Sony's guidance on which memory cards are best to get for the Sony a6100 isn't all that helpful. So here are my practical and up-to-date recommendations on what SD card to get for it to take full advantage of the camera's features.
Any current V30 UHS-I SD card handles the Sony a6000 just fine — but XAVC S video also needs a card of 64GB or larger, which is the real cause of the notorious 'does not support XAVC S movies' error. Here are solid picks plus the bitrates, formatting, and spec details behind them.
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