Compatible memory cards
You can use the following memory card types with your camera:
- CF (Type I, UDMA mode 7-compatible)
- SD
- SDHC (UHS-I cards)
- SDXC (UHS-I cards)
- MMC
- MMCplus
Video considerations
Videos can take up a significant amount of storage space. The camera also needs to write to the card memory at a higher rate than when shooting still images.
| Video recording format |
Read/write speed |
| ALL-I |
CF card - 30 MB/seconds or faster
SD card - 20 MB/seconds or faster |
| IPB (standard) |
CF card - 30 MB/seconds or faster
SD card - 20 MB/seconds or faster |
| IPB (light) |
CF card - 10 MB/seconds or faster
SD card - 4 MB/seconds or faster |
Good to know
- ALL-I and IPB are different modes of video compression. Both are h.264 videos output in .mov.
- ALL-I is an intraframe method of video compression. File sizes are about three times larger than IPB but the quality is higher.
- IPB uses interframe compression which provides a good balance of quality and reduced file size.
- If you use a slow-writing card when shooting videos, it may not record properly. Also, if you play back a video from a card with a slow reading speed, the movie may not play back properly.
- You need an even faster card if you want to shoot still photos while shooting a movie.
