Sony A7 IV Memory Card Buying Guide. I tested every card and video mode the Sony A7 IV has.
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- The Sony A7 IV uses V30, V60 and V90 SD cards, as well as CFExpress type A cards. I tested these memory cards with every single video mode the A7 IV has. In this Sony A7 IV memory card buying guide, I break down what memory card speeds are required for the large number of video modes the Sony A7 IV has, and help you decide if you need to buy a CFExpress type A for your A7 IV.
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○ SanDisk V30 Card (Amazon) - geni.us/oYu8cOg
○ Prograde V60 Card (Amazon) - geni.us/uBJXv
○ Sony V90 Card (Amazon) - geni.us/meOgXH4
○ Sony CFexpress Type A 160gb (Amazon) - geni.us/rQ7xJ4
|Gear used in this video:
○ Sony A7 IV (Amazon) - geni.us/Lj1Bd1
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This in-depth Sony A7 IV memory card buying guide dives in to every single memory card and video mode the Sony A7 IV uses, and I test them all to see what memory card you need for the A7 IV. Depending on the Sony A7 IV video mode, codec and frame rate you use, this guide will help you decide if you need the CFExpress type A for your Sony A7 IV.
So many memory card options, hopefully this helps you decide which one you need.
Let me know if you have any questions :)
Bruh this is literally a very helpful video thank you very much
Try uploading a 4k video UA-cam algorithm prioritises 4k hq content
Cheers!
Great and super useful video! 👏
This really helped clarify things. I'm thinking of getting an A7 IV, but I don't want to pay so much money for the V90 cards and was hoping that I could keep using my SanDisk V30 cards. Thanks for making this video!
Glad i was able to help :) Best of luck with the A7 IV and your creative endeavours!
Get a Kingston react plus instead. Better pricing than San disk
thank you so much for this. i was stressing about having to buy a v90card but was pleased to find out after watching this that i can get a v60, i really appreciate you, i spent the past 45 minutes looking for videos but this was the best
Can you record 4K 120fps 10bit 422 slowmotion with v60 sd card ?
There is no 4k 120fps on a7iv camera bro ..@@freebird2o1o
Thank you so much for this breakdown. Very much appreciated.
this is the best video for explaining the sd cards for a74. thank you bro
No problem and Thank you so much :)
I’m getting ready to buy an A7C II and thought I’d need to upgrade my SD cards. Turns out I can keep using those cheap V30 cards for 4K 10 bit 4:2:2. Sick! Thanks for going through all this stuff!
This just saved me a TON of money! Thanks!!!
My gosh, you've just saved my dumb money for memory cards. Very wise analysis, and a very helpful post to avoid the marketing trap of sales. lol
This was incredibly helpful and well put together. Thank you.
Need this for an A7RV!!! Very good tables, loved it!
this is absolutely amazing information! thank you so much for your effort, you explained it all so well, I will probably be getting either a v60 or a v90 card, probably the v90 card!!
after finding it which cards i needed, i though others might also find the information useful :) thank you for the kind comment.
Great video, thanks!
really helpful and great video, beating many other videos on the same topic, providing the quality and value i was looking for, thank you !!
And thank you very much :) I really appreciate the kind comment! Take care :)
You did a really superb job with the presentation here, thank you.
Thank yyou so mcuh for the kind comment, i really appreciate it.
THANK YOU! Such a great video providing the information I needed. Really, thank you so much.
Thank you so much for such a detailed video, you have very well explained the difference between the card, I had purchased tough v90 card, I always thought that is only card which will work, otherwise the camera will have heating issue, you have clarified, even v60 card can serve the purpose for most of the video codec, why to spend more? God bless you brother :)
Thank you for all your work, it’s really helpful. Though I have one addition: it would help to also show which mode has to be shot in apsc mandatory. Because the image quality is quite different between full frame or apsc mode at 100% view / crop.
Great video! Really like the scientific approach using layman's term to facilitate understanding at all levels. Fantastic pedagogical approach! Insant like and subs! THANK YOU very much and keep up with the great work!
Thank you for the extremely kind comment, i really do appreciate it and it truly means a lot to me :D i hope you have a fantastic day.
Love the way you present info - seriously helpful content without the fluff. Thanks so much!!
Thank you :D I really appreciate the kind comment. I do try to stick to the point.
Thanks for geeking this through
Really helpful and clear, thanks!
It was very clear.! Thank you 😁
Thank you! I’m glad I could help
Been a while mate , i can see the progress , much love 🥰❤
Thank you very much! I hope you are doing well :)
@@TymekStolarz so happy that I've met like minded people even if not in real life but i hope soon and that's why I'm doing well and i hope you too are doing great🥰❤
These videos are so good. Thank you.
this is just what i was looking for ... thank you so much
Awesome! glad you found it. and thank you for the comment :)
Perfect explanation. Thank you!
And thank you :) I’m glad I was able to help.
Thank you for a comprehensive explanation. Very helpful
Not a problem, glad i could help :)
Thank you for all those useful clipa! You are greață!
Loved the content & the way it was explained. Thanks.
Thank you :) i really appreciate the kind words
Tymek this was EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR! You killed it!
Do you have those excel files available so I can download them and reference them?
Glad i could help you out :) i've been trying to find them on my back up drives and i have no idea where the excel files went. i may have accidentally deleted them. the jpegs in the videos is all i have :( i am sorry
this is extremely helpful. thank you so much.
I am very glad I was able to help you out :) I hope you have a great day
great video, thanks for taking the time to make it!
This is really helpful ❤. Thanks for making this content
Thank you for the kind comment :) i am glad i could help
Well explained, more of this, thank you!
Thank you very much :D
Your content is amazing. Glad I found your channel.
Glad my videos could be of use :D Have a great day !
Super precise and on point. New subscriber here. Good luck.
Thank you very much for the comment, i really appreciate it :)
Your videos are soooo helpful, thanks a lot 🙌🏻
No problem :) glad i could help and thank you for commenting !
Excellent video!!!
Hey what do you recommend for the new Sony a6700? V90 ? Is it possible to shoot in 4k120?
Fantastic explanation, thankyou
Thank you very much :) glad i could help
Very professional ❤
Amazing work!
Thank you :)
Great video thank you !
What's kind of losing me is a V90 card would need to be able to handle 720M? But the V90 cards are 300Mbps
this i s so for best video for choosing cards pls do photo recommend cards too.
Thank you for making this video it was very helpful. Can you offer some advice on memory card recommendations for strictly taking raw photos? Does it matter the card you use?
And thank you for the comment :) i havent tested photo very much, but it comes down to the buffer. how fast your camera can write from the buffer on to the card. a faster card will be able to just clear that buffer quicker allows you to take more pictures faster and for longer periods of time. even a basic v30 card has a decent buffer, but if you shoot subjects where you need to be able to hold that shutter button down for long periods, than a faster card might be necessary. i would suggest starting out with a v30 card and seeing if it fits your needs since they are so cheap.
@@TymekStolarz awesome thanks man! Keep up the great work
Not a problem. Take care, and best of luck in your creative endeavours :)
Nice Reviews. One question, can you use a cfexpress card and a v90 card for simultanious record such as back up. I want to use the cfexpress as main then v90 will be as a back up? Hope this make sense
Nice video!
The v60 can do almost everything and are a lot cheaper than v90, I don't see why you would LEAST recommend these?
Really helpful and great video. Can you please attach an Excel file for the tabels?
Thank you :) unfortunately, i seem to have misplaced the excel files and all i have is the PDFs, so if you just screen shot the video you'll basically have everything i have.
man so confusing i gotta work on a project recording people in studio over an hour what do i get all the vids on hee got soo much info im getting lost as i'm new to cam work and plan to hire somone soon but for now please anyone if you know what will work for me long dj sets ect i have the camera mentioned and a zve10 so any advice for these two im lost with all this info im stil watching this vid now but damnnn
you could easily spend an hour more talking about these settings and the meanings of all the things you discuss here, without me grasping it ... Not your fault though, the scheme you made is very helpful, although still struggling to decipher it. I used to have a GH5 where i never had to deal with these codecs i think, it just makes everything look so much more daunting and even searching online doesn't clarify exactly why i should choose one codec over another ...
i just bought sony a7iv with a v90 card 256giga how many hours i can rec with xavc-si 4k? and how many in xavc si hd?
Thanks for your video guide. Quick follow up question: On the A7IV, could you get a V90 card and put it into slot 1 for fast shooting and all video modes and put a V60 card into slot 2 for using just as a backup card?
and thank you for the comment :) you can put any type of combination of cards in both slots. i typically only record to 1 card at a time, but the only time youd run into a problem is if u wanted to record to both cards at the same time, and you wanted to record in a format that the v60 wasnt fast enough, in which case it could only record to the v90
I'd like to know what the benefits are of the Type V over the Type A cards are, I'm new to all of this having bought my A7IV recently. I bought the type A card when I purchased my camera and a V30 card as my back up card. Now I'm wondering if the V30 will be enough?
Will the V90 card work for raw photos as well?
I keep hearing the SI 4K footage are massive files…..but I’m curious as to how massive? If you were to use a CFExpress 160GB card, how much footage could you pack onto the card? In minutes/hours?
so xavc SI 4k at 24 fps uses 240 mbps, which is 1.8 gb per minute. so 160 gb card would fill up in 88.8 minutes. at 60fps and 600 mbps, it would only last 35.5 minutes.
@@TymekStolarz thanks for that info. I think I’m going to stay at the xavc s setting to use the 4K 120fps to take advantage of the slo mo….especially after watching your bud ab the quality difference being pretty minimal. Thanks again.
Good choice. i personally always record in HS
if the camera has 01 xqd card and another sd and when filling the xqd will it automatically record on the sd? in full hd for example.
Great video Tymek..I recently bought a V60 memory card"Lexar proffesional 1667xSDXC UHS II R 250MB/s W 120MB/s.However i am not able to use S and Q node with any of the setting.Please help.
The tables are nice, just from the title it is presumed that you will be physically testing the different types of cards with the different rec formats... The video is informative nevertheless.
Do you mean with video quality ?
Aw, man. I wish I'd seen this video before I bought that V60 card! Hah. Anyway, thanks for the thorough explainer!
Not a problem :) and a v60 is still good either way. Do you mean you wish you got v30s, or 90s?
@@TymekStolarz Oh sure, the V60 is good for like 90% of what I'll be doing anyway. I would have gone with a 90, though, just to take full advantage of my camera and it's features.
Would v90 cards, in your opinion or experience, help with overheating in anyway?
Awesome 👏
Thank you :D
helpful video, but there is an error in the table, i am using a V30 card and the camera doesn't let me shoot at 60fps in XAVC-s-4k, it says "to perform shooting with this setting, use a memory card higher than SDXC/V30" the same if i want to shoot 30fps at 10 bit.. i can only shoot 8bit at 30fps
i've tryed XAVC HS 4K and the camera shoots well at any frame rate but my computer has problems editing :( so it looks like if i want to shoot and edit 4k 60fps i need a faster card or a faster computer
I have a question no one seems to adress, the over heating issue with different cards, how long you can record into the card mine overheats unlessni do HD its pretty annoying any insight?
thanks for the nice video , I'm purchasing an a7 iv and i don't use s and q mode , but i record 4k and do the slow motion during the editing, so you think v30 will be okay?? in my area v90's are 8x more experience than the v30
V60 lah minimal bang
V30 is very limited, go for V60 at least. I’m changing my V60 with V90 because I shoot on my Lumix in 6K 25fps 4.2.0 200bitrate, 4K 50fps 4.2.0 200bitrate, 4K 25fps 4.2.2 400bitrate…V90 is expensive but is a must for this type of files
Does the cf express work with the zv e 1
Excellent video, are the charts available? FYI your Instagram link does not work
Thank you, and thank you for letting me know!
unfortunately i dont have a link of place you can download the charts from - but if you take a screen shot of the charts when in full screen mode, that should give you a fairly high quality resolution image of the charts
So you can shoot HD 120fps with the V 30 cards?
that is correct, in regular movie mode and S. but not in S and Q or s-i
Photographer Here, ok so i just pickup a A7IV and im new to film making. After doing some research, V90 card would be ideal for unlocking most of what the A7iv has to offer. So, is it necessary to film in 4k for bite size IG Reels, Tiktoks, and youtube Shorts? Thanks
hi there and im very sorry about the late reply - i think 4k just gives you more breathing room. you can crop in on a shot and still get the same quality as 1080. will everyone notice? probably not, but there are times where the 4k will just look crisper. i would suggest trying to shoot with both. if you have the space, and computer power to do 4k though i personally only shoot in it.
I really want to shoot in 4k 60fps 10 bit 4:2:2 bit can only find the v30 SanDisk cards with a max write speed of 200mbs. Which is exactly what that shoots at. I can't find any 240mbs v30 cards
so i wouldnt look at what speed the cards are saying because even cards that should have more than enough speed, may not work in a video format for what ever reason. i would look at what cards specifically work in what video format. you may need to bump up to the V60 cards.
In those instances where cards like the v30 or v60 won't record, does it give an error or what happens?
that is correct, when you try to record, an error message will pop up and tell you what kind of card speed is needed to shoot in that mode.
I am missing the option for 10bit 4:2:2 in S&Q S-HD 120fps with a v30 card. Will that option appear if I have a v60/90 card?
The camera will never hide options, regardless of card type used. It will just tell you if you are trying to record in a mode that your card cant support.
For the A7 IV, the camera is unable to record 10 bit 4:2:2 s-HD 120 fps. it can only do 8 bit 4:2:0.
Good video. Thanks for that.
Seems like my Sony A7IV doesnt let me shoot XAVC - S - 4k, 200M 4:2:2 10 Bit with a V30 card :)
I have a Sony V30 UHS II card.
Maybe your research is wrong or my camera has a bug (although updated on 14.05.2022)
very strange. i just tested mine again, and my v30, UHS-I card lets me record 200M. are you trying in regular movie mode?
@@TymekStolarz yes. Just checked again.
Latest update.
XAVC S 4K
200M 4:2:2
60p
Sd card is a SonyV30 XC 2 (R: 270, W: 70)
So the codec should normally be okay for that type.
I also checked with a different V30 card and still the same report "you need a V60 or higher..."
I dont know.. I guess I will just go with a V90 anyway.
I bought the camera in Asia.. maybe has sthg to do with that. Idk.
@@TymekStolarz I have found the issue.. maybe worth to mention.
I had to turn off the proxy recording, otherwise the camera didnt let me shoot the video with a V30 card.
so if i record 4k 60 S-i i can use a v90 but whats is ths SnQ mode? like is there a difference? i just need the best 4k60 mode working.
S and Q mode slows down your footage right away, and doesnt record sound. so if you bring it into your editor, it will show 100% speed, but it will already be slowed down to 40% (for 60fps in a 24fps timeline). the bitrates are the exact same, so quality wise they should basically be the same.
No 4k 30p available for xAVC-Hs?? Fujifilm is looking more and more like a better brand than sony. Sony doesn't even support the way cheaper cfexpress type B cards (1TB for $650 CAD).
My Sony 7 IV is comming tomorrow and I just realised that the settings, like not having 30 fps in H.265 is just too weird. Also that you can't shoot at All Intra at 30 fps with the V60 is non sense, and there is the crop too in 4k 60p, even tho this camera shares the same processor than the A7s III. I feel like this camera is really bottlenecked by it's software, I am hoping for some nice updates in the future ;)
congrats! its a great camera. it definitely is weird. it was the same for the A7S III and it still hasnt been added. There HAS to be a specific reason for it but i just have no idea what it was. if its arbitrary than shame on Sony for at the very least not fixing it given that im sure they've gotten feedback on it. as far as the crop goes i already have noticed some overheating issues, and given its massive resolution and lower grade processor (compared to the A1) i cant see them ever giving no crop 60. they also i think really wanted to keep market for the A7S III because a lot of people are fine with 60 and dont need 120.
@@TymekStolarz The 1080p 120 fps on the A7IV is really really close in quality to the 4K 120 fps on the A7SIII. Somewhere here in UA-cam land you can find a video where a guy compared the two. Certainly for UA-cam videos, you really can't even tell the difference. He used the S&Q mode since it gives you 10-bit color.
@@huntstyle Yes i would agree that once it goes through youtube, atleast depending on what compression youtube decides to give you, 4k and 1080, regardless of frame rate end up looking very similar. Personally i still shoot everything in 4k, and used to edit in a 4k timeline with 4k output, but with some of my more complicated projects i started to do 1080 timelines with 1080 outputs to make editing easier. although faint, i could in fact tell the difference between the two, i am not sure how much different a true 1080 recording, timeline and output would differ from a 4k recording, 1080 timeline and output though.
thank you
and thank you! i hope you have a great day :)
Yeah weird that my v60 card can not shoot any All-I codec. Speed wise it should be no issue.
Yea there’s a couple of those weird situations, not exactly sure why they happen though
Thannnkyouuuu...
Not a problem :) Glad I could help.
Thank you for your video. However, my 10bit 422 footage in 4K XAVC S is stuck and jumpy on V30...strange
very strange. and it only happens for a v30? and what do you mean by jumpy? the footage itself? on camera as well as when you bring it on to your computer?
@@TymekStolarz the clip skips frames, but it plays rather smoothly on the camera. The problems are on computer
@@TienChoihk what kind of computer do you have and what software are you using? its possible that the computer is skipping as its not able to play the footage smoothly.
@@TymekStolarz Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8265U CPU @ 1.60GHz 1.80 GHz
16gb ram
Win 10 up to Win 11
VLC player and MPV player both choppy. It seems to be a popular problem among people who have bought their laptop native in Win 10...it's the software, because someone said he has to open 10bit 422 files in Premier to view them
from what settings we need to use V60 real V60 .8bit 4k 30/60 fps and hdr using by phone .
Sorry what do you mean by using your phone?
@@TymekStolarz i meam using phone with SD card slot .
@@allstarbury thats a little tricker to know as every phone will be different. the best bet would be to look at the bitrate of the video settings you want to record in, and compare it to the memory cards. so a v30, 60, 90 card can all sustain 30,60,90 megabytes/sec, or 240, 480, 720 mega bits per second.
@@TymekStolarz more details .We have flagship phone .We want to record 4k60 fps and hdr .So now question is do we need V60 in this case .Yes its depend from bitrate thats correct but apcs and full frame mirrorles camera have highest bitrate but some phones still can record in pretty good quality .Cheers
@@allstarbury the bitrate for a phone doing 4k 60 could be even lower than a v30 card. i personally have no idea. to be safe, you might as well go with the v60.
super
Cfexpress for sony a7iv is type A or B
It is type a. Type b won’t fit
I got this ugly artifact when shooting XAVC HS on a V60 Lexar card. It happens when I go from a brighter scene to darker scene quickly, and it's not from the ISO changing because I tried with a set ISO, and it still did it. Doesn't happen in XAVC S. I was wondering if this was the card, or the camera. I was thinking that V60 was the minimum for XAVC S, but I guess that's only S&Q. I suppose it's not a huge deal, as I can't really tell any difference between HS footage and S footage. But still, if it's a camera issue, this thing is too expensive to not work properly!
You are better off to shoot in s instead of hs. Hs is heavily compressed, meaning it will have more weird artefacts.
@@tayo5302 good to hear, because I've heard most people saying HS is higher quality, or at least better for grading. But I compared the two and I can't tell a difference. I'll stick with S.
That is very strange, and i've personally never seen it or heard anyone else have this issue, with any of the codec's. I personally shoot everything in HS, as as you mention, visually its extremely difficult to tell the difference. I have a video comparing HS, S, S-i and all the frame rates for the A7S III, which isnt as comprehensive as it should have been, but still compares the image quality and I couldn't see any differences. the problem with S is that you can only shoot 10 bit with 4:2:2, and i much prefer to shoot with 4:2:0. only option to do 4:2:0 and 10 bit is with HS.
@@tayo5302 Did you also noticed the same thing?
@@huntstyle That is what I had read as well. lol and i also couldn't tell the difference, but as i mentioned earlier the 4:2:0/4:2:2 10 bit issue is the only reason i stick with HS. you mentioned you got it with a v60 lexar. did you try other cards?
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Is it okay to use only one sd card of v60 or should i occupy the two slots and use two v60 sd cards at the same time? is it necessary? what is the difference?
I always only record to 1 card and that totally okay. the only time youd want to record to 2 cards at once is if you were doing client work where the footage could not be lost. if for what ever reason one card was corrupted, very unlikely that the second card would also go bad.
just curious, do you know why a v90 card does not record in xavc-s-i-4k, 10-bit, 4:2:2 at 60fps in s & q mode but does so in movie mode?
honestly i have no clue as to why that is the case.
Polskie imię i nazwisko czy przypadek :)?
Tak, jestem Polakiem. Ale urodziłem się w Kanadzie. Nie mówię biegle po polsku i nie mogę pisać po polsku. Używam tłumacza google do tej odpowiedzi haha.
@@TymekStolarz super :) pozdrawiam dzięki za filmy są świetne :)
Dziękuję bardzo i życzę miłego dnia :)