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From gallop to gigabyte The Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield provides stable storage for horse show coverage F or professional equestrian photographer and filmmaker Steve Dawe, timing is everything. Whether it’s capturing a horse season, he often has a team of up to seven image makers shooting tens of thousands of high-resolution images and videos. As a former horse racing shooter, his work now covers all sorts of equine events from dressage to showjumping, including the famous Horse of the Year Show, as well as local events all over the UK. That kind of workload demands serious speed – not just from his cameras, but also from his backup system. “I’m constantly where the portable drive shines. It offers sequential read and write speeds of up to 1050MB/s and 1000MB/s respectively, thanks to USB 3.2 Gen 2 connectivity which dramatically cuts workflow time. With horse owners and riders calling for their images and videos as soon as possible, Dawe often ends up editing late into the night in his hotel room to ensure his work is uploaded to galleries and on sale as soon as possible. Waiting for his storage to keep up would be a disaster. “I can transfer hundreds of gigabytes of files in a few minutes,” he adds. “It used dumping cards, reviewing selects and doing quick edits. I can’t afford to wait around for files to copy,” he says. That’s
mid-leap or editing on the go at a packed showground, every second counts. “I’ve often got one chance to get the shot,” Dawe says. “And I need my gear to be as fast and reliable as I am.” That’s why he invests in the best equipment available, from cameras to lenses – and his go-to storage solution is the rugged Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield. Covering high-profile events that can last up to five days at a time during peak
“It used to take me ages with spinning hard drives or slower SSDs. Now I plug in the Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield and it just flies”
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