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640gb red drive

Jarred Land

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Moore's law has caught up to the RED DRIVE.... Starting Monday all RED DRIVEs shipped will have a 640GB capacity... Same Price as before ( $900 )

All customers with the 320GB on backorder will automatically be changed to the 640GB version, and hopefully shipped next week.

Just a heads up :)
 
wow....... Hold up!
What 'bout us... who have/has 320gb... Can it be replaceable/upgradable to 640gb?
 
640GB is cool to have. But I have only filled up my Red Drive to 75% once. I'm waiting to get anymore media until more specs for Epic come out. I just want to make sure that everything is fast enough for the increased data rates.
 
Man, this is going to excite/ piss off a lot of folks. I, for one, am an excited folk :-)
 
Jonathan Stevenson said:
Man, this is going to excite/ piss off a lot of folks. I, for one, am an excited folk :-)
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not really...

640 is an excessive amount of storage for the camera..

one would be certifiably insane to load up a drive to its max...

I shoot down to 90-75% full...

I dont dip into more than that on the red drive.
 
I wouldn't give directors 640GB. I try make them threat the Red format as film and not as video where we insert a tape and just roll.....:emote_headwall:
 
heh heh heh your right Ron... my bad :)

There is no current upgrade path for the 320gb drives.. but I will look into it.
 
Zakaree Sandberg said:
not really...

640 is an excessive amount of storage for the camera..

one would be certifiably insane to load up a drive to its max...

I shoot down to 90-75% full...

I dont dip into more than that on the red drive.
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Totally agree! Unless there was a write speed boost that accompanied this new 640GB drive I don't think I would want to put this into a productions hands. One of the first things I discuss with the 1st AC is when to dump a mag at a given percentage. I don't like to dip below 80% if we can help it at any given time and especially after lunch leading into hour 12. Could you imagine a 600GB dump at the end of the day? :ohmy:
 
gdv said:
I wouldn't give directors 640GB. I try make them threat the Red format as film and not as video where we insert a tape and just roll.....:emote_headwall:
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very very very true!!!!

ive been on sets where the director will just NOT CALL CUT!!

camera keeps speed and i keep sweating bullets.

those are also the shoots that production gives you the least amount of backup drive space to work with. nightmare
 
I see the point about not shooting excessivly, but if you are shooting a live show, which depending on a lot of things can often close in on 3 hrs it´s nice to know there is plenty of space and no need to worry.

I welcome 640Gb drives, and see the use for them.
 
for you guys that are sweating over the new size (Murphy's law, someone is always going to complain no matter what we do :) I am sure there are plenty of 320gb owners that will trade you theirs for your 640gb version, if it really bothers you that much :)
 
24h of 2k is an interesting thought!

but the day to day reality is we almost never went beyond 150GB on any job (regardless of resolution)

i hope this thread won't fill up with all kind of crazy update wishes ...

regards,
martin
 
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