SSDs have large capacity and lower price based on the prices-per-GB principle. Thus, more and more filmmakers would like to record photos and videos to SSDs. Then, the DriveMount can be used to attach a 2.5 SSD to the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K. Now, you can read this article to get some related information.
Kickstarter Project – DriveMount
In today’s post, we will introduce a new Kickstarter project – DriveMount. It is an aluminum case, and with it you can attach a standard 2.5″ SSD to a 1/4″-20 screw hole which is like the hole on top of the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K (BMPCC 4K).
According to the pledge you select, the bundle can be a USB-C cable, standard 1/4″-20 threaded mount, standard Shoe Mount, 15mm Rail or even a 500GB SSD.
The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K has been released for a couple of months to the market. One feature of the new BMPCC 4K is that it can record photos and videos to an external SSD by using the USB-C port.
This is very excited news and many filmmakers are very thrilled about this feature for SSDs are a great speed-size-price package.
Why You Prefer to Record to SSD?
Indeed, the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K can record data to SD cards, CFast 2.0 cards and SSDs.
Among these three choices, based on the prices-per-GB, SD cards are cheap, but the write speed doesn’t support highest quality (Cinema DNG RAW 270MBps) recording. CFast 2.0 cards can meet the fast transfer speed requirement, but it is expensive. While, SSDs have fast enough write speed and they are cheaper than the CFast 2.0 memory cards.
Then, how to attach SSDs to the camera conveniently and securely?
When the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K was released, there had been a few available cages. Then, other cage makers introduced their versions shortly after. Now, there are many options when rigging to the BMPCC 4K:
- 8Sinn
- LockCircle
- Tilta
- Shape, Wooden Camera, SmallRig
There is not a completed list which means that there may be more options currently. Besides, many of the cage makers consider using the SSD mounting option and they offer some solutions for that.
In the next part, we will show you a 2.5″ SSD Mounting Solution.
Kickstarter DriveMount – A 2.5″ SSD Mounting Solution
The DriveMount is a new product on Kickstarter from SoulCow who are two independent filmmakers Ethan Soule and Ben Cowper. With it, you can mount a standard 2.5″ SSD to any 1/4″-20 screw hole. And the BMPCC 4K happens to have one 1/4″-20 mounting point on its top.
It is convenience to mount an SSD without any cage, and of course it can complement any BMPCC 4K cage for there always is many 1/4″-20 mounting points.
The DriveMount is made out of black aluminum, and it features sliding rails for the mounting point. Thus, the case itself can be repositioned if needed.
We recommend using the standard external 2.5″ SSDs for they are the cheapest option given the capacity. For instance, the price of a 500GB 2.5″ internal SSD is about $100, while a 512GB CFast 2.0 card starts at more than $500.
However, the enclosure of a USB-C cable increases the SSD cost. With DriveMount, you don’t need to worry about any of that. The enclosed cable features the SATA connector on one end and USB-C on the other.
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Stella has been working in MiniTool Software as an English Editor for more than 8 years. Her articles mainly cover the fields of data recovery including storage media data recovery, phone data recovery, and photo recovery, videos download, partition management, and video & audio format conversions.
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