb (CF Express A) G400 write speed of up to 700MB/s2, high read speed of up to 800MB/s
No, the Sony A6500 only supports SD memory cards and is using a really poor SD card controller - half as fast as some 10 year old entry-level DSLR's like the Nikon D3300. You can use our measurements of the Sony Alpha 6300 as a reference (basically the same camera, except for the housing and IBIS): www.memorycard.expert/-Cameras/Sony-Alpha-6300
Hi first off, thank you for the video, I really appreciate it.
But what about video. I have the a6700 and haven’t yet figured it all out. Some videos appear only with my audio when I drag them into resolve.
And on the Sony website it says that XAVC-S-I 4K @60 takes 600 Mbit/s. Like that does not even exist. I am confused what Sony is expecting us to do in the video department. I am going to order a v90 uhs-ii with at least 280mbit/a write speed, to hopefully be able to capture/use all of my available modes. But honestly some modes like the 120fps tell me I need more than that. But there isn’t more than that even in the market.
I do postproduction so I’m not new to all the technical aspects, but I’m new to cameras, so I’m a little confused on that end.
Imma have a look at your website now, but those question remained after the vid. Thank you again
Don't mix up MB/s (MByte/s) and Mb/s (Mbit/s). 8 bit equals 1 Byte, so 600 Mbit/s = 75 MB/s and that's feasible for any V90 SD card :)
@@memory-card i dont think that i am tho...
the following is literally copied from sonys a6700 specs on their website
"3.840 x 2.160 (4:2:2, 10 Bit) (ca.): 59,94p (600 Mbit/s)" @XAVC S-I 4K
@XAVC HS 4K (which can go to120fps): "3.840 x 2.160 (4:2:2, 10 Bit) (ca.): 119,88p (280 Mbit/s)"
so that is cool with some of the v90 uhs-ii.
but what about the ones that go above this speed? does the crop factor maybe come in to play here? like is that the reason for the extra crop @120fps? i thought its the processor and overheating.
correct me if its actually mbyte. but it quite literally says its mbits. so im a little confused. thank you tho:)
Video bitrates are just that: bits per second. But the read and write speed you found written on (SD) memory cards is MB/s, so MByte/s. Therefore *all* V90 SD cards are totally fine with 600 Mbit/s XAVC S-I 4K (V90 = 90 MByte/s = 720 Mbit/s).
280 Mbit/s are even just above V30 specs (V30 = 30 MByte/s = 240 Mbit/s). So that's almost idling for modern SD cards^^
Ahhh I’m sorry for the confusion. Thank you very much. Now I can peacefully buy my v90 😂
Can I use a basic transcend SD/hc for photos ?
Sure you can. But depending on your camera settings, the actual speed of the card and how many pictures you take in a row, it may take minutes to safe everything.
@@memory-card appreciate this, I figured it out on my a6700 when I shot continuously and it spent 10secs writing photos lol
@@memory-card 256gb v90 on the way lol got a good deal on Amazon for $159 usd