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How much space does Blackmagic RAW 5:1 take?

Blackmagic RAW 5:1 is a RAW format, so its size follows the sensor mode: 0.300 bytes per pixel per frame. On the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 6K Pro (6144 × 3456) that is 573 GB per hour at 25 fps.

Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K in Blackmagic RAW 5:1, 25 fps, 3 h a day for 4 days: 25.8 TB of footage, 77.4 TB with three copies. Change cameras, hours and days below.
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    Blackmagic RAW 5:1 per hour, by camera

    Values per camera in its widest recording mode. A 16:9 or 2.39 crop uses fewer pixels and shrinks the files in proportion — a 4K 16:9 mode on a 4.6K open-gate sensor saves roughly a quarter.

    Blackmagic RAW 5:1: GB per hour at the camera's full recording resolution
    CameraPixels24 fps25 fps30 fps50 fps60 fps
    Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 6K Pro6144 × 3456550 GB573 GB688 GB1.15 TB—
    Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K4096 × 2160229 GB239 GB287 GB478 GB573 GB
    Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K12288 × 64802.06 TB2.15 TB2.58 TB4.30 TB5.16 TB
    Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K LF12288 × 80402.56 TB2.67 TB3.20 TB5.33 TB6.40 TB

    How long a card lasts

    Minutes of recording per card (Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 6K Pro, 25 fps). The last column is the time a DIT needs to copy that card once to an NVMe SSD at a sustained 850 MB/s, plus a verification pass.

    Blackmagic RAW 5:1: recording time per card
    CardRecording timeOffload + verify
    256 GB27 min10 min
    512 GB54 min20 min
    1 TB1 h 45 min39 min
    2 TB3 h 29 min1 h 18 min

    Blackmagic RAW 5:1 next to its siblings

    The same hour of footage in every variant of the family (Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 6K Pro, 6144 × 3456, 25 fps). The step to the next quality level is usually the cheaper decision than it looks: drives cost less than a reshoot, but every step also lengthens the offload.

    Blackmagic RAW 5:1 compared with related codecs
    CodecGB per hourvs. Blackmagic RAW 5:1Offload of 1 h at 850 MB/s
    Blackmagic RAW 3:1956 GB+67 %19 min
    Blackmagic RAW 5:1573 GB—11 min
    Blackmagic RAW 8:1358 GB−38 %7 min
    Blackmagic RAW 12:1239 GB−58 %5 min
    Blackmagic RAW 18:1159 GB−72 %3 min

    Cameras that record Blackmagic RAW 5:1

    In our camera list: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 6K Pro, Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K, Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K, Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K LF. The tool above has each of them as a preset, with the codecs and frame rates the body actually offers.

    Frequently asked

    How much storage does one hour of Blackmagic RAW 5:1 need?

    It depends on the camera’s recording mode. In the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 6K Pro at full resolution and 25 fps: 573 GB. The table above lists every camera.

    Why does my card show less space than its label?

    Cards are labelled in decimal units (1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes); some operating systems count in binary units and show about 931 GB for a 1 TB card. The numbers on this page are decimal, like the label.