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As a director, Denis Plesca has a unique view of his productions. Here, he turns his considered gaze to all-important storage tech Storage supreme
N o matter the scale of the shoot, it’s a director’s prerogative to keep a guiding hand in every aspect of production. Camera operators, data handlers, editors and beyond are masters of their respective crafts, but it’s the director who oversees them all. Denis Plesca, founder of Stingrae Films, has taken on that responsibility. “As a production house, we work on commercials, high-end corporate content and social media video – across most industries, from luxury hotels to automotive,” he begins. “Personally, I spend most of my time developing clients’ ideas in pre-production, then ensuring that shared vision is fulfilled on-set.” But Plesca’s talents aren’t solely creative. Technical proficiency is a must. Given the chance to put Samsung Portable
SSD T7 Shield’s impressive capabilities to the test, he eagerly got to work. “We use portable SSDs on every shoot. We strip data from cards to keep shooting throughout, then at the end of the day we back up everything that’s been recorded. Sometimes we have ten cards from three cameras, so a drive fast enough to manage all that content is vital.” When speed is an absolute demand, the Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield won’t disappoint. Designed with USB 3.2 Gen 2 connectivity and patented PCIe NVMe technology, the respective read and write speeds of 1050MB/s and 1000MB/s take the waiting around out of file transfers. That’s far from the only benefit, however. “Most clients now require 4K as standard, so to be able to transfer those data-heavy files in minutes rather than
ON-SET STORAGE Robust, compact and lightning fast – this 2TB portable SSD is the perfect companion on a shoot
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