Best SD cards for digital cameras 2021

Designed for stills and video shooting, the SanDisk Extreme PRO is fast enough to keep up with all of today's best action cameras and has enough space to hold a week's worth of shots. With a speed class rating of V30, this 512GB SDXC UHS-I memory card supports read speeds of 170 MB/s and write speeds of 90 MB/s.

The PNY two-pack comes with double the room for half the price. This set includes two SD cards, each with the capacity to hold 16GBs of photos and video. Perfect for cameras and drones, this budget-friendly duo has max read speeds of 85 MB/s, and write speeds top out at 10 MP/s. It's plenty speedy enough for capturing Full HD video and big photo files and easily makes our list of one of the best SD cards for digital cameras.

The UHS-II technology in the Lexar Professional 256GB card gives you high-speed performance for action photography and full HD and 4K video. Perfect for mirrorless cameras, DSLRs, and drones, this Class 10 card has read transfer speeds of 250MB/s so you can work less and play more.

Today's professional camera bodies need a little more oomph under the hood. This 64GB offering from Sony's M Series is a UHS-II Class 10 that reads up to 260MB/s and writes up to 100MB/s. It's also waterproof and dustproof. When every second counts, this is the best micro SD card on the block.

Filmmakers, vloggers, and content curators need the speed and space of this 256GB V60 card from ProGrade Digital. It's lightning-fast, offering 130MB/s write speeds and 250MB/s read speeds, so it won't slow you down. When reliability and room are at the top of your wish list, go with ProGrade.

Never worry about space again with the SAMSUNG EVO Select 512GB microSDXC memory card. Perfect for recording 4K UHD video or high-resolution photos, this model from SAMSUNG is fast and reliable. This is a Class 10 card that reads at 100MB/s and has write speeds of 90MB/s. Built to last, this SAMSUNG card is magnetic proof, waterproof, temperature proof, and X-ray proof.

Don't fall into the trap of buying more room than you need. The strontium Nitro micro SD is a Class 10 card with 32GBs of room. That's just the right size for drones, action cameras, and stills cams. Plus, it has transfer speeds of up to 100MB/s, and it's waterproof, temperature proof, magnet proof, and X-Ray proof.

If you shoot in 4K or need max room for stills, grab this two-pack of cards from Gigastone. Read speeds are 100MB/s and write speeds are 60MB/s, and they're optimized for 4K video. Grab this deal if you record video on a DSLR, mirrorless, action, cam, video camera, or drone.

If you want maximum space at a minimal price, throw the Micro Center 256GB micro SD in your card now. It's a Class 10 card with 80MB/s read speeds and 15MB/s write speeds. It's not the fastest card around, but it'll work great for landscape and portrait photographers.