View Full Version : Which SDXC card ?


Mike Wade
April 27th, 2013, 03:39 AM
Which SDXC card is required for the BMPCC ? 30 45 or higher MB/S ?

Philip Lipetz
April 27th, 2013, 06:55 AM
No one really knows. John Brawley says Sandisk Extreme Pro, but the website says Sandisk Extreme. it will probably depend on final testing after the DNG RAW is fully implemented.

Mike Wade
April 27th, 2013, 07:44 AM
Thanks. I was thinking for the Pro Res rather than for the Raw.

Ruben Kremer
April 27th, 2013, 11:07 AM
It's not officially known yet, but these are (well educated) best guesstimates:

ProRes (220Mbps HQ): at least 35 MB/sec write speed
Compressed RAW DNG (1.2:1 compression): at least 70MB/sec write speed, faster is recommended.

As with everything at this point: best guesstimates. No guarantees. No promises.

Kevin Duffey
April 29th, 2013, 11:28 PM
Are there even 70+mbps SDXC cards yet? I am not sure what speed the Lexar 600x is, but that seems to be the fastest one I can find.. at like $100+ for a 64GB it's not cheap. I'd want at least 2 256GB cards to be able to record for some time.

Other thing is, how fast will these transfer to the computer? I have a USB 3 SDXC doc, but it's not fast by any means.

Jeff Troiano
May 24th, 2013, 01:06 AM
I've ordered a couple of these.

SanDisk 64GB SDXC Memory Card Extreme Pro Class SDSDXPA-064G-A75

The SanDisk 64GB SDXC Memory Card Extreme Pro Class 10 UHS-I provides photographers and videographers with a high-speed SDXC memory card rated up to UHS Class 1, offering up to 95MB/s read and 90MB/s write speeds. This high-capacity card is specifically engineered for sustained burst shooting modes and HD video recording.