SAMSUNG ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE THINK TANK Dynamic Thermal Guard technology helps keep the portable drive cool even when the heat is on encryption and optional password protection via Samsung Magician software, Buckle had peace of mind that material was kept secure, even for handovers and travel. Samsung Magician software also lets the team check drive health and performance, which proves useful on-set when working across different machines. The portable drive works seamlessly across Windows, MacOS, Android and even directly with certain cameras. It ships with USB-C to C and USB-C to A cables in the box too. “One less cable to remember, one less headache!” exclaims Buckle. For a device so small, the Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield became the beating heart of a complex creative operation. From lightning-fast file transfers to on-the-fly editing support and rugged reliability in a live shooting environment, it proved itself more than worthy of a place in Buckle’s core set-up. Available in 1TB and 2TB in blue, beige and black – with the latter colour also sold as a 4TB version – the Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield is ready to handle whatever the real world throws at it. In a shoot where everything was on the line, Buckle’s vision was backed by a tiny portable drive with a massive impact.
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“Stuff gets knocked. It gets left on surfaces while you’re setting up a slider. But the portable drive kept going,” says Buckle. “Honestly, it handled the stress better than I did.” The shoot was a promotional push for a business accelerator programme that’s aimed at giving start-ups a physical space to grow with access to expert mentors. Waldock and Buckle was tasked with producing a complete marketing toolkit in a single shoot day: a main promo video, social media reels, interviews, B roll and a suite of photography for online use. “The building was being opened the next day and would be packed with people, so there was no room for error,” according to Buckle. “We couldn’t go back to reshoot. Every clip had to be checked to make sure it was usable – that’s why I needed trustworthy storage. One glitch, one lost file and it would have been a disaster.” The Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield comes in capacities up to 4TB, which was more than enough for a full day of high-res footage. And with AES 256-bit hardware
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The choice of card was obvious: Samsung’s latest PRO Plus micro SD. Available in up to 1TB sizes and with a read speed of 180MB/s and write speed of 130MB/s, it’s also V30 rated. The card comes with an SD adapter, so can be downloaded directly to a laptop with an SD slot or via a card reader. And it’s quick to download, which pays real dividends on shoots.
With a drone that can shoot in 5.1K in Apple ProRes 422 HQ, that’s a lot of data to be stored, and a lesser micro SD can’t keep up. Although the drone has a built-in 1TB SSD, it also takes micro SD cards to use as an instant backup. So Buckle made sure both were in play when shooting the building that houses the business think tank.
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