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Best Memory Cards for Nikon D5500

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The Nikon D5500 has a single SDHC/SDXC memory card slot and supports UHS-I type cards. UHS-II will work, but can only reach the max. speed of UHS-I which is 104MB/s and is more than enough for the D5500 for both photography and video.

Our favorite memory card is the SanDisk Extreme PRO 32GB. It’s super fast (95MB/s) and affordable, plus SanDisk is the most reliable memory card company out there.

Below you will find the best memory cards based on speed and price ratio. UHS-I has 3 different types, U1 is the slowest, U2 is medium and U3 cards are the fastest, which is why we only link to them.

Best memory cards for Nikon D5500:

 

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Our top pick: The best choice is the SanDisk Extreme PRO 32GB (95MB/s). It’s cheap, super fast excellent for bursts, RAW shooting and videos. It’s UHS-I U3 so you can expect maximum performance with the D5500, and it’s also perfect for many more advanced cameras as well.

You can buy it at Amazon or see more reviews here.

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The Lexar Professional 633x 32GB U3 also comes with Image Rescue 5 software (review here). Both memory card brands are fast and reliable, but the included software will save you from headaches if you accidentally delete your shots (it happens to all of us).

You can buy it at Amazon or see more reviews here.

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Transcend is another popular brand with more reviews on Amazon than most cards, and their Transcend 16GB UHS-I card is the cheapest option if you don’t shoot hundreds of images weekly, as you can store a little bit over 1,500 shots on it. It’s the cheapest but that’s because of U1 (minimum speed is 10MB/s).

You can buy it at Amazon or see more reviews here.

If you’ve found any other card, make sure it’s from a good brand like Lexar, SanDisk, Transcend or Toshiba, and that the speed is over 45MB/s (UHS-I type best as you can use it in newer cameras too).

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