Best Memory Cards for Canon 5D Mark IV

For those looking to buy the best SD or CF memory cards for Canon 5D Mark IV, this guide should help you get started.

If you are a new owner or want to buy this camera first let us give some information about what type of cards you can use.

The Canon 5D Mark IV comes with dual SD and CF memory card slots. You can now either use SD memory cards as your primary storage, or if you need more speed you can use CF cards. This camera doesn’t take the full advantage of UHS-II type cards meaning your speed will go as high as what UHS-I allows (which is 104MB/s).

Our recommendation for SD memory card is the SanDisk Extreme PRO 32GB. For CF memory card you can look at the Lexar Professional 1066x 64GB. It is faster than the SD model above by ~25MB/s when used with the EOS 5D IV. These cards are affordable and available from major brands.

Recommended Memory Cards for Canon 5D Mark IV

All these memory cards for Canon 5D Mark IV are fast enough to be used for both video and continuous shooting without experiencing any delay. We recommend you to get 128GB or higher if you mainly shoot 4K videos.

Now let’s look at the other SD and CF card models in this segment that we recommend. Below you will find our best choices. They are cheap, super fast excellent for bursts, RAW shooting and 4K videos.

Best SD memory cards for Canon 5D Mark IV

• SD – SanDisk Extreme PRO 32GB (95MB/s)
• SD – Lexar Professional 2000x 64GB U3 (300MB/s)

Best CF memory cards for Canon 5D Mark IV

• CF – Lexar Professional 1066x 64GB
• CF – SanDisk’s Extreme Pro 1066x 64GB

These memory cards for Canon 5D Mark IV are cheap, super fast and excellent for RAW shooting and 4K videos.