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THE PERFECT SOLUTION After using the Samsung Portable SSD T7 Touch, content creator Virgyl Sowah says: “I’ll never go back!”
ABOVE With a truly tiny and lightweight design, the Samsung Portable SSD T7 Touch fits just as easily in a pocket, camera bag or workstation as it does the palm of your hand read speeds are made possible by an advanced design, featuring embedded PCIe NVMe technology. Impressive specs aside, the end result is a speed that’s up to role in the portable drive’s outstanding speeds, making use of modern USB 3.2 Gen 2 capabilities. When it comes to the body of the portable drive, 1000 MB/s write speeds and even faster 1050 MB/s create a pretty significant strain on my machine’s drive, or external storage, come the time of the edit.” As a result of that, it’s not unusual to have to edit with low-resolution proxy files or suffer significant lag within editing software, which isn’t just costly on time – it disrupts the creative process, too. Sowah, for one, was overjoyed to find this wasn’t the case when editing off the Samsung Portable SSD T7 Touch. “Editing was super smooth with the 4K files. My workflow was sped up drastically even when working with some Raw footage. Uploading all the files to start working with was much faster than I’m used to as well, I think in a large part due to the USB-C connection, as well as the speed of the drive itself.” The connection certainly plays a
“I’m a freelance videographer and marketing strategist,” says Virgyl Sowah. “Essentially, what this involves is sitting down with clients, strategising the precise video content to meet their vision, creating that content, then helping the client to implement it successfully online, on social media and elsewhere.” Taking control of the shoot, edit and dissemination of the content, plus the added responsibility of rightfully demanding clients, means Sowah must be sharp every step of the way in his professional life. And he needs his kit to follow suit. Up against the clock with a number of important edits to
turn around, Sowah gave the powerful Samsung Portable SSD T7 Touch a try – and was blown away by the results. GREATER DEMANDS “Though I do shoot the footage for my projects, I used the Samsung Portable SSD T7 Touch during the editing stage, as that’s where I find I have the greatest need for an external drive,” Sowah explains. “I religiously shoot in 4K, because it’s nice to have that extra resolution there should you need it, though it can always be transcoded to Full HD later if that’s what a client wants. The downside to that extra resolution is larger file sizes, which
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