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“The Samsung Portable SSD X5 doubled our efficiency by at least 100%”
IMAGES Ken Brown appreciates the speed of the Samsung Portable SSD X5 during the risky fire- training shoots
highest resolution we could get, so it would give us some form of future-proofing, but that comes at a price with huge file sizes,” says Brown. SHOCKING Another massive point in the use of the Samsung Portable SSD X5 drive was its form factor and buss power. The drive also offers thermal management technology, including a Dynamic Thermal Guard and mechanical solution. The portable drive maintains optimal temperature by its operating speed, and it’s built to absorb working heat through a heat sink to prevent overheating, keeping the surface temperature below 45°C. “We would have the Samsung Portable SSD X5 ‘on-set’, if you like, ready for the downloads. We were conscious the weather might break, so wanted to capture as much of the exercises as possible”, continues Brown. “The portable drive also offers its own drive security just in case we dropped it, which we didn’t.” With a housing and internal protection guard frame made by a durable yet light magnesium, the Samsung Portable SSD X5 can withstand drops of up to two metres. Also, with Samsung’s Portable SSD software, the portable drive securely protects your data. It provides optional password protection through AES 256-bit hardware encryption – something very important to the training sector, according to Brown.
“We have to protect our standard training procedures and make sure they’re the latest types of exercise, which is why the films take a while to achieve. We have to be sure we’re demonstrating the correct way of firefighting. Shooting these films was very pressurised. Add the fire risk to that, and you realise anything that increases the speed and turnaround of the shooting, like the Samsung Portable SSD X5, is fantastic!” Brown agrees that shooting the drills was like a baptism of fire, but could be enhanced by such bleeding-edge technology like the Samsung Portable SSD X5 drive. “We had a huge learning curve when we put these cameras on the safety helmets. Getting advice on the way footage is shot and then used was great and saved us a lot of time. With the incredibly fast Samsung transfer, we have a template we can use going forward, especially as resolutions go up. We also are thinking of shooting Raw footage, which will increase the file sizes even more, but we now have a procedure – and the hardware – in place to counter that.”
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