Fujifilm X-PRO2: Memory Cards Speed

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These are not all the SD memory cards available, but the ones tested with the Fujifilm X-PRO2. | SD Memory Card | USB3 Read | USB3 Write | X-PRO2 Write | |:————————————————|:——————|:——————|:——————-| | UHS-II | | | | | Lexar 64GB 2000x UHS-II | 272.7 MB/s | 244.5 MB/s | 108.35 MB/s | | Toshiba 64GB UHS-II | 258.8 MB/s | 226.5 MB/s | 102.80 MB/s | | Transcend 64GB UHS-II | 290.2 MB/s | 182.1 MB/s | 100.40 MB/s | | Lexar 64GB 1000x UHS-II | 147.4 MB/s | 78.4 MB/s | 66.39 MB/s | | | | | | | UHS-I | | | | | Sandisk Extreme Pro 64GB U3 | 98.6 MB/s | 90.8 MB/s | 77.24 MB/s | | Kingston 64GB U3 | 98.1 MB/s | 90.4 MB/s | 75.15 MB/s | | Sandisk Extreme Plus 64GB U3 | 99.0 MB/s | 64.4 MB/s | 56.91 MB/s | | Lexar 633x 64GB U3 | 93.3 MB/s | 67.3 MB/s | 56.58 MB/s | | Transcend 64GB U3 | 96.7 MB/s | 68.4 MB/s | 54.29 MB/s | | Sandisk Extreme 64GB U3 | 72.43 MB/s | 54.1 MB/s | 48.55 MB/s |

  • These cards were tested as of January 2017.
  • The X-PRO2 has a buffer size of 1GB.
  • Estimated number of uncompressed shots until the buffer fills up: 20-29 depending on the SD card. The camera starts writing to the SD card as soon as the first image is processed.
  • Estimated time to clear the buffer: between 10 seconds to 50 seconds depending on the SD card.

The X-PRO2 supports: * SD memory cards up to 2GB * SDHC memory cards up to 32GB * SDXC memory cards up to 256GB

The cards can either be: UHS-I or UHS-II, but only slot 1 support the UHS-II SD cards.