DEFINITION December 2019

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SPEED, RELIABILITY AND ROBUSTNESS DOP Andrew Boulter needed a solution to a high-data transfer in Saudi Arabia or risk missing a connecting flight. He found it with the Samsung Portable SSD X5

Portable SSD X5 can withstand drops of up to two metres. Also, with Samsung’s portable SSD software, the drive securely protects your data by providing optional password protection through AES 256-bit hardware encryption. Boulter explains how the shoot proceeded: “Essentially, it was to be planned, recce’d, shot and edited in about a week, involving a DOP, me, from London, a production company in Jeddah, an agency and an editor in Beirut.

2800/2300MB/s. Its read/write speeds are up to 5.2x/4.5x faster than Samsung’s SSD (SATA) and up to 25.5x/20.9x faster than a standard HDD. HIGH-END GEAR As Boulter was going to film on residential streets, he had peace of mind that the portable drive came with housing and an internal protection guard made from a durable yet light magnesium should there be any accidental mishaps, as the Samsung

ANDREW BOULTER IS an experienced director of photography and is used to turning around last-minute briefs. A recent job saw him fly to Saudi Arabia, and he made sure he packed his latest device: a Samsung Portable SSD X5. Boulter explains: “In this business, you get used to fast jobs. This one was in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and was no exception. I was contacted by an advertising agency to film a piece of social media for a big-name sports brand, and it featured a footballer who plays for one of the Saudi clubs. My basic brief was to make a short piece of about 45 seconds illustrating that this footballer had arrived back home.” He had taken the Samsung Portable SSD X5 with him to prepare for a quick turnaround. The Samsung portable drive uses technologies such as NVMe and Thunderbolt 3, and its exceptional speed offers read/write speeds of up to

IMAGES The Samsung Portable SSD X5 comes with housing and an internal protection guard made from durable magnesium

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