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About SSDs and SD Cards
Select the 'format disk' or 'format card' icon on the camera
dashboard to format your SSD or SD card.
Choose from HFS+ or exFAT formats. Confirm your selection
by tapping the 'yes, format my disk/card' icon to continue,
or 'cancel' to cancel the format.
Brand
SD Card Name/Type
Storage
Supported Formats
RAW
ProRes
Extreme Pro. 95 MB/sec SDHC UHS-I
32GB
Yes
Yes
Extreme Plus. 80 MB/sec SDXC UHS-I
128GB
Yes
Yes
Extreme Plus. 80 MB/sec SDXC UHS-I
64GB
No
Yes
Extreme Plus. 80 MB/sec SDHC UHS-I
32GB
No
Yes
Extreme Plus. 80 MB/sec SDHC UHS-I
16GB
No
Yes
Extreme Plus. 80 MB/sec SDHC UHS-I
8GB
No
Yes
Extreme. 45 MB/sec SDXC UHS-I
128GB
No
Yes
Extreme. 45 MB/sec SDXC UHS-I
64GB
No
Yes
Extreme. 45 MB/sec SDHC UHS-I
32GB
No
Yes
Extreme. 45 MB/sec SDHC UHS-I
16GB
No
Yes
Extreme. 45 MB/sec SDHC UHS-I
8GB
No
Yes
Preparing Media for Recording
SD cards used by Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and Micro Cinema Camera, and SSDs used by
Blackmagic Cinema Camera and Production Camera 4K must be formatted as either HFS+ or exFAT.
These disk formats allow long clips to be recorded as single files and can be formatted using the
'format disk' feature on the dashboard, or using the 'settings menu' on Blackmagic Micro Cinema
Camera. To see the 'settings menu' on Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera, plug in an HDMI monitor
into the HDMI port or plug in a composite video display unit using the composite video out connector
from the expansion cable.
You can also format SD cards and SSDs via a Mac or PC computer. SSDs can be formatted using an
SSD dock such as Blackmagic MultiDock.
HFS+ is also known as Mac OS Extended. It is the recommended format as it supports "journaling".
Data on journaled media is more recoverable and less likely to be corrupted. HFS+ is natively
supported by Mac OS X.
ExFAT is supported natively by Mac OS X and Windows without needing to purchase any additional
software. However, exFAT does not support journaling which means data is less protected against
the rare event your media card or SSD is corrupted.
