Why is Tapeless better

[Kevin Lang]

I need help in answering this question I am asked all the time "Red looks great in all but what the hell do you do with all that footage, now that you arent shooting tape." What are some of everyones plans to archive.

[David Battistella]

LTO 3 or LTO-4. It makes the most sense.

[Evin Grant]

Redundant harddrive storage for now. LTO3 or some other enterprise level data storage soon.

[Joel Kaye]

I think my initial plan is backup to hard drive until I decide I like something else better.

[Kevin Lang]

Yes these are all the same answers I give, I guess alot of people just are not ready to give up tape!

[Brook Willard]

Sucks for them. :)

[jbeale]

There are many advantages to shooting tapeless. To be honest though, in some workflows there is a high volume of shooting and little time for post work. The fact that an extra step (record out to LTO-3/4) is required for everything that is to be archived, is an annoyance in those cases.

[sfmcallen]

The fact that an extra step (record out to LTO-3/4) is required for everything that is to be archived, is an annoyance in those cases.

To be honest, don't we always spend some time archiving in the tape world too, even if we just send it to a dub house? I mean, it's highly unlikely you do all your post from your master tapes, so there's a 1:1 time trade off of making your clones. In a tapeless world the time and money spent (especially in regards to tape stock and man-hours) can be offset substantially with proper workflows, although the time spent readjusting to the "new" way will incur a significant investment in and of itself.

[Kevin Lang]

To be honest, don't we always spend some time archiving in the tape world too, even if we just send it to a dub house? I mean, it's highly unlikely you do all your post from your master tapes, so there's a 1:1 time trade off of making your clones. In a tapeless world the time and money spent (especially in regards to tape stock and man-hours) can be offset substantially with proper workflows, although the time spent readjusting to the "new" way will incur a significant investment in and of itself.

Hey thats not a bad answer, very good point!

[David Battistella]

Tape and hard drives are both media. Why not tell them that it goes to a back up tape called LTO-3. It's safe and guess what, it lasts 30 years! I am not sure a hard drive or CF card will last 30 years.

Most of the most crital data in the world is good enough for LTO-3, why not your RED footage, which is really just another data stream.

David