Storage

[Michael Davies]

Hey guys

I am a new pilot with the Mavic 2 pro and would like to know what storage I should get for it. I have been looking at 128 gig EXtreme Pro or should I go bigger?
Thoughts?

thank you.

 

[THE CYBORG]

You should be OK with that, it’s the U3 one isn’t it

 

[Not A Speck Of Cereal]

A lot of people will tell you that 128GB is too much. The thought here is that your flights are short (limited by battery times) and you might be better off changing smaller cards once per battery or two, so that you have at least have that much video saved in case you crash. I personally don't like to plan for crashing (I will have more to worry about than lost footage if that happens).

I think 128GB is okay, especially if you turn on the option on to save DNGs for hyperlapse and panos. But I do always have more than one of them. I carry a couple of 128s and a couple of 64s.

I doubt you will need a larger card. If you travel, you should consider carrying backup storage drives to dump your cards to, so you can format and use continually.

Does DJI no longer supply a list of card types to use? I agree with Cyborg that the Extreme Pro is rated pretty high, U3, V30 (made for 4K video).

Chris

 

[Meta4]

I have been looking at 128 gig EXtreme Pro or should I go bigger?

How much do you value your work and how much are you prepared to lose at one time?

 

[BigAl07]

How much do you value your work and how much are you prepared to lose at one time?

BINGO! @Meta4 nailed it on the head here.

We use 64GB cards and swap them out after EVERY flight. Worst case we only lose DAT from a single flight and nothing more. We learned this the HARD way!

It's a lot easier to carry around an SD Card Wallet and swap them out than to fuss and fret over lost data that might be One Off stuff.

 

[Camino Ken]

Just to give you some numbers to consider. 4K, 30 video uses about 760MB per minute of filming. This means that a 64GB card can hold about 84mins of recordings. At 1080P, 30 this number is 240 min or 4 hours.

 

[Michael Davies]

Thanks guys,
I got the 128 gig card and two 64 gig also. 3 batteries, 3 cards.

cheers