About Sd Cards; Choosing A Fast Sd Card - Blackmagicdesign Pocket Cinema Camera Installation And Operation Manual

About SD Cards

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About SD Cards
Preparing SD Cards for Recording
SD cards used by Pocket Cinema Camera must be formatted as HFS+ or exFAT. These disk formats allow long
clips to be recorded in single files. ExFAT is supported by both Windows and Mac OS X computers.
Preparing SD Cards on a Mac OS X computer
The Disk Utility application included with Mac OS X can format your SD card in the HFS+ or exFAT format. Make
sure you back up anything important from your SD card as you will lose everything on it when it is formatted.
Step 1. Plug your SD card into your computer's SD card slot or SD card reader.
Step 2. Go to Applications/Utilities and launch Disk Utility.
Step 3. Click on the disk icon of your SD card and then click the Erase tab.
Step 4. Set the Format to "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" or "exFAT".
Step 5. Type a Name for the new volume and then click Erase. Your SD card will quickly be formatted and
made ready for use.
Preparing SD Cards on a Windows computer
The Format dialog box can format a drive in the exFAT format on a Windows PC.
Step 1. Plug your SD card into your computer's SD card slot or SD card reader.
Step 2. Open the Start Menu or Start Screen and choose Computer. Right-click on your SD card.
Step 3. From the contextual menu, choose Format.
Step 4. Set the file system to "exFAT" and the allocation unit size to 128 kilobytes.
Step 5. Type a volume label, select "Quick Format" and click "Start".
Step 6. Your SD card will quickly be formatted and made ready for use.

Choosing a Fast SD Card

It's important to use SDHC and SDXC cards with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera as these cards are
rated for fast data speeds and support larger storage sizes.
SDHC and SDXC cards recommended for lossless compressed CinemaDNG RAW and Apple ProRes 422 (HQ)
video recording include:
Sandisk 64GB Extreme
Sandisk 64GB Extreme Pro
Please check the tech notes on the Blackmagic Design website for the latest information.
Sandisk 128GB Extreme