I think we could summarise....
The T5, which is currently the most affordable SSD available that works with BRAW cameras is looking like it's going EOL. That's my guess from reading posts here. I have no other special knowledge.
The T7 which Samsung would have you believe replaces the T5 doesn't work. And by the way, did anyone try one out on the BMD speed test app as suggested to see what it reports back ?
There are other certified and confirmed media options that are still currently available. A list that BMD publish is still incredibly relevant and has multiple options.
There are specialised media providers like Angelbird who also make their own media specifically for the BMD cameras, mostly likely at some increase in cost because that's how it works...it's no longer a commodity item bought in the millions.
You want specially made for BMD with BMD consulting ? It already exists.
https://www.angelbird.com/category/blac ... esign-210/They do SSD, CFAST and SD cards.
Hey I use them. I love them in fact and they're a great company. No I didn't get paid by them or any special deals. I have emailed the owner though and they're very responsive.
Any "special" making of media takes up a huge amount of time and R&D to keep it certified, because they all use components that are commodity items with short manufacturing cycles. If BMD were to do this you'd end up with what special unicorn media like RED did (and look how that worked out for them)
https://www.cinema5d.com/red-mini-mag-a ... ond-video/ By the way the whole redmag controversy is likely because they are dealing with issues precisely like this where a manufacturing line stops after 18 months, after they've done all the work to specify a certain part.
So lets go to something very high end and reliable like what Codex do.
$2380 for 1TB.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/ ... e_1tb.htmlI bet if you break that open you'll find a version of consumer memory in there, just like the jinimag.
If you're relying on a commodity item that's adapted from another purpose then that's just great luck that it works and is so cheap without having to pay for special media.
There's no responsibility on BMD's behalf to somehow force Samsung to keep making those cheap consumer SSDs that they surely ship in the hundreds of thousands to fit the esoteric demands on a few BMD owners.
That's maybe hard to comprehend for an end consumer, but really, Samsung are more interested in the lowest costs for the maximum number of users, and that's not us.
Any "special" relationship will simply be Samsung, likely doing what they do to Angelbird(for example) or Codex or RED saying, sure we'll sell you some appropriate memory cells, but they sell them at a greater wholesale cost than what they are for their own marketed memory. All those examples of branded special media are massively marked up.
This is just business. There's nothing nefarious in it, and more importantly, USB SSD's are not going away, there's plenty of options out there THAT WORK TODAY and there will always be options as long as you pay the premium price (still cheaper that CFAST) for that use.
Throwing all your toys on the ground because the REALLY cheap option went away isn't on BMD. There's no cloudy future here. Plenty of SSD's available. Plenty will always be available. You just have to pay a little more than you want to or are used to paying, but still less than CFAST.
Complaining about the cost of media with a camera that's main selling feature is the amazing quality it achieves by using a lot of media seems a bit incongruous. That's part of the buy-in logic of shooting a RAW 12 bit codec or 10 bit ProRes isn't it ?
JB