Are compressed shooting formats a temporary thing?

[roxics]

Just thinking out loud, but it seems to me that at some point we'll reach maximum resolution whereby anything greater is really just a wash. I think many would argue we're already there between 4K and 8K. It's just a matter of the cameras getting cheaper and more ubiquitous.
So given enough time, storage and computer speed should get to a point where raw video is no real hassle. Petabyte storage drives and/or cards and computers cheap enough and fast enough to deal with raw video in 4-8K like a hot knife though butter.

So I guess what I'm asking is, do you think that in the grand scheme of humanity, compressed video as a shooting format is just a minor blimp on the radar? A short term temporary thing.

 

[roxics]

For reference:
8K video 8192x4320
120fps
16-bit raw
=
70.78MB per frame
8.49GB per second
509.61GB per minute
30.58TB per hour
733.84TB for 24 hours of footage.

If you're shooting on a petabyte drive you can easily fit over 24 hours of raw footage on that drive. Assuming you're shooting at 120fps. If you're shooting at 24fps, multiply that by about 5. Does it make sense at that point to shoot compressed video assuming these petabyte drives/cards are cheap enough?

 

[David W. Jones]

I guess only time will tell. I have 2 cameras which can shoot raw at the moment, and rent 2 others from time to time. I almost always use the most compressed raw format available, unless there is budget in place for a DIT and extra media on the shoot.

 

[j1clark@ucsd.edu]

For reference:
8K video 8192x4320
120fps
16-bit raw
=
70.78MB per frame
8.49GB per second
509.61GB per minute
30.58TB per hour
733.84TB for 24 hours of footage.

If you're shooting on a petabyte drive you can easily fit over 24 hours of raw footage on that drive. Assuming you're shooting at 120fps. If you're shooting at 24fps, multiply that by about 5. Does it make sense at that point to shoot compressed video assuming these petabyte drives/cards are cheap enough?

Well... not in the PB class... but for my Blackmagic Pocket I've switched to 'only raw' unless there is an absolute need for 'long time' capture... which for my narrative short film work, is never...

I don't expect that to change. As it is a 64MB card will capture about 12-15 minutes worth of RAW, and as such, is a bit longer than a Film film 1000' roll @ 24 fps...