Best Memory Cards for Sony A6000

Looking for the best Sony A6000 memory cards? We’ve picked out the 3 best available on the market.

The A6000 has 1 x SD memory card slot that supports UHS-I speed. It can shoot 11fps and records Full HD videos.

In order to get the most out of your A6000, you’ll need a fast and reliable memory card. A bad one will leave you with lots of delay and faulty videos, so keep on reading to see what we recommend.

What Size & Speed?

The Sony A6000 can use UHS-I type of cards and you won’t see any benefit from UHS-II as the camera is not able to utilize those faster speeds (like most other cameras today). They still fit, but the A6000 will perform just the same as if you used an UHS-I card. In a way this is good news, since you don’t have to spend too much money here and are fine with cards at around ~$30 (for 32GB).

Speed Class of SD Cards

These are the best 3 SDHC/SDXC memory cards you can get:

• SanDisk Extreme Pro 95MB/s UHS-I U3
• Lexar Professional 95MB/s UHS-I U3
• Transcend R95/W60MB/s UHS-I U3

SanDisk Extreme Pro 95MB/s UHS-I U3

The SanDisk 64GB Extreme Pro 32GB U3 is our favorite card, seeing as it’s inexpensive and provides writing and reading speeds near 90MB/s. If you’re looking for that one card, this is it.

The speed makes it perfect for the Sony A6000 or whatever other camera you may own in the future; fast bursts with large megapixel cameras, 4K video, let alone Full HD. It comes in 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB sizes.

You can buy it at Amazon or see more reviews here.

Lexar Professional 300MB/s UHS-II U3

The Lexar Professional 300MB/s UHS-II U3 offers faster speeds for both writing and reading files. We just said above that the Sony A6000 won’t benefit from it since it can’t take advantage of the extra speed offered by UHS-II (it will simply work as if you put in an UHS-I card), but if you transfer a lot of shots almost every day, you’ll appreciate the much faster transferring speeds to your computer.

Don’t have a memory card reader that supports such speeds? Luckily you get a free Lexar UHS-II reader along this card that will greatly reduce the waiting time. You also get a free downloadable Imaging Rescue software. It comes in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB sizes. And in case you ever decide to upgrade to a newer model, chances are it’ll support UHS-II so you’re covered. We recommend this Lexar card only if you’re annoyed with your current slow sharing speeds.

You can buy it at Amazon or see more reviews here.

Transcend R95/W60MB/s UHS-I U3

The most affordable on our list, yet still UHS-I, is the Transcend 64GB UHS-I U3. In terms of reading speed it goes up to 95MB/s, while for writing the maximum is 60MB/s.

Transcend, just like Lexar above, gives you the option of downloading their free image recovery program and they both work pretty good in most cases. It comes in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB sizes.

You can buy it at Amazon or see more reviews here.

Comparison of the 3 Memory Cards

What Brand is the Best?

Your photographs and videos are stored on a memory card, so you should definitely not try to save any money here by buying from unknown, cheap brands. While you save a few bucks, you probably won’t even get the advertised speeds, and are at a bigger risk of losing your shots.

We see too many beginners choosing the cheap route here, but until you transfer your shots to a computer/online, this is where they’re stored at. You want the memory card to be the most reliable piece of your equipment!

Stick to Sandisk, Lexar, Transcend, Kingston, Sony and Toshiba. There may be a few other good brands out there, but the ones we mentioned are already more than enough and offer great prices.

Last Updated on September 14, 2021 by Nick Voorhees