Just Purchased

[Samir Patel]

Hi everyone. I just pulled the trigger and purchased a RED Scarlet package last Friday and now just patiently waiting for it to arrive in the mail. The wait is killing me. I've been away from serious creative/film making for 7 years but am ready to jump back into it full time and I have a question for you all. I will likely for the next few months just be getting a feel for the camera and taking on small jobs, nothing major. I haven't purchased the Red Mags yet and expect to do so after the price drop. Thinking about purchasing a 256GB Red Mag. Would you suggest I go with two 128GB ones instead? Has anyone here ever had one of the mags fail? I would hate to be on a job and lose all of the footage if I had it stored on just a 256GB. But then again I think having the larger card would be great in not having to swap out so often. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Samir Patel
RED Scarlet #TBD

[Dominick Pietrzak]

Hey, congratulations! You're gonna love it.

I think it's best to have more than one card, especially for offloading on site. If you only have one card you can't swap out to a different one while downloading the other. I have 4x 64GB cards and it works out great. Great to have a 3rd one to fall back on if the first 2 are still not downloaded.

[Samir Patel]

Thanks Dominick! Yes I was thinking about that if I wanted to offload on site it would be best to have two cards. I also enjoyed the video on your website.

Samir

[Bob Gundu]

Two cards for sure. Don't worry, they have never failed me.

[michaelk@RED]

Hi Samir,

Welcome to the club. Let us know if we can help you with anything.

Regards,

[Dominick Pietrzak]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

Thanks Dominick! Yes I was thinking about that if I wanted to offload on site it would be best to have two cards. I also enjoyed the video on your website.

Samir

[Samir Patel]

Thanks Bob and Michael.

[Mike Lary]

Hi Samir,

Having multiple cards is the safer way to go and it could speed things up on set. Setting a percent limit on fill capacity is a good practice as well. That way data copy doesn't become a bottleneck. The likelihood of something going wrong with a mag is very low, but you can buy a little insurance by getting your data off the cards and backed up (2-3 copies) as soon as possible.

Have fun with your new camera!

[Jon Jones]

Yeah 2 cards is def. a minimum amount of cards. And with the cost of cards going down then you can afford a third one soon!

[Philipe Ratton]

Welcome brother.
2 cards.