32 GB CF Cards from Red

[Joseph Hutson]

If you haven't heard, Red will have 32GB CF Cards for the Scarlet in Early '09, but does this mean the same for the Red One, and Epic?

[Nir Shelter]

I didn't realize there would be a difference between the cards for each camera. Thought we could stock up on a bunch of CFs and use them on either when needed. Can someone confirm this...?

[Brandon Fraley]

If you haven't heard, Red will have 32GB CF Cards for the Scarlet in Early '09, but does this mean the same for the Red One, and Epic?

i hadn't heard. where did you read this?

[Mark B.]

CF cards are CF cards. If the CF speed meets the system demand, then the card will work on RedOne or Scarlet or Epic.

[paul engstrom]

scarlet only does 3k right?

that would affect minimum required cf speed.

p

[Joseph Hutson]

i hadn't heard. where did you read this?

The following is just a section of what Big Jon said on ScarletUser...


I'll pull mine out of its box, charge the battery, load a couple cards (by the time that Scarlet releases those cards will be 32GB cards - note: they will not be in the box ;-) and then go shoot for an hour. I will probably never buy an external drive, but I'll pick up a lens hood/filter holder and a wide, which will add to the base cost. But it'll still be way cheaper than the cost of a Long GOP high compression tape cam or a system based on pricey, proprietary flash cards.

[Jeff Kilgroe]

scarlet only does 3k right?

that would affect minimum required cf speed.

p

Yeah, but resolution is only one factor in the equation. Scarlet and EPIC are being advertised as 100MB/s. The upcoming 16GB cards are much faster than the current 8GB cards. Not much that we can do right now other than speculate.

[Noah Kadner]

CF cards are relatively cheap and also plentiful, not too mention they are constantly getting cheaper and more vast. So stocking up on them in 2008 for a camera that's not slated to arrive until sometime in 2009 seems somewhat ill-advised, no? :sorcerer:

-Noah

[Lexicon]

RED is just now making the jump to 16GB CF cards that are suitable for their cameras. It took a VERY VERY VERY long time to find suitable cards at that capacity because of the basic nature of flash memory. 32GB CF cards use very dense (slow) flash memory to achieve their capacity so I don't think RED will have cards at that level for some time unless they are getting custom flash chips specifically designed for their cards that are not going into the main assembly lines of whatever company is making the new 16GB cards.

[Peter Majtan]

"dense" does not equal "slow", not anymore:

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/26/samsung_intros_256gb_ssd_that_may_reach_macbook_ai r.html

[Joseph Ward]

"dense" does not equal "slow", not anymore:

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/26/samsung_intros_256gb_ssd_that_may_reach_macbook_ai r.html

For SSD maybe not CF?