CF Cards that DO work

[cinemano]

How about an optimistic thread on CF cards that DO work please :)

At least for 8gb CF cards:

Which can handle 4K?

Which can handle 2k?

[Brent J. Craig]

These ones (http://www.red.com/store/product_detail/61) work!

[Gunleik Groven]

LOL

The RED CF cards are actually very competitively priced, the unfortunate thing is that they are in the US, when you need to pick up a bunch for a shoot...

The RED cards are basically LEXARS high-end 8GB cards, but it has been hinted at that they have been specially certified for RED. Only way to find out is to pop one into the cam and test.

Gunleik

[cinemano]

id love to get them from red but im in Portugal.

[Gunleik Groven]

Then I'd borrow some of these to see if they fit the bill.
Apparently these are what Soderbergh shot his movies on:

http://www.lexar.com/digfilm/cf_udma.html

Any good photoshop should have them.

Gunleik

[Tony Lorentzen]

Buy a bunch of the Lexar cards, test them out and return the ones that don't live up to the specs.

[Brent J. Craig]

Buy a bunch of the Lexar cards, test them out and return the ones that don't live up to the specs.

It is typically very difficult to return memory or media of any type, since it is so easy to fry if you're not careful.

[Gunleik Groven]

That's why I said borrow.

You should be able to record 2k & 3k @ RC28 without any problems on these, though.
Redcode 36 & 4k...
In theory you should be fine, but you'll have to try for yourself.

Gunleik

[Rainer Fritz]

it would be sooooo nice to have 16GB cards.... :)

[Mark Andersen]

O.K. It seems to me the main thing is that the card needs to be UDMA and a min. of 300X read and write. There are Lexars and a few others that meet this criteria. In fact Delkin makes a 16GB UDMA 305X card (299.00 at www.mydigitaldiscount.com) and ATP has an 8GB 300X card at $149.00, the Lexar professional is the same price as the Red 8GB which is made by Lexar. I my be missing something here, but I don't think the Red cards made by Lexar have been altered or specially desiged in any way, They are just fast UDMA CF cards. I am going to try the 16GB card by Delkin and see how it works. Stay tuned.

[PaulClements]

The 8GB UDMA 300x Lexar cards work fine. They are the same card. We've used them extensively and never noticed an ounce of difference between those and the Red Cards... Actually the only difference is that the Lexar's are cheaper here in the UK.

Paul

[cinemano]

Thanks PaulClements :) will save me soooooo much time

[Yaque Silva-Doyle]

O.K. It seems to me the main thing is that the card needs to be UDMA and a min. of 300X read and write. There are Lexars and a few others that meet this criteria. In fact Delkin makes a 16GB UDMA 305X card (299.00 at www.mydigitaldiscount.com) and ATP has an 8GB 300X card at $149.00, the Lexar professional is the same price as the Red 8GB which is made by Lexar. I my be missing something here, but I don't think the Red cards made by Lexar have been altered or specially desiged in any way, They are just fast UDMA CF cards. I am going to try the 16GB card by Delkin and see how it works. Stay tuned.


The 305x 16GB Delkin cards have already been tested and Do Not work. Cards often advertise speeds that are not sustainable.

Jim has mentioned this before.