C200: New Inexpensive CFast Card Option

Has anyone tried the 512GB cards from Silicon Power? $300 for an hour of Canon RL with no extra cables or devices to wrangle seems like a good way to go.
 
I’ve recorded dozens of hours on a pair of EgoDisk 512s without issue. Hoping they continue to be problem free.
 
for_mlove said:
I’ve recorded dozens of hours on a pair of EgoDisk 512s without issue. Hoping they continue to be problem free.
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Good to hear. The first Egodisk 512s that came out definitely were giving people some issues and then I think they came out with another line of them, there was a premium, slightly more expensive variant that was not reading and showing up on the camera?
 
Crossposting from the C200 Compatible CFast Thread in case it helps anyone here make a decision:

I have been looking for reliable 512GB cards to record CRL. Canon's official list is outdated and doesn't include any 512GB cards. I reached out to their Cinema division to address rumors that the C200 does not support any CFast cards larger than 256GB. Here is what Canon had to say:
I am not aware of any specific limitations when using cards in the vicinity of 512 GB. I believe the reason you probably don't see them on the list is because, like you mentioned, it was released in a time before cards that size were industry standard.
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Then I reached out to the three "premium" card manufacturers, and here's what I heard back:

SanDisk 512GB Extreme PRO CFast 2.0 Memory Card - $600 on B&H
Please allow me to inform you that your CFast card is supported by your camera [the C200]... This card will work fine with your camera.
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Angelbird 512GB AV Pro CF CFast 2.0 Memory Card - $530 on B&H
While technically our AV PRO CF 512GB cards are compatible with the Canon C200 we did see some strange issues, yes. From time to time the C200 won't detect cards that are already formatted, requiring the user to insert the card multiple times for the camera to successfully establish a link to the card. This will NOT happen if the cards are 'empty' although.
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ProGrade Digital 512GB CFast 2.0 Memory Card - $700 on B&H (or $1200 for two)
Our engineering lab confirms ProGrade Digital CFast 512GB memory cards perform flawlessly across all benchmark testing on the Canon EOS C200 Cinema Camera.
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I also contacted the company behind the most inexpensive 512GB CFast card that I could find in July 2019:

Silicon Power 512GB CFast 2.0 CinemaPro CFX310 Memory Card - $300 on Amazon
Regarding your question, actually, we don’t really test it on Canon C200. However, the performance of our CFX310 512GB is R: up to 529 MB/s, W: up to 198 MB/s (based on card reader), also you could refer to the detailed specification of our CFX310 512GB as below to make sure if it meets your request. https://www.silicon-power.com/web/product-CFX310
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I have the 512GB SP Cfast2.0 cards also just got one of their nvme cards, eager to test them on the same basis as reported in this thread. Where can I download the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test for Windows or Linux?
 
With the rollout of the new BlackMagic Raw Speed Test (Mac only), the regular non-raw Speed Test app (Mac, Windows, Linux) is no longer on their site. Your best bet is to find a site that is still hosting the older version, or contact BlackMagic support and see if they will send you a link.
 
QuickHitRecord said:
With the rollout of the new BlackMagic Raw Speed Test (Mac only), the regular non-raw Speed Test app (Mac, Windows, Linux) is no longer on their site. Your best bet is to find a site that is still hosting the older version, or contact BlackMagic support and see if they will send you a link.
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I don't personally trust the BM speed test. It's given me varying results. Often lower than what the card writes in real time.
There are lots of other speed testers out there. I use diskbenchmark.
Or I just take a huge file and drop in onto the media (connecting the media via it's nativemost interface).
For example I have a cfast to SATA and mSATA to SATA adapter.
Has anybody tried a CFAST express to NVME adapter?
https://www.newsshooter.com/2020/09/19/zitay-cfexpress-to-ssd-converter-adapter-review/
I've had a Solidpod for a couple of years and have been quite happy with it.
 
Stills2HDConvert;1986845903Has anybody tried a CFAST express to NVME adapter? [url said:
https://www.newsshooter.com/2020/09/19/zitay-cfexpress-to-ssd-converter-adapter-review/[/url]
I've had a Solidpod for a couple of years and have been quite happy with it.
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I had the SolidPod Lite, which uses NVME M.2 SSDs for about a week and although I think it's a good solution for shorter takes, I had a couple of problems-

  • My use case was probably unique but I was prepping for a 60-90 minute continuous shot and in my testing on the first attempt, the SolidPod stopped the recording on it's own at about 55 minutes in and the recording was corrupt. Subsequent attempts were fine though, so it may have been a one-off
  • I could never really get the SolidPod CFast adapter to mount on my Mac and I used two different card readers (ProGrade and the standard Sandisk reader) and tested on both a Mac Pro 2013 and a MacBook Pro 13 2020


On top of all this, the first SolidPod Lite I received was DOA. To their credit, the SolidPod support was fantastic and I returned everything for a refund. I actually did the recording on 3 x 256GB CFast and besides having to change cards, it was fine. I suggested they redo the Lite with a USB-C connection instead of using the CFast card part of it to retrieve the files and it just so happens they are working on something similar right now (it's supposed to release this month).
 
Dustin Svehlak said:
I had the SolidPod Lite, which uses NVME M.2 SSDs for about a week and although I think it's a good solution for shorter takes, I had a couple of problems-

  • My use case was probably unique but I was prepping for a 60-90 minute continuous shot and in my testing on the first attempt, the SolidPod stopped the recording on it's own at about 55 minutes in and the recording was corrupt. Subsequent attempts were fine though, so it may have been a one-off
  • I could never really get the SolidPod CFast adapter to mount on my Mac and I used two different card readers (ProGrade and the standard Sandisk reader) and tested on both a Mac Pro 2013 and a MacBook Pro 13 2020


On top of all this, the first SolidPod Lite I received was DOA. To their credit, the SolidPod support was fantastic and I returned everything for a refund. I actually did the recording on 3 x 256GB CFast and besides having to change cards, it was fine. I suggested they redo the Lite with a USB-C connection instead of using the CFast card part of it to retrieve the files and it just so happens they are working on something similar right now (it's supposed to release this month).
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If I had your experience I wouldn't trust it. I had the same experience with Metabones. Sent every adapter I got from them back.

I have 3 drives. One of them is from a Samsung T5. I just the gutted remains of the T5 to plug the drive into USBC after I pull it them of the Solidpod. I'm cheap and didn't buy another adapter. I'm on a PC though.

I've had no issues shooting for almost 5 hours non stop. (266 minutes).

My Solidpod has been in the camera since I got it. I've put black rtv on the door to keep the dust out.

But again, if I'd had your experience I'd be out. But mine has been good and I know a couple other people who haven't had issues. I have seen stories of another such device being made by someone via their Facebook page etc, that seem to have failed more often. But even once isn't good for sure.
 
Stills2HDConvert said:
If I had your experience I wouldn't trust it.
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Yeah, that was my thought, too lol. Also keep in mind that mine is the M.2 version, not the mSATA version, and I think that makes a difference. The enclosure is not easily opened to get the drive out, it requires 4 x hex screws to open then another securing screw for the SSD. Just not practical on set. I'm sure the SolidPod folks will fix it but I couldn't trust it for this job, but it all worked out.
 
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