Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Dropped frames + Errors in the palm of my hand.


Murphy Law comes in all shapes and sizes.  Bye. 

Brief Synopsis
You will note that filming in RAW mode requires an even higher quality card/speed at which data can be written. We used to give a read/write speed but we found that manufacturers could manipulate this number so now we test with certain cards & then put them on the list. A card that is not on the list is not necc a bad card. It may work. What we can say about this list though is that we have tested these cards & they DO work.

That is not to say that you can not get a bad card form the list. Manufacturing process can produce a card that may pass as a write device for another purpose but not for putting down High Definition live video. A lot of our customers will test the card before committing to it - film nonsense to make sure that the card is working as it should. Remember, at its full spec a BMPCC running lossless RAW at 30 frames per second can fill a 16gig card in 3 minutes.

I have asked if there is any way to recover what you have, but with frame loss there is little that can be done other than some clever editing that may give you something out of what you have shot.

If your card is on the list & you shot with the correct codec then I would see the manufacturer of the card with a complaint. If you feel it is the camera that is at fault then please do reply to this e-mail & I will take the case further. Bye, again Mr. Jane Public or whatever the hell you choose to call yourself tomorrow i.e. I meant today. Dummy.