Data & backup planner
How much space does X-OCN ST take?
X-OCN ST is a RAW format, so its size follows the sensor mode: 0.667 bytes per pixel per frame. On the Sony Venice 2 (8.6K) (8640 × 5760) that is 2.99 TB per hour at 25 fps.
- Footage per day
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- Footage, whole shoot
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- Incl. all copies
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- Drives needed
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- Offload per day
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- Left after wrap
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- Per recording hour
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- Per day
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- Whole shoot
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- Data rate
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- 4 GB file holds
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Picture = the plan on the Footage tab.
- One file
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- All versions
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- Upload at full speed
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- Upload at 80 %
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Same runtime in every format. Platform figures are their recommendations, not limits.
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X-OCN ST 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.
| Camera | Pixels | 24 fps | 25 fps | 30 fps | 50 fps | 60 fps |
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| Sony Venice 2 (8.6K) | 8640 × 5760 | 2.87 TB | 2.99 TB | 3.58 TB | 5.97 TB | 7.17 TB |
| Sony Venice (6K) | 6048 × 4032 | 1.41 TB | 1.46 TB | 1.76 TB | 2.93 TB | 3.51 TB |
How long a card lasts
Minutes of recording per card (Sony Venice 2 (8.6K), 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.
| Card | Recording time | Offload + verify |
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| 256 GB | 5 min | 10 min |
| 512 GB | 10 min | 20 min |
| 1 TB | 20 min | 39 min |
| 2 TB | 40 min | 1 h 18 min |
X-OCN ST next to its siblings
The same hour of footage in every variant of the family (Sony Venice 2 (8.6K), 8640 × 5760, 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.
| Codec | GB per hour | vs. X-OCN ST | Offload of 1 h at 850 MB/s |
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| X-OCN XT | 4.48 TB | +50 % | 1 h 28 min |
| X-OCN ST | 2.99 TB | — | 59 min |
| X-OCN LT | 1.49 TB | −50 % | 29 min |
Cameras that record X-OCN ST
In our camera list: Sony Venice 2 (8.6K), Sony Venice (6K). 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 X-OCN ST need?
It depends on the camera’s recording mode. In the Sony Venice 2 (8.6K) at full resolution and 25 fps: 2.99 TB. 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.