Transfer from Red Flash Card

[James Brundige]

I have just added Red flash cards to my set up for hand held and crane shots. I put the card in my trusty USB card reader and started to copy two shots. My G5 says this will take two hours. (6.5 Gb of data)

There must be faster options for reading these cards. What are folks using?

James B.

 

[Cüneyt Kaya]

I have just added Red flash cards to my set up for hand held and crane shots. I put the card in my trusty USB card reader and started to copy two shots. My G5 says this will take two hours. (6.5 Gb of data)

There must be faster options for reading these cards. What are folks using?

James B.

sorry but why do you copy the files to a g5....i hope you want to use the g5 just as copy station...

 

[Mike Prevette]

Lexar Firewire 800 Pro reader.

 

[James Brundige]

sorry but why do you copy the files to a g5....i hope you want to use the g5 just as copy station...

I am copying to the mirror FW 800 system that I use for archive. I then transfer the shots to a video raid for editing. The edit system is based on an 8 core Mac Pro G5. I only mentioned that in case Mac compatibility is relevant.

 

[James Brundige]

Lexar Firewire 800 Pro reader.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Shawn Booth]

I believe if you're using a G5, you can't work with red files? I thought you could only use the Intel macs?

 

[James Brundige]

I believe if you're using a G5, you can't work with red files? I thought you could only use the Intel macs?

I stand corrected. 8 core Intel. Too much gear.