The newly announced Nikon D850 (Amazon/ B&H/ Adorama) has two memory card slots. One is XQD card slot and the other is SD card slot. If you are taking 4K video with Nikon D850, you need a fast card. Here are a list of top recommended UHS-II SD memory cards and XQD memory cards for Nikon D850 DSLR camera.
Recommended UHS-II SD memory cards for Nikon D850:
The fastest UHS-II SD memory card is Sony’s newly released SF-G UHS-II SDXC card, the write speed is up to 299 MB/s. The Lexar Professional 2000x UHS-II SDXC card is another best selling UHS-II SD card, which is cheaper than SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II SDXC card.
| Cards | Max. Read Speed | Max. Write Speed | Check Price |
| Sony SF-G UHS-II SDXC | 300 MB/s | 299 MB/s | Amazon/ B&H/ Adorama |
| Lexar Professional 2000x UHS-II SDXC | 300 MB/s | 260 MB/s | Amazon/ B&H/ Adorama |
| SanDisk Extreme PRO 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 |
| Delkin Devices Cinema SDXC UHS-II | 280 MB/s | 250 MB/s | Amazon/ B&H/ Adorama |
| Sony M Series UHS-II SDXC | 260 MB/s | 100 MB/s | B&H/ Adorama |
| Lexar Professional 1000x UHS-II SDXC | 150 MB/s | 75 MB/s | Amazon/ B&H/ Adorama |
Recommended XQD Memory Card for Nikon D850:
The XQD cards are much faster than SD cards. The read speed is up to 440MB/s. Currently there are three kinds of XQD cards. See the details below:.
| Card | Max. Read Speed | Max. Write Speed | Check Price |
| Lexar 2933x XQD 2.0 | 440 MB/s | 400 MB/s | Amazon/ B&H/ Adorama |
| Sony XQD G Series | 440 MB/s | 400 MB/s | Amazon/ B&H/ Adorama |
| Sony XQD M Series | 440 MB/s | 150 MB/s | Amazon/ B&H/ Adorama |
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