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RED has been able to recover "most" of the footage from the cards, which is great news. They did an AWESOME job of stepping up to the plate and paying for the data recovery themselves, which is a real testament to their customer service.
As far the culprit, I'm nearly positive it is an issue with the 2 16GB CF cards and not the card reader. As soon as there was an issue with the first card I recorded media to the other 7 cards on our B camera and successfully downloaded all 7 via the card reader to my computer. The 2nd card never touched the card reader until after it had failed to post or be read by the camera itself.
I'm sure the 16GB cards will be fantastic in a few months, but after reading that Evan had the same issue with a 16GB card will make me steer productions away from using them for the next few months. Even though the failure rate with the cards is a very small percentage, any failure that can be avoided should be. For now it's 8GB CF cards and the hard drive for me.
Thanks for everyone's responses. And thanks to RED for doing a FANTASTIC job recovering what could be salvaged from the cards.
Update
RED has been able to recover "most" of the footage from the cards, which is great news. They did an AWESOME job of stepping up to the plate and paying for the data recovery themselves, which is a real testament to their customer service.
As far the culprit, I'm nearly positive it is an issue with the 2 16GB CF cards and not the card reader. As soon as there was an issue with the first card I recorded media to the other 7 cards on our B camera and successfully downloaded all 7 via the card reader to my computer. The 2nd card never touched the card reader until after it had failed to post or be read by the camera itself.
I'm sure the 16GB cards will be fantastic in a few months, but after reading that Evan had the same issue with a 16GB card will make me steer productions away from using them for the next few months. Even though the failure rate with the cards is a very small percentage, any failure that can be avoided should be. For now it's 8GB CF cards and the hard drive for me.
Thanks for everyone's responses. And thanks to RED for doing a FANTASTIC job recovering what could be salvaged from the cards.