Bulk CF purchase?

[Paul Lee]

Hey all,
We are intereted in shooting CF cards 'film-style' (not re-using them, archiving them as 'reels') on some of our large projects. Two questions:

To RED: Is it a possibility to buy large quantities of your RED CF cards at some kind of bulk discount?

To current owners: Has anyone yet experimented with non-RED CF (sorry RED, had to ask) and if so, which ones and where are you getting them?

Thanks!

[Emery Wells]

Sorry to rain on your parade but that just doesn't make much sense. There are cheaper archival alternatives to storing the CF card.

Buying 2TB (or 250 8gig CF cards) would cost you $50,000. You cold buy 36 2TB (72TB) G-RAID2's for that amount of money and you'd have much faster drives.

Rethink your archival strategy.

[dalemccready]

I don't think it's an unreasonable suggestion. Big Features that have the budget would see the appeal in a "use once and store" method of shooting that will ease the mind of insurance companies and producers alike. If they get cheap enough it could become quite common to use CF this way.

[Mark L. Pederson]

As I understand it, it's exactly what Soderbergh did in Spain.

Here's where to follow market/pricing trends -

http://www.dramexchange.com/market/mi_main.asp

Don't think there really is "bulk" amounts lying around, but I am sure somebody will give you a price break for 500 units.

A little birdy told me 8GIG cards in about one month.

[Jim Exton]

LTO-3 is a better archive option in my opinion.

[Greg M]

A roll of 35mm film costs $250 and is about 4 minutes and that is before processing.
If you budget the cost to your client it's not a bad idea.

It also takes up a hell of a lot less storage than a room full of 35mm reels. I have boxes stacked to the ceiling in our library...sure wish they were on CF cards.

[Greg M]

A little birdy told me 8GIG cards in about one month.

Do you mean 16gb?

[Darwin]

A roll of 35mm film costs $250 and is about 4 minutes and that is before processing.
If you budget the cost to your client it's not a bad idea.

Now develop it.

[Michael Schrengohst]

Now develop it.

And then buy the space in the old salt mine to store them.

http://www.undergroundvaults.com/off...ilmstorage.cfm

This facility has a 15,000 square feet storage bay and approximately 6 million boxes stacked on the many miles of shelving. The company provides the boxes and each box rents for $1.80 per year. Some boxes may contain family archives such as a wedding dress, while other boxes may contain company secret recipes or everyday business records. Boxes and shelf space is rented by film companies for the television and movie originals. The larger the container, the larger the film format. The image on the right contains film used in IMAX movie theaters.

The facility is perfect for storing a variety of artifacts because of the stable year-round temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit and constant 42% humidity conditions. Also, it is a secure location. Stored items can be retrieved with notice or shredded and destroyed.

[Paul Lee]

Wow, good subject I guess?

Back the original question- any ideas on bulk purchase or other manufactures?