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Joshua Miner

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Hello all,
I'm considering picking up a RED ONE MX as a project / hobby camera, and I'm trying to puzzle out the state of media for it in current year. I imagine that RED-approved CF cards are approaching their EOL cycle, and REDMAG modules are expensive (not to mention that REDMAGs too are getting long in the tooth). Is there a way to use new 3rd-party media on the MX or some other method of recording from the camera?
 
i would have two CF cards that you can have for little money.
if i remembered correctly they allowed the use of 8GB Lexar cards, since they where basically the same.
Would be nice though if the made a firmware update opening the RED One to write to any fast enough CF card.
 
Hi Joshua,

You are only able to record footage via RED 8GB or 16 GB CF cards or Lexar 8GB cards. Your other options are the SSD REDMAGs which are still a bit expensive when you go to the higher capacity. Another option is to use the HDD Drives from RED which are basically big spinning hard drivers what connect to the One/MX via a drive cable socket located at the back of the camera.

These methods above are your only option to record footage from a RED One/MX - However, I still use the CF cards and do not have a problem with them at all - I will eventually upgrade to an SSD module once prices are a little cheaper. But don’t worry about the CF Cards being "old" they last a long time.

Hope that helps.

Regards,

Seb
 
This has come up many times and there has been no response from RED on it, so I would just assume that because the camera is EOL, they will not be allocating any resources to the camera.

I would go SSD and never look back. It changes the camera dramatically. I always hated the size of the RED Drives, especially the original configuration with the cradle. The CF cards were okay initially if you were doing short takes, but 16GB goes pretty fast and 8GB is like blink and it's full, so I would say at this point, find a camera that has the SSD module and keep an eye out for media in the marketplace. There are some 256GB SSDs going for under $500 right now. That may not sound like a bargain, but considering that SSD is the only option in my opinion and the 256GB cards used to go for a lot more money, I'd swoop them up and you will not regret it (assuming they are good mags and not treated badly).

I would welcome higher capacity solid state drive for the R1 but it's just not going to happen. I'm sure there has to be some satisfaction for Jim and Jarred to see people still shooting on the R1 12 years after it was released. In this day and age of new camera models coming out all of the time and last years tech so quickly "obsolete", to see people still using the OG 4K camera is kind of cool. I just used mine today.
 
Thank you for the information! I'll have to keep my eye out for a good package and an SSD module. Is there an off-the-shelf option for Canon EF? I just see PL and Nikon mounts for it.
 
Joshua Miner said:
Thank you for the information! I'll have to keep my eye out for a good package and an SSD module. Is there an off-the-shelf option for Canon EF? I just see PL and Nikon mounts for it.
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If you don’t need any kind of lens communication then go for the Leitax RED One EF mount. With that you can also buy a PL mount that screws into it when you need to use PL glass. I use this system with Contax lenses with Leitax EF adapters. Solid quality. If you need lens communication there was a product put out by Birger Engineering which may be available on the used market.
 
Whats wrong with he red drives? Does anyone have the red power adapter that shipped with them?
 
Aaron michaels said:
Whats wrong with he red drives? Does anyone have the red power adapter that shipped with them?
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Only 2 problems with RED Drives with this camera.

1. Without proper mount (ET ISO mounts were necessary in my opinion, especially for any handheld) you may drop frames

2. The age of most of the RED Drives out there may become a factor. Spinning hard disk, many of which are over 10 years old now.
 
Steve Sherrick said:
Only 2 problems with RED Drives with this camera.

1. Without proper mount (ET ISO mounts were necessary in my opinion, especially for any handheld) you may drop frames

2. The age of most of the RED Drives out there may become a factor. Spinning hard disk, many of which are over 10 years old now.
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Having said that, just fired up both of mine on my Mac and one was empty, the other had footage from 2013 and seems to be playing just fine. I'll have to run some tests on camera to see if it records fine. But, pretty cool that they still fire up at all.
 
I miss our RED Ones. What a great camera. Those were great days.

This entire miniseries was shot using two MX Ones. And it still looks darn good to me.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R5L4NYB

Enjoy.

Stephen
 
I have Red Drives also I got them like new and have been sitting on them since 2015. Just getting back to writing a short and feature film. I've been so busy shooting with my Sony fs100 for media and other projects I seem to neglect the big guns. I think its time to shoot test footage on my R1 after 4 yrs of closet time.
 
Hi Joshua,
Maybe this post is old and you have found your Red One package. Nevertheless, I am selling my trusty Red One MX with a SSD module, cards and many other things. Please check out my FS listing.
Go Red,
Mano
 
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