Pyxis + Samsung T9 4GB Weirdness

Hello!

The Pyxis is the first Blackmagic camera we have purchased. So far I have been impressed with the Pyxis. Worth every penny.

Anyways, I attached a Samsung T9 4GB knowing it wasn't on the list of supported media. It showed up just fine. Once I formatted it it shows the formatting as "unknown."

I cannot select it to record on BUT if I go to the menu for setting the default recording media and select USB there, it records to the disk just fine.

Oddly enough, looking at the specs I can't be recording to a USB drive anyways at Constant Quality Q0 but I recorded for a few minutes and it never errored out.

So I am a bit confused but also happy to have a cheaper means to record than the cards. Is anyone else seeing this? I don't know if this is the Pyxis or the Samsung T9.

--jb

Perhaps, it may work mostly, but might not in all scenes have enough buffered throughput?

So at some settings it might be pretty solid, but at QO full-gate with detailed high frequency scenes, it might bonk on you?

That's my guess. From using SSD media on other BM cameras.

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...but at QO full-gate with detailed high frequency scenes, it might bonk on you?

Well, you have one point there, I only recorded at 24fps. At 36fps I am sure it will collapse. I will try that when I get home. I forgot the extreme numbers were at the max frame rates.

But the whole "unknown" thing is confusing. The camera was the formatter so it should recognize what it formatted the drive as, right?

I am not sure why people often seem to take a risk with their recording media when it is the only one thing between having reliable recorded footage and the job done or none at all/failed recordings and a problem with the client?
CFexpress media isn't exactly super expensive especially compared to CFast2.0 eight or nine years ago.

I am not sure why people often seem to take a risk with their recording media when it is the only one thing between having reliable recorded footage and the job done or none at all/failed recordings and a problem with the client?
CFexpress media isn't exactly super expensive especially compared to CFast2.0 eight or nine years ago.

A software update some time ago fixed the issue.

I have not had any issues with reliability using Samsung T9s.