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Filmmaker, content producer and photographer Dave Newton headed to the Lake District recently to make a film about a fell runner, and accompanying him on the trip was the big brother of the G-SPEED Shuttle, the similarly highly-specced 8-Bay Shuttle XL. For Dave it was an easy call to make, since his 4K video shoots are seeing him generating more data than ever before, and yet he still has the same requirements as he’s ever had to safeguard his footage and to make sure that it’s all adequately backed up as quickly and efficiently as possible. “Away from base I need a fast and rugged backup solution,” says Dave, “which comes in the form of the G-Technology ev RaW SSD. This is an SSD drive that will slot into any of the evolution series bays and it comes with a rubber bumper round the outside and the ability to slot into the ev ATC case. This ensures that it will survive a two metre drop and it even floats in water!
all modular. “When I’d finished I popped out the C-Fast card reader and replaced it with a G-Drive ev Raw SSD,” he says. “I could then hand this off to another member of the crew so that I had a triplicate backup of the day’s footage in separate locations.” Reflecting the fact that so much initial post work is now expected to take place in the field, Dave particularly appreciated the ability his G-Technology set-up has given him to check on his day’s work. “Because the Shuttle is such a fast device I can actually review my rushes in the field,” he says. “Even though they’re 4K Raw I was able to stream the data fast enough to make sure I had all the shots I needed. Had there been anything I’d missed I would have been able to make a shot list ready for the following day. “I’ve now decided to sign up for the new 4 Bay. It just ticks so many boxes on size, capacity and speed and I can’t wait to get my hands on one for my next project.”
“As well as shooting to SanDisk C-Fast cards I use an Atomos external recorder combined with a G-Technology Master Caddy 4K. With this set-up I know I have both the capacity and speed to handle the resolution and bit rate I’m shooting at, and it also allows me to transfer that data into my workflow super simply.” At the end of his day’s shoot Dave backed up his footage to the Shuttle using his C-Fast card reader, which slotted into one of the spare bays. Crucially all of the drives in the device work together, since they’re THE SHUTTLE IS SUCH A FAST DEVICE I CAN REVIEW RUSHES IN THE FI ELD
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