fps / data rates for various storage?

[dean merrill]

I've spent an hour trying to find this info, but cant track it down. Somewhere there was information posted about the max fps each storage device could handle ( cf card, red drive, red ram ). does anyone know where to find this?
thanks!
~Dean

 

[Joseph Hutson]

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Do you have an iPhone? That's the easiest, freeEST way to cowcoolate.

 

[Arun R]

At last 60fps 1080p cam here http://www.panasonic.net/avc/camcorder/hd/hs700_tm700_sd700/

 

[Stephen Gentle]

There's a good list of the current RED ONE data rates here - http://www.red.com/faq/what-are-the-maximum-frame-rates-for-cf-card-red-raid-and-red-ram-recording-media/.

Scarlet and Epic will probably end up being a little different.

 

[Joseph Hutson]

Scarlet and Epic will probably end up being a little different.

Yeah, I am curious as to how they calculate this "new method".

Apparently, REDCODE 100 won't immediately mean "100 MB/sec (megabytes per second)".

There's a new way of calculation which allows for a bit longer recording times on your CF cards (or whatever media you choose to record to).

Unless I totally misunderstood what Ted said...

 

[EliasR]

What? So an 16gb redcard cant handle 120fps 3K? Maybe the numbers will get better when scarlet comes out?

 

[Stephen Gentle]

What? So an 16gb redcard cant handle 120fps 3K? Maybe the numbers will get better when scarlet comes out?

Well, I hear you can record the burst rate (up to 150 fps) onto any media (but only for a short time) which is good. Perhaps there will be compact flash cards coming in the next few months that will be fast enough to reach up to 120fps continuous, but I'd probably guess that something like a RED Drive will be required.

 

[dean merrill]

thanks for the info!

i'm pretty sure the 1.8" cards will be able to handle the high frame rates. im just trying to manage some money to ensure the best package for the release of the scarlet. by my basic calculations, if the 1.8" module comes with atleast one card, it costs the same for that setup and the red drive. this of course can and probably will change upon the release.

 

[Lee Saxon]

Well, I hear you can record the burst rate (up to 150 fps) onto any media (but only for a short time) which is good.

That's because the burst doesn't write onto the media, it stores in the RAM/buffer, and then after the burst is over, writes it out to the media more slowly.

Edit : Well I don't know that for sure, but I think that's probably a safe assumption. That's how the high framerate modes on DSLRs work, anyway.