Best SDXC UHS II Card for X-Pro 2

[RCL]

I am getting an X-Pro 2 next week.  I want a fast card that will take advantage of the X-Pro 2's UHS II compatible slot.  Lexar and other manufacturers have two speeds of UHS 2 cards, one of which is a lot more expensive and has double the read speed of the less expensive card.  I do not care that much about the read speed.  I am more concerned with the write speed, as I want to be able to shoot burst shots without waiting for the images to get saved and to shoot high definition video.  The card specs that I have seen do not state what the write speeds of the cards are.  Does anyone know whether the higher speed cards have an appreciably faster write speed, and if so, will it make a difference in the way the X-Pro 2 performs? 

[fordfanjpn]

I have a SanDisk SDHC II waiting for the X-Pro2 to arrive. According to the SanDisk website the write speed is "up to" 250MB/s. How that will translate in terms of performance remains to be seen, but I assume (hope) it will be a noticeable improvement. 

[haroldp]

The limiting factor is more likely the camera's port write speed, or some odd handshaking issue to the uhs II interface which does not sound fully baked yet to me.

 

I am measuring 90 mbs write speed on several uhs I sdxc cards and will stick to those until I see some tests.

 

Since I shoot both cards in backup mode anyhow, having one slot faster than the other does me no good.

[CRAusmus]

I try to stick with SanDisk or Lexar Professional for my cards (any of the top tier cards by these two is what I try for).  They've never failed me yet.

[Aswald]

In some countries, Fujifilm bundles the X-Pro2 with Sandisk. Says something I guess....

[milandro]

I think the bundles are shop driven rather than fuji as a brand 

 

My favorite shop sells a bundle with Lexar for example

 

http://www.kamera-express.nl/product/122061853/fujifilm-x-pro2-zwart-35mm-f-2-0-r-wr-zwart/

 

this too

 

http://www.cameraland.nl/digitale-systeemcameras/x-pro2-body-black/

Edited February 28, 2016 by milandro

[Aswald]

True, I use both Lexar and Sandisk on my cameras with great results.

[Pierre]

I use Lexar and Sandisk. Lexar is faster for transfer to a PC. It's the 2000X version.

[Aswald]

I use Lexar and Sandisk. Lexar is faster for transfer to a PC. It's the 2000X version.

Nice!

[Dakkie]

I going to order this lexar uhs 2.. 

 

http://www.dataio.nl/sdhc-16gb/?filtering=1&filter_snelheidsklasse=124

 

Is this a good card? 16gb is enough for me.

[milandro]

with 24MP and shooting Raw+Fine you may need a bigger card.

[fordfanjpn]

The only card I ever had go bad on me, i.e. become completely unusable, was a Lexar. However, judging from the popularity of the Lexar cards, it's possible that mine was just a bit of bad luck on my part. Still, I feel better knowing that I have SanDisk cards in my cameras. 

[Pierre]

I going to order this lexar uhs 2.. 

 

http://www.dataio.nl/sdhc-16gb/?filtering=1&filter_snelheidsklasse=124

 

Is this a good card? 16gb is enough for me.

The best one is this one : http://www.dataio.nl/lexar-32gb-sdhc-2000x-professional-uhs-ii-300mbs/

[elmacus]

Some hints here: http://www.cameramemoryspeed.com/

 

Sent from my Nexus 6 mobile

[flysurfer]

It's like the X-T1 situation.

 

Fastest cards:

 

1. Lexar 2000x 300 MB/s is the fastest

2. Toshiba Exceria Pro 260 MB/s is the second-fastest

3. SanDisk Extreme Pro 280 MB/s is the third-fastest

[eavesphoto]

Here's a article with the X Pro 2 and the LEXAR 2000x SD card

 

http://macleancomms.blogspot.fr/2016/02/review-x-pro2-sd-memory-card-buffer-test.html?m=1

[bowthing]

I'm using SanDisk cards in both slots, a 280Mb in 1, and 95Mb in 2.  Curiously, There is no difference in speed between "Backup" and "Sequential".  Shooting RAW+F, I get about 17 shots either way in 8fps burst mode before the buffer fills and the camera backs off.

[Mahalarp]

I'm currently owning 3 SDXC UHS II using with my X-T1 GS listed below.

 

• SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II 64GB SDXC
• Lexar UHS-II 2000x 64GB SDXC
• Toshiba Exceria Pro UHS-II 64GB SDXC

What I can say is don't believe in MB/s printed on the card

 

Sandisk said 280MB/s(read) - when I test with Blackmagic it's 233/128 MB/s (Read/Write)

Lexar said 300MB/s(read) - when I test with Blackmagic it's 257/190 MB/s (Read/Write)

Toshiba said 260MB/s(read) - when I test with Blackmagic it's 237/205 MB/s (Read/Write)

 

Currently Toshiba seem to be the most reliable to me. I don't care much about Reading speed but Writing speed that you will see the effect on continue high speed mode.Also the body cover of the card, Toshiba feel the most tough. Lexar is my second best option and I will never buy Sandisk again.

[SithTracy]

I can say the Transcend cards work great - http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-64GB-Class-UHS-II-TS64GSD2U3/dp/B015E8K868/