FS7: minimum specs XQD Card for FS7

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I entered the confusing world of memory cards when I tried to find a set of new QXD cards for my Sony FS7

What is the minimum type and speed (Sony and Lexar) for the best performance? (=the maximum that the FS7 4K etc. needs).
 
Seriously I would stick with the Sony cards because if there is an issue with the cards re image loss Sony will generally try to come to the party on recovery or replacement. Any other brand causing an issue and you are on your own. The latest recommended cards for the FS7 are the Sony 120GB and 240GB G Series XQD Memory Cards. Make sure you have the latest firmware update on the FS7 to handle these cards. All the recommended cards listed are:

32GB: QD-G32E
64GB: QD-G64E
120GB: QD-G120F
128GB: QD-G128E
240GB: QD-G240F
256GB:QD-G256E

Sony also reckon there is a far better chance of file recovery using their software on their cards vs any other brand for MXF files.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...g120f_120gb_qxd_memory_card.html?sts=pi&pim=Y

https://www.sony.net/Products/memorycard/en_us/datarescue/

https://bit.ly/31bx1Pa

Chris Young
 
cyvideo said:
Seriously I would stick with the Sony cards because if there is an issue with the cards re image loss Sony will generally try to come to the party on recovery or replacement. Any other brand causing an issue and you are on your own.
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While this all sounds like a good idea, within my limited experience of XQD card failures (two instances) in neither case was Sony (or anyone else) able to recover the footage from the cards - though they did eventually send a new replacement card.
Yes, I do use the G cards -- but my recommendation is to always dual record if possible.
 
Stick with Sony. The price difference is literally a few dollars between Sony and Delkin. B&H doesn't even list Lexar(whoever is making them now) XQD cards anymore.
 
OnSet said:
While this all sounds like a good idea, within my limited experience of XQD card failures (two instances) in neither case was Sony (or anyone else) able to recover the footage from the cards - though they did eventually send a new replacement card.
Yes, I do use the G cards -- but my recommendation is to always dual record if possible.
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Yes understood that's why I specifically said "Sony also reckon there is a far better chance of file recovery using their software on their cards vs any other brand for MXF files." Touch wood so far no problems with XQD but it is good to see that they did replace a card for you. I too have lost files from media which no one could recover.

Unless the card is physically corrupted the only people I know who can recover data in a lot of cases written off by others is Aero Quartet by writing code repair kits to re-index and rebuild files. To do this though sometimes you have to supply them a good known file shot with the same camera in the same format. All done over the web. From that they can write a software repair kit that enables you to rebuild the file structure to make the files readable and then recover the data. You actually do the recovery on your own Mac or Windows hardware. If through their diagnostic online software they can see raw data they can generally write a repair kit to recover all of it correctly formatted in the file structure from the camera in question. They will then send you a repair kit you can test out. Any files recovered will have a watermark. If you then wish to proceed they will then quote you a recovery price based on format and duration of content. Once you pay that you download the recovery kit software written specifically for your camera and situation and recover your footage. If there is no recovery then there is no cost to you. The only company in the world I know off that can do this sort of work.

https://aeroquartet.com

There is an interview with the company founder. It's longish but well worth watching should you need the type of services Aero Quartet offer. Case in point, XDCam files the couldn't be recovered by Sony Australia. Sony Australia sent the media to Japan. Sony Japan unable to recover the media. Aero Quartet recovered ALL of the data. The interview can be seen below and there are chapter points relating to the video on this page outlining different aspects of the whole recovery process.

https://aeroquartet.com/wordpress/

In fact their whole Blog has some interesting reading when you have an idle few minutes.

Chris Young
 
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