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List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 10:50 pm
by Tony Rivera
Here is the list of CFast cards that have cleared our approval for the URSA Cameras.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 8:31 pm
by Tony Hudson
Hi Tony, where did you find the "Wise" card to test it? I've searched everywhere online and can find only a couple of mentions on a Korean and Taiwan website, but nowhere to actually purchase.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 7:30 pm
by rick.lang
Tony Hudson, I suspect these cards are like Lexar's CFast 2 cards, tested by BMD before they are released to retail. So the wait for an alternative to the Sandisk cards continues.


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Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 5:34 pm
by Tony Hudson
Thanks for the perspective, Rick.

It's funny, I've never bought a camera before for which media was simply unavailable! Luckily my immediate need has gone away, so I'll just join the wait.

Perhaps Blackmagic should consider creating their own Cfast media....

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Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 6:37 pm
by rick.lang
Tony Hudson wrote:... Perhaps Blackmagic should consider creating their own Cfast media....

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Other companies have offered proprietary media and I think it's fair to say that increases cost. BMD has tried to go with industry standards or create their own solution within the framework of industry standards. They could contract to a foundry to build CFast 2 cards to their own specifications, but in a way that is happening in that some of the industry is adapting their products to ensure it is compatible with this new generation of digital film cameras, examples are currently Digistor, Lexar, and now Wise. It's going to make the price of media fall. The LEXAR 3400x 256GB card is the same price now as the Sandisk 120GB card earlier this year.

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Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:45 pm
by Ricky Gil
How about a list of approved cfast 1.0 cards that are good for 1080...80fps???
I'm currently using my shuttle2 to record externally because I haven't needed to shoot in 4k...so, I've been able to forgo paying the current ridiculously overpriced cfast2.0 cards. That being said, I would much rather be recording internally for the many obvious reasons.
I've read a few post regarding the atomos cards working fine, curious has anyone experimented with other brands???

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 4:15 pm
by Pedro Paiva
I'm getting dropped frames with the 60GB Sandisk Cards when shooting 4k 60fps ProRes HQ
Funny enough this is the only card currently available in the market and it doesn't work as it should.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:30 pm
by Walter Kolie
Ricky Gil wrote:How about a list of approved cfast 1.0 cards that are good for 1080...80fps???
I'm currently using my shuttle2 to record externally because I haven't needed to shoot in 4k...so, I've been able to forgo paying the current ridiculously overpriced cfast2.0 cards. That being said, I would much rather be recording internally for the many obvious reasons.
I've read a few post regarding the atomos cards working fine, curious has anyone experimented with other brands???




Atomos card not working properly!!!
On HD ProRes 422 25 fps I have drop frames and audio loses sync.
Sometimes takes 40-50 minutes with no problems, while sometimes it starts droping frames after one minute.
I have last firmware 2.0.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:48 pm
by Peter J. DeCrescenzo
Important message from Kristian Lam concerning Sandisk CFast 2.0 cards:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=32234

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 3:14 am
by Paul Stone
Ricky Gil wrote:How about a list of approved cfast 1.0 cards that are good for 1080...80fps???
I'm currently using my shuttle2 to record externally because I haven't needed to shoot in 4k...so, I've been able to forgo paying the current ridiculously overpriced cfast2.0 cards. That being said, I would much rather be recording internally for the many obvious reasons.
I've read a few post regarding the atomos cards working fine, curious has anyone experimented with other brands???


I don't imagine BM will approve any CFast 1.0 cards to be honest. From what I've read you can just about scrape by if you're shooting 1080p at low framerates under certain, specific conditions (i.e. right version of prores, right card formatting, etc), but it seems too patchy to be encouraged.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 9:31 am
by Sean Simpson
What about the Wise 64GB cards? Not on any of the lists. Anyone have experience with those wise cards? Also the list needs updating for raw 3:1 codec and 80fps compatible cards.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:16 pm
by Aldis Garsvo
Using a 120GB SanDisk card shooting at 29.97 FPS HD, it suddenly crashed with about 60GB of data. The camera's firmware was version 2.0. I contacted SanDisk and the engineer a very helpful nice guy I may add, recommended to set the camera's firmware back to 1.9.10 when using the 120GB card.

The card has been returned to SanDisk for failure analysis. Fortunately, Sandisk will also try to recover the lost data. Needless to say, wonderful customer support by SanDisk.

I have a week-long production next week using both a 120GB and the new 128GB card. We'll see...

Aldis Garsvo
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Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 2:12 am
by Maurizio Zappettini
Does anybody know if the newest Sandisk CFast 2.0 SDCFSP-128G-A46A has fixed the issue present in the previous batch? Thanks.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:42 pm
by Johnny Harris
Has anybody experienced a crash WITH a card from the approved list when pushing the Ursa?

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 2:52 pm
by Dan Michael Hodges
Two shoot days officially in the can with the new Sandisk 128GB with no problems Nothing fancy as far as sustained high frame rates but it's done it's job being filled up a few times.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 8:51 pm
by Johnny Harris
Dan Michael Hodges wrote:Two shoot days officially in the can with the new Sandisk 128GB with no problems Nothing fancy as far as sustained high frame rates but it's done it's job being filled up a few times.


Mind telling me if you shot raw and the resolution?

Thanks

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 11:53 am
by Dan Michael Hodges
Johnny Harris wrote:
Mind telling me if you shot raw and the resolution?

Thanks


Nothing fancy. 4k prores @24p. Still, I thought it was worth noting given the lack of information (and my obvious relief). Unfortunately, I won't be able to do any additional testing for atleast another week. Hopefully by then BM and others will have come to a conclusion.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 3:44 pm
by Johnny Harris
Dan Michael Hodges wrote:
Johnny Harris wrote:
Mind telling me if you shot raw and the resolution?

Thanks


Nothing fancy. 4k prores @24p. Still, I thought it was worth noting given the lack of information (and my obvious relief). Unfortunately, I won't be able to do any additional testing for atleast another week. Hopefully by then BM and others will have come to a conclusion.


Thanks! Anything and everything helps ;) since these cards are pretty expensive and a decision on which to get is not to be taken lightly.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2015 12:38 pm
by Jacob Pattinson
has the sandisk dying in camera issue been solved ?

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Fri May 22, 2015 7:06 pm
by DavidDamen
Just wanted to leave some info about a card reader.

Do not use the Lexar CR1 USB 3.0 reader. We averaged a very unstable speed of 25mbs/sec. We looked up a lot of info on it. It seems others were having similar issues.

Cheers

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Fri May 22, 2015 9:37 pm
by Pavel Lavrov
DavidDamen wrote:Just wanted to leave some info about a card reader.

Do not use the Lexar CR1 USB 3.0 reader. We averaged a very unstable speed of 25mbs/sec. We looked up a lot of info on it. It seems others were having similar issues.

Cheers


The best and fastest reader would be direct sata interface in PC.... With somy DIY it would be possible.


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Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Sun May 24, 2015 3:48 pm
by rick.lang
DavidDamen wrote:Just wanted to leave some info about a card reader.

Do not use the Lexar CR1 USB 3.0 reader. We averaged a very unstable speed of 25mbs/sec. We looked up a lot of info on it. It seems others were having similar issues.

Cheers


I think Lexar realizes their CR1 product may not be up to snuff. They have a new product, CR2, that supports Thunderbolt2 and USB 3 "coming soon" according to B&H Photo. Costs more, but this could be the fastest reader available when it launches, and when it comes to workflow around these precious CFast 2 card, time is money.

Lexar also offers a HR2 hub (TB2/USB3) which has four slots for you to mix and match CR2s and DD512 flash storage units (store up to 512GB each, USB3). So your DIT could grab your CFast 2 cards, insert it into a CR2 (standalone or use a slot of the hub) and quickly offload via the HR2 hub to 2TB of portable storage for later transfer to your edit suite. I'm not a salesman, just I like these Lexar options.

http://www.lexar.com/workflow?category=203

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Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2015 8:02 pm
by Chad Capeland
Has anyone used these readers?

Easy to mount 2 of them to a 4U or 5U ingest station, each gets it's own USB 3.0 connection, so 5Gb/s per card. That Lexar hub looks interesting, but I'd rather see the CR2's rackmounted 4 wide in a 1U face. I know a lot of users will want a desktop dock, but for DIT racks, it's not ideal.

I'm a bit surprised that SATA3 docks for CFast aren't around. I figured they would be perfect matches.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 7:17 am
by Kristian Lam
The following CFast 2.0 cards were added to the URSA supported list:

Transcend 128GB CFX650
Transcend 256GB CFX650

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Wed Jun 24, 2015 10:50 pm
by Chad Capeland
Sean Simpson wrote:What about the Wise 64GB cards? Not on any of the lists. Anyone have experience with those wise cards? Also the list needs updating for raw 3:1 codec and 80fps compatible cards.


I have the same question about the Lexar 64GB cards. I know the 32GB ones have much lower write speed, but the 64GB cards are listed by Lexar as having the same write speeds as the 128GB and 256GB cards.

EDIT: The list has been updated, the 64GB cards are supported.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 12:26 am
by Tristan Pemberton
Is the list of approved CFast 2.0 cards also approved for URSA Mini 4.6k? Or will a new list be created for that?

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 10:47 pm
by Tony Rivera
Tristan Pemberton wrote:Is the list of approved CFast 2.0 cards also approved for URSA Mini 4.6k? Or will a new list be created for that?

If there is a different list put together for the 4.6k cameras, we will have it updated on the support page with a link to that list posted on the forums as well.

List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 5:19 pm
by John Simatos
Just wanted to be certain before I buy one, has anyone used the Wise 256GB 2.0 Cfast cards and had any luck?

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 3:13 pm
by Demetrius Spencer
I received my C-Box system that allows me to use my SSD Drives with the C-Fast cards slots on the URSA Mini. The unit is extremely sturdy. I placed the SSD Drives in the unit and tried to shake them out, but the wouldn't bulge... I'm using two 1TB hard drives from digistor.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 4:21 pm
by eli Herman
Are the Delkin CFast 2.0 cards qualified to work with the Ursa cameras?
Adorama is offering the 128GB on sale for $250.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 8:50 pm
by Tony Rivera
eli Herman wrote:Are the Delkin CFast 2.0 cards qualified to work with the Ursa cameras?
Adorama is offering the 128GB on sale for $250.

Those are not on the list of approved CFast Cards we've currently tested.

Re: Lexar 3600x 256 & 128 GB CFast

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 3:28 pm
by Scott Stacy
Wondering if BMD will be approving the new Lexar 3600x 256 CFast card for the Ursa Mini 4.6k. Lexar shows these cards as being compatible on their website: http://www.lexar.com/cardcompatibility

This Lexar website information could be confusing for those of us who have purchased the Mini and poised to buy the fastest CFast cards if they have not acquired a formal BMD stamp of approval.

These cards are now available at B&H.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 7:58 pm
by rick.lang
Although not quite the same as being on the BMD CFast 2 certified list, the Lexar compatibility list has proven accurate with regard to the new 3600x card. Someone on BMCuser acquired the card after having dropped frames on the 3400x card and the 3600x card performed flawlessly.


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Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 1:36 pm
by Scott Stacy
rick.lang wrote:Although not quite the same as being on the BMD CFast 2 certified list, the Lexar compatibility list has proven accurate with regard to the new 3600x card. Someone on BMCuser acquired the card after having dropped frames on the 3400x card and the 3600x card performed flawlessly.


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Thanks for the info, Rick.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 7:14 am
by LASHOOTER
I just saw a review of the C-box system and it seems like a very good option for even the highest frame rates with the URSA and URSA mini. At one time you could buy it for $325 on the kickstarter campaign, but it's now $500 on the website. Has anyone used the C-box for an actual production and if so...please post your results. Yes...it's another thing to mount on your camera, but non drop frames and non compressed media transfer rates pretty high it seems like a very good option.

Thoughts?

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 7:20 am
by John Simatos
LASHOOTER wrote:I just saw a review of the C-box system and it seems like a very good option for even the highest frame rates with the URSA and URSA mini. At one time you could buy it for $325 on the kickstarter campaign, but it's now $500 on the website. Has anyone used the C-box for an actual production and if so...please post your results. Yes...it's another thing to mount on your camera, but non drop frames and non compressed media transfer rates pretty high it seems like a very good option.

Thoughts?


I've heard nothing but amazing results, recently ordered one. Waiting for it to arrive. Willing to share my thoughts when it comes - as well as a comparison to my wise cfast cards which I've had no problem with so far.


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Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 10:19 pm
by Travis D. Brown
Does anyone know of a CFast card that will record 80fps RAW on the Ursa V1 sensor?
I can't seem to find that information anywhere.
Thanks!

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 6:22 am
by Jacob Pattinson
I bought Sandisk cfast cards when they 'were' approved and have had them replaced twice already.. is there gonna be a solution ?

i bought one lexar card that works fine but i dont want the money i spent on sandisk to go down the toilet

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 10:38 pm
by James Bradley
[quote="rick.lang"]Although not quite the same as being on the BMD CFast 2 certified list, the Lexar compatibility list has proven accurate with regard to the new 3600x card. Someone on BMCuser acquired the card after having dropped frames on the 3400x card and the 3600x card performed flawlessly.


Thank god for the 3600x working flawlessly for that user. I assumed it was okay because I saw it was compatible on the Lexar site, but I had not seen it on the BMD forums. Hopefully thats the case!

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:47 pm
by Jamie LeJeune
Is there are list anywhere yet that explains what cards are needed to shoot UHD 60 frames in ProRes444? All the BMD support info and manuals say is "shooting up to 30 frames per second 4K raw". Looking at the data rates, it appears that UHD ProRes444 in 60 frames is more data. So which cfast card will support it?

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:15 pm
by Ivon Visalli
Can anyone at BMD comment on the new Lexar 3600x CFast cards? Did they fail testing or have they not started/completed testing?

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 8:52 pm
by Scott Stacy
Yes ... it would be very helpful to know about the Lexar 3600x cards. The Lexar post indicate that it is approved. I would like to know for sure before I open up the two Lexar 3600x cards I ordered a while back. My 4.6k arrives tomorrow, and it would be nice to take it out for a spin. The Lexar 256GB 3400x have been discontinued. Some are available from China ...but.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 5:06 pm
by Matt White
On 4.6k EF I have been successfully recording to the 128gb 3600x cards using raw 3:1 and prores HQ. No issues to report yet.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 6:02 pm
by Scott Stacy
Matt White wrote:On 4.6k EF I have been successfully recording to the 128gb 3600x cards using raw 3:1 and prores HQ. No issues to report yet.


Thanks for chiming in, Matt.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 8:30 pm
by Matt White
Sure. I can test various settings if that is helpful. Let me know.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 1:15 am
by Kristian Lam
The Lexar 3600x are being tested right now.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 2:18 am
by Jamie LeJeune
Matt White wrote:Sure. I can test various settings if that is helpful. Let me know.


I'm curious about whether the x3600 can handle these modes:

4.6K raw 60fps (dual card recording)
4.6K raw 3:1 60fps (single card)
3840x2160 ProRes444XQ 40fps
2K raw (windowed) 120fps

I worry about spending all that cash on the x3600s to have them still drop frames.

With the pocket camera I laid out for the priciest legit Sandisk Extreme Pro SD cards on BM's official supported list and was burned when they still dropped frames in ProResHQ for nearly the first full year of use until BM finally ironed out the issue in the camera firmware. I realize that was a different camera, but you never know until you test.

Many thanks!

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 2:03 pm
by Scott Stacy
Kristian Lam wrote:The Lexar 3600x are being tested right now.


GREAT!!! Thanks!!

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 3:59 am
by Matt White
I did some tests.

Lexar 3600x 128gb cards formatted HFS+

Dual cards:

* [see below] RAW, 4.6k, 60fps = dropped frames. Kept recording on to the second card, and the first card was not corrupted.

RAW 3:1, 4.6k, 60fps = no dropped frames. Kept recording on to the second card, and the first card was not corrupted.

Single card:

RAW, 4.6k, 60fps = dropped frames

RAW 3:1, 4.6k, 60fps = no dropped frames.

3840x2160 ProRes444XQ does not provide option for 40fps, only 30fps and lower

2K raw (windowed): I set the sensor rate to 120fps and there were no dropped frames.

I hope that helps.

:)

EDIT:

I did more testing. In dual card mode, there are no dropped frames. I am not sure why I saw them initially. Hopefully further tests will determine.

Re: List of approved CFast Cards

PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 4:44 am
by Jamie LeJeune
Matt White wrote:I did some tests.

Lexar 3600x 128gb cards formatted HFS+

Dual cards:

RAW, 4.6k, 60fps = dropped frames. Kept recording on to the second card, and the first card was not corrupted.

RAW 3:1, 4.6k, 60fps = no dropped frames. Kept recording on to the second card, and the first card was not corrupted.

Single card:

RAW, 4.6k, 60fps = dropped frames

RAW 3:1, 4.6k, 60fps = no dropped frames.

3840x2160 ProRes444XQ does not provide option for 40fps, only 30fps and lower

2K raw (windowed): I set the sensor rate to 120fps and there were no dropped frames.

I hope that helps.

:)


Very helpful! Thank you so much!

Someone else posted in a different thread their experience with the 3400x Lexar cards and got similar results:

jasonparker wrote:Yeah the 3400x can't handle the data rate required for 60fps uncompressed raw. 3:1 and 4:1 work fine with these cards though.

from thread: https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=45765

The 3600x cost a high premium over the 3400x available on eBay, but it seems there's no difference in performance for Ursa Mini 4.6k so I might as well go with the 3400x.