10. Managing Digital Media
The RED-ONE camera currently supports two types of media - compact flash and hard disk.
Compact Flash (CF) media requires an optional RED-FLASH (CF) module mounted to the left
side of the camera body. Hard disk media is housed in a RED-DRIVE magazine mounted to
the rear of the camera body and connected via a custom16 pin interface cable.
Compact Flash (CF) - will be available in a variety of capacities, but at this time is fixed at
8GB. Depending on resolution and frame rate, each 8GB Compact Flash card will provide
over 4 minutes of 4K 24fps RAW recording, or over 12 minutes of 2K 24fps RAW.
RED-DRIVE Media - will be available in a variety of capacities, but at this time is fixed at
320GB. Depending on resolution and frame rate, each 320GB RED-DRIVE will provide ap-
proximately 180 minutes of 4K 2:1 24fp RAW recording, or 720 minutes of 2K 24fps RAW.
During a recording the rear status screen, RED-EVF and RED-LCD monitors will display the %
remaining media capacity. At 5% remaining capacity the media status box in the EVF or LCD
will turn yellow, at 3% it will turn red. At 2% remaining the camera will cease recording. This
reserves a small amount of capacity for ancillary data files to be written to the digital media.
Note: Media formatted on-camera will generate create a directory name in the format:
Camera Letter + Reel Number + Year + Month + Day. e.g. A001_070512 etc
Clips recorded to the media follow a similar naming convention e.g. A001_C001_07512 etc
Media Formatting
Media must be formatted prior to using it for recording. At this time formatting must be done
on the camera. Media may be pre-formatted (erased) on a Macintosh OS X or Windows XP
personal computer, allowing the camera to add the necessary project format data.
Formatting on-camera
i) Formatting a new Compact Flash card or RED-DRIVE magazine.
Insert the CF card with the manufacturer’s label facing outward (away from camera body).
Press the CF firmly into the CF slot, but without excessive pressure. Or attach the RED=DRIVE
magazine to the e-SATA port via the 16 pin e-SATA cable provided. The camera will recog-
nize unformatted media and prompt with a message such as this -