Best Memory Cards for Canon EOS R6

The Canon EOS R6 (B&H/Adorama/Amazon) is one of the best selling Canon full frame mirrorless cameras released in 2020. Canon EOS R6 can shoot 4K video at 60p, and 12fps mechanical and 20fps electronic. Unlike Canon EOS R5, Canon EOS R6 has two SD card slots, both are support UHS-II SD cards. To max use of Canon EOS R6, you’d better get some UHS-II SD cards for it. We have tested and reviewed latest SD cards, and below are top recommended ones for Canon EOS R6:

Recommended UHS-II SD memory cards for Canon EOS R6:

Canon EOS R6 full frame mirrorless camera’s both SD card slots support UHS- II SD cards, so the best choice is to get a UHS-II SD memory card for it. Currently the fastest & toughest UHS-II SD memory card is Sony’s best selling SF-G UHS-II Tough SD card, this card has fastest read speed at 300 MB/s & write speed at 299 MB/s. The SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II SDXC card and Lexar Professional 2000x UHS-II SDXC card both has the same max read 300 MB/s and write speed 260 MB/s. Take a look at recommended UHS-II SD memory cards for Canon EOS R6 below:

Card Max. Read Speed Max. Write Speed Check Price
Sony SF-G Tough UHS-II SDXC 300 MB/s 299 MB/s Amazon/B&H/Adorama
SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II SDXC 300 MB/s 260 MB/s Amazon/B&H/Adorama
Lexar Professional 2000x UHS-II SDXC 300 MB/s 260 MB/s Amazon/B&H/Adorama
Hoodman Steel 2000x SDXC UHS-II 300 MB/s 260 MB/s Amazon/B&H/Adorama
ProGrade Digital UHS-II SDXC 300 MB/s 250 MB/s Amazon/B&H
Delkin Devices Power SDXC UHS-II 300 MB/s 250 MB/s Amazon/B&H
Sony SF-M Tough UHS-II SDXC 277 MB/s 150 MB/s Amazon/B&H/Adorama
Lexar Professional 1667x UHS-II SDXC 250 MB/s 90 MB/s Amazon/B&H/Adorama
Recommended UHS-I SD memory cards for Canon EOS R6:

The Canon EOS R6 can still use UHS-I SD memory cards. UHS-I SD cards are usually much cheaper than UHS-II SD cards, and some of UHS-I SD cards also have very fast read and write speed. For example, the SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-I SD cards has max read speed at 170MB/s, and max write speed at 90MB/s. Below are top recommended ones for Canon EOS R6:

Card Max. Read Speed Max. Write Speed Check Price
SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-I SDXC 170 MB/s 90 MB/s Amazon/B&H/Adorama
SanDisk Extreme UHS-I SDXC 150 MB/s 70 MB/s Amazon/B&H/Adorama
Lexar Professional 633x UHS-I SDXC 95 MB/s 45 MB/s Amazon/B&H/Adorama
PNY Elite Performance UHS-1 SDXC 95 MB/s Amazon/B&H/Adorama
Transcend UHS-I SDXC 95 MB/s 60 MB/s Amazon/B&H/Adorama