| Camera | Codec | specs | MB/s | GB/hr | hr/1TB (80%) |
|---|
| Panasonic AF100 | AVC HD 21Mbps | 8bit 4.2.0 | 3 | 11 | 76 |
| Sony DV, HDV, F3, EX1/EX3 | MPEG2 HDV-DV 25Mbps | 8bit 4.2.0 | 3,6 | 13 | 63 |
| Sony NXCAM, FS100, FS700, Canon C100 | AVC/H.264 24Mbps | 8bit 4.2.0 | 3,6 | 13 | 63 |
| Sony F3, EX3 | XDCAM EX MPEG2 35Mbps | 8bit 4.2.0 | 5,2 | 18 | 44 |
| Pix240, Atomos, Blackmagic Hyperdeck, AJA Ki, FCPX proxy | Apple ProRes Proxy | 10bit 4.2.2 | 6 | 21 | 38 |
| Sony XDCAMHD/F5/F55, Canon C300/C500/XF105 | XDCAM HD MPEG2 50Mbps | 8bit 4.2.2 | 7,2 | 25 | 32 |
| Panasonic GH3 | AVC/H.264 72Mbps | 8bit 4.2.2 | 9 | 32 | 25 |
| Canon 5D MKIII | AVC/H.264 91Mbps | 8bit 4.2.2 | 12 | 42 | 19 |
| Pix240, Atomos, Blackmagic Hyperdeck, AJA Ki | Apple ProRes LT | 10bit 4.2.2 | 12 | 42 | 19 |
| Sony F5 - F55 | XAVC HD - 100Mbps@25fps | 10bit 4.2.2 | 14,4 | 51 | 16 |
| Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera | Apple ProRes HQ | 10bit 4.2.2 | 26 | 91 | 9 |
| Pix240, Atomos, Blackmagic Hyperdeck, AJA Ki | Apple ProRes HQ | 10bit 4.2.2 | 26 | 91 | 9 |
| Blackmagic Cinema Camera 2.5K | Apple ProRes HQ | 10bit 4.2.2 | 26 | 91 | 9 |
| Sony F55 | XAVC 4K/QFHD- 250Mbps@25fps | 10bit 4.2.2 | 36 | 127 | 6 |
| RED One, Epic, Scarlet | REDCode 7:1 / 42 .r3d | 12-16bit compr RAW - 3840x2160 | 39 | 137 | 5,8 |
| Arri Alexa | Apple ProRes 444 | 12bit log | 40,4 | 142 | 6 |
| Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera | compressed RAW .dng | 12bit RAW .dng 1920x1080 | 55 | 193 | 4,1 |
| RED Epic-X, Epic Dragon | REDCode 7:1 .r3d | 16bit compr RAW 5120x2700 | 65 | 229 | 3,5 |
| Blackmagic Cinema Camera 4K | Apple ProRes HQ | 10bit 4.2.2 - 3840x2160 | 106 | 374 | 2,1 |
| Blackmagic Cinema Camera 2.5K | RAW .dng | 12bit RAW - 2432x1366 | 125 | 438 | 1,8 |
| RED Epix-Dragon | REDCode 6:1 .r3d | 16bit compr RAW - 6144x3160 | 129 | 454 | 1,8 |
| Arri Alexa + Codex -- Alexa XT + XR module | Arri RAW .ari | 12bit RAW -2880x1620 | 175 | 615 | 1,3 |
| Sony F55/FS700 met RAW module | 4K Sony RAW ( 3:1) | 16bit compr RAW | 236 | 830 | 1,0 |
