File sizes of the X7 Apple Pro Res and CinemaDNG recording

Tony Harrington · Dec 18, 2017

Can anyone provide me with the actual file sizes that the X7 shoots in Apple Pro Res and CinemaDNG for a recording time of 20 mins? Is the CinemaDNG files bigger then a RED Epic 4k for the same amount of record time? I'm sure the info is out there, but I'm having trouble finding
it... thanks in advance for those who can tell me

Jason Woodcock · Dec 18, 2017

Tony Ill be taking mine up for a test in the next couple of days weather permitting and will shoot on cinema DNG and get back to you.

skyrisaerialphotography · Dec 19, 2017

I guess you could get a rough idea from the ssd page on the dji website, gives you record times here for the x5s..
Buy Inspire 2 CINESSD (480G)

Tony Harrington · Dec 19, 2017

skyrisaerialphotography said:
I guess you could get a rough idea from the ssd page on the dji website, gives you record times here for the x5s..
Buy Inspire 2 CINESSD (480G)

thanks for note, I did come across this but was concerned it was for the X5, as there is a fair amount of chatter about "RED" file sizes being recorded when using a X7. I own a RED and understand how important it is to create a budget for drives across a project or a year, so am just trying to look at what other money i'd need if i was to invest in a X7 that utilises the CinemaDNG and APR.

Jason Woodcock · Dec 23, 2017

Tony Appologies not been able to get the bird up due to other family stuff will try asap

Regards

Jason

Fly Gary · Oct 18, 2018

Anyone ever get a good answer on the length of video that can be captured at 6k on the 480gb SSD?

Morning Fog · Nov 15, 2018

I'm intrigued by the capacity of 480gb SSD for 6k footage, will be interested to see the results

Fly Gary · Nov 16, 2018

It is much more efficient with ProRes RAW. PPR was able to save around 27 minutes of 6K/24fps/12 bit depth footage in a test. With CDNG it was 17 minutes with similar settings.
A real world test earlier this week in the field confirmed similar findings.

Downside is you need an Apple product to read the PPR files. Maybe DJI will also implement Blackmagic RAW since it is free and supported on other operating systems.

Black Sky · Jan 9, 2019

Morning Fog said:
I'm intrigued by the capacity of 480gb SSD for 6k footage, will be interested to see the results

Yes we found about 28 minutes fills that card in 6k /24fps/12 bit and as said before ab17min of CDNG. We need several cards and we try to download while we work on some projects.