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Blackmagic Cinema Camera Certified SSDs (2/2015)

SSDs which are qualified for 2.5K RAW CinemaDNG video capture will also work well for compressed video capture. There are some SSDs which Blackmagic Design has tested and found to drop frames when capturing 2.5K RAW CinemaDNG video. However, they still work well when capturing compressed video.

Sound Devices actually sells their own-branded SD cards and recommends people use them in their recorders (I assume they're rebranded cards from other manufacturers, but still). That could be another solution: BMD-branded SD cards certified to work in specific products. What is the argument for CFast cards over SSDs such as Samsung's T5 in cases where Blackmagic has approved both for a given codec and frame rate on a Pocket 4K? What is the practical difference, if any, between using a CFast USB-C 3.0 reader and a USB-C 3.1 Gen. 2 reader, and can anyone comment on the Gnarbox reader?

The following SSDs are recommended for 2.5K RAW CinemaDNG capture or compressed video capture:

ADATA XPG SX900 256GB (ASX900S3-256GM-C)

Angelbird 240GB AV Pro

Angelbird 480GB AV Pro

Digistor 240GB SSD Professional Video Series (DIG-PVD240S, pre-formatted ExFat)

Digistor 480GB SSD Professional Video Series (DIG-PVD480S, pre-formatted ExFat)

Digistor 1TB SSD 4K Professional Video Series (DIG-PVD1000, pre-formatted ExFat)

Kingston 240 GB HyperX 3K (SH103S3/240G)

Kingston 480 GB HyperX 3K (SH103S3/480G)

Kingston 240 GB SSDNow KC300 (SKC300S37A/240G)

Kingston 480 GB SSDNow KC300 (SKC300S37A/480G)

Intel 335 Series 240GB SSD (SSDSC2CT240A4K5)

Intel 520 Series 240GB SSD (SSDSC2CW240A310)

Intel 520 Series 480GB SSD (SSDSC2CW480A310)

Intel 530 Series 180GB SSD (SSDSC2BW180A401)

Intel 530 Series 240GB SSD (SSDSC2BW240A401)

OWC 120 GB Mercury Extreme Pro 6G (OWCSSD7P6G120)

OWC 240 GB Mercury Extreme Pro 6G (OWCSSD7P6G240)

OWC 480 GB Mercury Extreme Pro 6G (OWCSSD7P6G480)

Samsung 256 GB 850 Pro (spacer required)

Samsung 512 GB 850 Pro (spacer required)

Samsung 1 TB 850 Pro (spacer required)

Sandisk Extreme 240GB (SDSSDX-240G-G25)

Sandisk Extreme 480GB (SDSSDX-480G-G25)

Sandisk Extreme Pro 240GB (SDSSDXPS-240G-G25)

Sandisk Extreme Pro 480GB (SDSSDXPS-480G-G25)

Sandisk Extreme Pro 960GB (SDSSDXPS-960G-G25)

PNY Prevail 240 GB (SSD9SC240GCDA-PB)

PNY Prevail 480 GB (SSD9SC480GCDA-PB)

PNY XLR8 480GB (SSD9SC480GMDA-RB)

Transcend 256GB SSD720 (TS256GSSD720)

Transcend 256 GB SSD370 (TS256GSSD370)

Transcend 512 GB SSD370 (TS512GSSD370)

Transcend 1 TB SSD370 (TS1TSSD370)

In addition to the above, these SSDs work ONLY for compressed video capture:

Crucial 256GB M4 (firmware 000F) (CT256M4SSD2)

OCZ Agility 3 240GB (AGT3-25SAT3-240G)

Sandisk Extreme 120GB (SDSSDX-120G-G25)

The following SSDs are either discontinued or only supported as part of a legacy configuration and may no longer be available with the required firmware:

Crucial 256GB C300 (CTFDDAC256MAG-1G1) - (discontinued)

Digistor 128GB SSD Professional Video Extreme (DIG-PVD128E, pre-formatted ExFat)

Kingston 64GB SSDNow V+100 (SVP100S2/64G) - (discontinued)

Kingston 128GB SSDNow V+100 (SVP100S2/128G) - (discontinued)

Kingston 512GB SSDNow V+100 (SVP100S2/512G) - (discontinued)

Kingston 120GB SSDNow V+200 (SVP200S3/120G) - (discontinued)

Kingston 240GB SSDNow V+200 (SVP200S3/240G) - (discontinued)

Kingston HyperX 240GB (SH100S3/240G) - (discontinued)

OCZ 240GB Vertex 3 (VTX3-25SAT3-240G) - (discontinued)

OCZ 480GB Vertex 3 (VTX3-25SAT3-480G) - (discontinued)

OCZ 240GB Deneva 2 (firmware 2.22) (D2CSTK251M21-0240) - (discontinued)

OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD (firmware 5.0.2) (OWCSSDMX6G240T) - (discontinued)

OWC 120GB Mercury Extreme Pro 6G (Firmware Rev 5.0.7) (OWCSSDMX6G120T) - (discontinued)

OWC 240GB Mercury Extreme Pro 6G (Firmware Rev 5.0.6) (OWCSSDMX6G240T) - (discontinued)

OWC 480GB Mercury Extreme Pro 6G (Firmware Rev 5.0.6) (OWCSSDMX6G480) - (discontinued)

Crucial 512GB M4 (firmware 009 only) (CT512M4SSD2)

Blackmagic Production Camera 4K

Blackmagic Production Camera 4K Certified SSDs (2/2015)

The following SSDs are recommended for 4K RAW and ProRes captures:

Digistor 1TB SSD 4K Professional Video Series (DIG-PVD1000, pre-formatted ExFat)

Samsung 256 GB 850 Pro (spacer needed)

Samsung 512 GB 850 Pro (spacer needed)

Samsung 1 TB 850 Pro (spacer needed)

Sandisk Extreme Pro 240GB (SDSSDXPS-240G-G25)

Sandisk Extreme Pro 480GB (SDSSDXPS-480G-G25)

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Sandisk Extreme Pro 960GB (SDSSDXPS-960G-G25)

The following SSDs are recommended 4K and 1080 Apple ProRes (HQ) 422 captures:

Transcend 256GB SSD720 (TS256GSSD720)

Intel 530 Series 180GB SSD (SSDSC2BW180A401)

Intel 530 Series 240GB SSD (SSDSC2BW240A401)

Kingston 240 GB HyperX 3K (SH103S3/240G)

Kingston 480 GB HyperX 3K (SH103S3/480G)

Kingston 240 GB SSDNow KC300 (SKC300S37A/240G)

Kingston 480 GB SSDNow KC300 (SKC300S37A/480G)

Sandisk Extreme 240GB (SDSSDX-240G-G25)

Sandisk Extreme 480GB (SDSSDX-480G-G25)

Transcend 256 GB SSD 370 (TS256GSSD370)

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Transcend 512 GB SSD 370 (TS512GSSD370)

Transcend 1 TB SSD 370 (TS1TSSD370)

OWC 120 GB Mercury Extreme Pro 6G (OWCSSD7P6G120)

OWC 240 GB Mercury Extreme Pro 6G (OWCSSD7P6G240)

OWC 480 GB Mercury Extreme Pro 6G (OWCSSD7P6G480)

PNY Prevail 240 GB (SSD9SC240GCDA-PB)

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PNY Prevail 480 GB (SSD9SC480GCDA-PB)

PNY XLR8 480GB (SSD9SC480GMDA-RB)

Digistor 240GB SSD Professional Video Series (DIG-PVD240S, pre-formatted ExFat)

Digistor 480GB SSD Professional Video Series (DIG-PVD480S, pre-formatted ExFat)

Angelbird 240GB AV Pro

Angelbird 480GB AV Pro

ADATA XPG SX900 256GB (ASX900S3-256GM-C)

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Important Notes About SSD Speed

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Some models of SSD can't save video data at the speed the manufacturer claims. This is due to the disk using hidden data compression to attain higher write speeds. This data compression can only save data at the manufacturer’s claimed speed when storing data such as blank data or simple files. Video data includes video noise and pixels which are more random so compression will not help, therefore revealing the true speed of the disk. Some SSDs can have up to 50% lower write speed than the manufacturer’s claimed speed. So even though the disk specifications claim an SSD has speeds fast enough to handle video, in reality the disk isn’t fast enough when used to store video data for real time capture. However, this mostly affects HD capture and often these disks can still be used for playback. Use Blackmagic Disk Speed Test to accurately measure whether your SSD will be able to handle uncompressed video capture and playback. Blackmagic Disk Speed Test uses data to simulate the storage of video so you get results similar to what you’ll see when capturing video to a disk. During Blackmagic testing, we have found newer, larger models of SSD and larger capacity SSDs are generally faster.