Drive Storage? EX1
 

Hi Folks,

Can someone please tell me how much drive space I would need to hold 40 hours of 1080 footage from the EX1?

I'm looking at these for storage and backup:
LaCie | 500GB Rugged All-Terrain Triple Interface | 301371 | B&H

2 week shoot in the Himalayas.

Big thanks :)

16 GB gives slightly over 50 minutes, so for 40 hours you will need around 760 GB.

Well done Nick :)

My mind always aches when I have to crunch the numbers.

Anyone have any thoughts on the Lacie Rugged Drives?

Take 2 with you together with a laptop that is SxS compatible. Worked for me whilst I shot a doco in Israel over Dec/Jan. Very light weight and bus powered (at least from my MacBook Pro & FW800) Backed all the data up to both drives via XDCAM EX Clip Browser every night.

After my arrival home, I again transferred the files (from one of my Ruggeds) to 2 internal drives (2 additional copies again) in my Mac Pro.

Editing of doco going great.

Best wishes for your adventure.

Sounds great David.

Big thanks and best wishes for your film :)

Its called a NEXTO 2725 + SBAC-US10 + 12V battery

Google it.

I have found the ruggeds to be the perfect drive to backup to on shoots - bus powered, big capacity for their size, and most important of all - reliable.

No major insight really - just giving credit where its due.

Most of all, be sure to put the data on two drives. If you assume that one will fail, and always make a backup, you'll be OK.