Best Memory Cards for Sony Alpha a1 (ILCE-1)

The Sony Alpha 1 (B&H/Adorama/Amazon) is Sony’s newest flagship full frame mirrorless camera announced in late January, 2021. Sony Alpha 1 has a newly designed 50.1MP full-frame Exmor RS BSI CMOS sensor and the BIONZ XR processing engine. Like Sony a7S III, Alpha 1 has two memory card slots, both support CFexpress Type A cards and UHS-II SD cards. Looking for recommended memory cards for Sony Alpha 1 ? We have tested and reviewed latest memory cards, and below are top recommended ones for Sony Alpha 1:

Best CFexpress Type A Card for Sony a1:

CFexpress Type A cards are ideally suited to high-speed continuous RAW still image shooting as well as 8K 30p & 4K 120p movie recording at high bit rates. If you are going to shoot 4K & 8K videos, CFexpress Type A cards are best choice for Alpha 1. These cards has max read speed at 800MB/s, and max write speed at 700MB/s.

Best UHS-II SD Cards for Sony a1:

Other than CFexpress Type A cards, the best memory card choice for Sony Alpha 1 is UHS-II SD memory cards. Currently the fastest & toughest UHS-II SD memory card is Sony’s best selling SF-G UHS-II Tough SD card, this card has fastest read speed at 300 MB/s & write speed at 299 MB/s. You can take a look at recommended UHS-II SD cards for Sony Alpha 1 below:

Best UHS-I SD memory cards for Sony a1:

The UHS-I SD memory cards are much cheaper than CFexpress and UHS-II SD cards. Currently the fastest UHS-I SD card is from SanDisk, the SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-I SDXC card has max read speed at 170MB/s and max write speed at 90MB/s. Take a look at recommended UHS-I SD cards for Sony a1: