Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:06 am
Although it's cool that it's possible to edit BMCC camera-original footage on the SSD media drive, and to store other types of files there, just a word of caution:
Camera-original footage on the SSD should be carefully copied and completely backed-up (meaning at least 2 copies on 2 different drives/tapes) immediately after being shot, and before being used directly for editing.
Acquiring camera-original files typically represent many hours of preparation and work by skilled personnel, and often requires many thousands of dollars to produce on the day(s) of the shoot.
No recording media or hardware or computer system is perfect or infallible. Eventually they all fail. Having multiple backups -- that are known to be good copies -- is the only insurance against this inevitability.
Although there are a few (very few) categories of production where an exception might be made (breaking TV news? live event playback?), to avoid the risk of losing valuable production assets, make at least 2 backups of footage before editing them on the SSD, and if possible store each copy in a different location to guard against the risk of fire, theft, etc.
Cheers.