I’m on several Canon EOS R5 mirrorless camera related blogs, and a question frequently comes up about what type of memory cards to use. After spending $7K on an R5 + battery grip + 24-70mm f2.8L, don’t go on the cheap with a $19.95 dollar store special CFexpress (CFx) memory card.

You’ve already melted your credit card, and your spouse hasn’t spoken to you for a month, so what’s another couple of hundred bucks for a decent memory card? That’s what your extra kidney can be sold and used to pay for the bill.

Seriously, the devil is in the details as they always boast about speed, usually the “read” speed. Who cares what the read speed is, as the problem is getting the data on the card and not pulling the data from the card.

Before buying the memory card, do two things. (1) Check the card specifications for the WRITE speed, and (2) check the camera manufacturer’s recommended memory card list. Click this link for the Canon EOS R5 Recommended Memory Cards.

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