About Sd Cards; Preparing Sd Cards For Recording; Choosing A Fast Sd Card - Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera Manual De Instalación Y Operación

About SD Cards

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About SD Cards

Preparing SD Cards for Recording

SD cards used by Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera must be formatted as HFS+ or exFAT. These disk
formats allow long clips to be recorded as single files. ExFAT is supported by both Windows and Mac
OS X computers.
Preparing SD Cards on a Mac OS X computer
Use the Disk Utility application included with Mac OS X to format your SD card in the HFS+ or exFAT format.
Remember to back up anything important from your SD card as all data will be lost 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.
Open the Start Menu or Start Screen and choose Computer. Right-click on your SD card.
Step 2.
From the contextual menu, choose Format.
Step 3.
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 Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. These cards are
rated for fast data speeds and support larger storage sizes.
Recommended SDHC and SDXC cards include:
‚ Delkin Devices 16GB Elite SDHC UHS-I ‚ Sandisk 64GB Extreme SDXC UHS-I
‚ Delkin Devices 32GB Elite SDHC UHS-I ‚ Sandisk 128GB Extreme SDXC UHS-I ‚ Sandisk 64GB Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-I
Please check the tech notes on the Blackmagic Design website for the latest information.
‚ Sandisk 16GB Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-I