Interesting if true? Tilta Sony Alpha 512GB SSD Grip

[cyvideo]

Might be worth keeping an eye on:

Chris Young

https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/tilt...b-ssd-storage/

[Doug Jensen]

Seems like a nice solution to a non-existent problem. I don't see the need.

[ahalpert]

Yeah I saw that. Is the ssd removable? Otherwise, you're going to have a cap on how much you can record without removing the grip. Would make it harder to download mid-shoot as well.

The only real reason I see for this is cost-savings over cfexpress-a cards. And to be fair, i hate cfexpress-a. You have to spend 4x as much per GB as cfexpress-b to get slower cards that are compatible with far fewer cameras. But if you're cost-conscious, you can still record 10-bit 4:2:2 long-gop h265 in every framerate to SD cards. And if you really need all-intra h264, you can probably spring for cfexpress-a. So, kind of a meh from me on this

[drboffa]

V90 SD cards work just fine up to 4K120 on the FX6, so Sony could also just let people use those on the a7s3 rather than blocking them...

[Doug Jensen]

Yes. V90 SDXC cards are more than sufficient for anything the A1 can put out. Same thing with the FX6. I use Sony TOUGH V90 cards for almost everything I shoot, including 4K XAVC-I @ 120 fps. In fact, even V60 cards will work for up to 2-3 minutes of real time recording, which results in a 10 - 15 clip -- way longer than is ever necessary. I'd say my average 120 fps clip length is 30-40 seconds, which is captured in only 6-10 seconds real time. I've never had a V60 card fail until I was rolling @120 fps for more than 4 minutes. And even then, everything up to that point was fine, the camera just stopped, and it told me it stopped. No big deal.

[Doug Jensen]

If people think the 512GB SSD is going to give them longer uninterrupted recording times, they may be in for a rude awakening. The A1 easily overheats and I doubt you could fill a 80GB memory card in one single shot, let alone a 515GB SSD. Maybe if environmental conditions were cool enough, but I would never trust it.

[ahalpert]

Yes. V90 SDXC cards are more than sufficient for anything the A1 can put out. Same thing with the FX6. I use Sony TOUGH V90 cards for almost everything I shoot, including 4K XAVC-I @ 120 fps. In fact, even V60 cards will work for up to 2-3 minutes of real time recording, which results in a 10 - 15 clip -- way longer than is ever necessary. I'd say my average 120 fps clip length is 30-40 seconds, which is captured in only 6-10 seconds real time. I've never had a V60 card fail until I was rolling @120 fps for more than 4 minutes. And even then, everything up to that point was fine, the camera just stopped, and it told me it stopped. No big deal.

The a1 lets you record 4k120 all-intra on SD cards?

[Doug Jensen]

The a1 lets you record 4k120 all-intra on SD cards?

Good catch! No, I was wrong. I swear I've recorded 120 fps on SD cards in the past, but it doesn't work now when I just tested it. I must have gotten my wires crossed with the FX6 -- which for sure will let you record 120 fps all-intra with V90 and even V60 cards. Sorry for the mistake. Old age creeping in.

[cyvideo]

Seems like a nice solution to a non-existent problem. I don't see the need.

Yes, maybe a solution searching for a problem that doesn't exist. In which case $640, a figure I saw somewhere, is maybe a bit much. Abe, I believe the SSD is changeable, but how quick and simple that is I don't know.

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