C200: External Recorders

puredrifting said:
Probably not going to get much cheaper than $279.00-$299.00 in the near future. Go for the EgoDisk 256GB, I have four of them and they have been flawless with the C200 and Cinema RAW Light. https://www.amazon.com/EgoDisk-PRO-...ns&keywords=egodisk+pro+256gb+cfast+2.0&psc=1

The Freetail Evoke is $20.00 cheaper and is rated at VPG-130 so it should work too but I have not yet bought one to test. https://www.amazon.com/FreeTail-EVO...ns&keywords=egodisk+pro+256gb+cfast+2.0&psc=1

The C200 will shoot 34 minutes of CRL on a 256GB CFast 2.0 card. Not bad.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the info.

That's a lot less than SanDisk or Lexar, I'll check these out.
 
I've been using both EgoDisk and Sandisk 256 gig cards successfully. Anyone know of a way to "Sanitize" the EgoDisk cards or if it's even necessary? On a somewhat related note, I notice that the SanDisk card takes 2-3 times longer to format in camera. Same size card with the same amount of footage, so I'm curious what's going on with it taking so much longer.
 
for_mlove said:
I've been using both EgoDisk and Sandisk 256 gig cards successfully. Anyone know of a way to "Sanitize" the EgoDisk cards or if it's even necessary? On a somewhat related note, I notice that the SanDisk card takes 2-3 times longer to format in camera. Same size card with the same amount of footage, so I'm curious what's going on with it taking so much longer.
Click to expand...

No idea, I just format the EgoDisk cards in camera, have never "sanitized" and so far, so good?
 
I did have "buffer overrun" errors with my C100 Transcend SD cards In the C200. And I had used them in the C200 several times with success. So I had to replace them with the $149.00 Sandisk SD Extremes that are approved. They have worked flawlessly. EgoDisk are not approved but so far, they rock.
 
fhammond said:
None that I've heard of. I don't know of anyone who's made it work.
Click to expand...

Same here, I don't think this is a big priority or a developer would be sending out press rumbles. I write for several industry mags and websites and I have heard nothing. Based upon speaking with other C200 users, $299.00 for 34 minutes of VPG-130 CFast 2.0 cards is not the bank account buster many thought it would be. I only have four cards and that's enough for most, but not all of my shoots I would care to capture on Cinema RAW Light.
 
For $600 it is not viable to go for SSD vs CFast, it is much more cumbersome to use SSDs and a bunch of cables.

puredrifting said:
I did have "buffer overrun" errors with my C100 Transcend SD cards In the C200. And I had used them in the C200 several times with success. So I had to replace them with the $149.00 Sandisk SD Extremes that are approved. They have worked flawlessly. EgoDisk are not approved but so far, they rock.
Click to expand...

Which Transcend cards did you have problem with ?
 
guru said:
Which Transcend cards did you have problem with ?
Click to expand...

Don't know the exact model but they are Gold in color and say "Transcend SDXC 1 UHS 3" on them and they were 64GB. I used them with success for all of my C100 MKI shoots for years and what's weird is they worked fine with the C200 for the first month, even with slow motion and 4K. But then on a shoot at an NPR station, in the middle of a long interview, I got the dreaded "buffer overrrun" warning. And after that, I retired them from the C200 and bought the approved Sandisk 256GB cards. So far, so good with the approved cards. I sold my C100 but still use these with my 80D.
 
puredrifting said:
Don't know the exact model but they are Gold in color and say "Transcend SDXC 1 UHS 3" on them and they were 64GB. I used them with success for all of my C100 MKI shoots for years and what's weird is they worked fine with the C200 for the first month, even with slow motion and 4K. But then on a shoot at an NPR station, in the middle of a long interview, I got the dreaded "buffer overrrun" warning. And after that, I retired them from the C200 and bought the approved Sandisk 256GB cards. So far, so good with the approved cards. I sold my C100 but still use these with my 80D.
Click to expand...

I have gold ones with 128GB, maybe they will work :)
 
guru said:
I have gold ones with 128GB, maybe they will work :)
Click to expand...

All I can tell you is I wouldn't risk it personally. The 64s worked for half a dozen shoots and then, in the middle of a very important, high-profile shoot, decided they weren't going to work. Thank goodness I was dual recording so my Bacon was saved by the other card's clip but if they both would have choked, I would have been so hosed. SD cards are cheap enough to where using non-approved cards is probably just not worth the risk. I think my 256GB Sandisk Extreme approved cards were only about $150.00 ea and they hold 227 minutes of 4k versus only 57 minutes on the my old 64GB cards. I would retire your 128s because they may work fine for a while, then may hose you when you are counting on them. The Transcend cards are obviously right on the edge of almost working reliably, but would not give me confidence with client work.
 
Thanks for the tip, I will get the Sandisks, but anyway I'm curious to try those Transcends...
 
I always dual-record on my C100 cameras because I've had the "buffer overrun" error turn up with Transcend cards before. Now I use expensive Sandisk Extreme Pro cards in slot A for the main footage and cheaper Transcend cards in slot B as a backup only.
 
I wouldn't be using two different cards makes for dual record, always safer to have the same card with same characteristics, same write speed etc.

John.
 
Have anyone tried 120p out of C200 to a recorder ? I wonder if we could get better picture quality than internal..
 
I don't think the camera outputs 120p, does it?

Even if it did, no external recorders currently support that framerate from the C200. They mostly favor the Sonys for HFR recording with their RAW output.
 
Steelej said:
I wouldn't be using two different cards makes for dual record, always safer to have the same card with same characteristics, same write speed etc.
Click to expand...

Why? It's not like they're being used as a RAID or something. As long as both slots are filled with a card that can keep up with the requisite write speed, I see no reason to match brands and models.

In fact, there might be some benefit to having two different brands (or at least different lots) of card going at the same time for the same reason I back up my WD hard drives with Seagates. You're hedging against manufacturer line defects too.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top