advertisement feature | Sandisk The awards collection From ultra fast cards to innovative SSDs, Sandisk has six nominations in this year’s Gear of the Year Awards R eliable and speedy storage is one of the foundations of filmmaking, which is why Sandisk has secured
an impressive six nominations in this year’s Pro Moviemaker Gear of the Year Awards. Three high-performance memory cards and three professional-grade portable SSDs have been shortlisted, recognising the brand’s unwavering commitment to speed, reliability and innovation. Whether capturing high-bit-rate video, recording Raw stills or backing up valuable content on location, filmmakers need storage they can trust. Sandisk has built its reputation on delivering exactly that, helping creators work faster, safer and with greater confidence from shoot to final delivery. Built for extreme performance As cameras keep capturing ever-higher resolutions, frame rates and bit depths, the need for fast and reliable storage has never been greater – but not every project is the same. That’s exactly why three different Sandisk products have earned places on this year’s Gear of the Year shortlist. At the top of the range sits the Sandisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD (V3), a drive capable of handling loads of footage. Its headline feature is extraordinary performance, with transfer speeds of up
to 4000MB∕s. That means huge files can be moved in seconds, backups completed faster and production workflows kept moving without bottlenecks. The Pro can transfer up to ten minutes of 12K footage in under a minute, making it ideal for modern cameras, multicam shoots, Raw recording and AI-assisted editing.
Available in capacities of 2TB and 4TB, with an 8TB version planned, the Pro model is designed to cope with the increasing demands of productions yet, despite its performance, it remains genuinely pocket-sized and easy to carry. Alongside it sits the Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD (V3), which offers many of the same practical benefits in a package aimed at a broader range of creators. With transfer speeds up to 2000MB∕s, it’s still incredibly fast, meaning big photo libraries, video projects and content archives can be moved quickly and efficiently. What makes these drives appealing is how much they have in common. Both are designed for life on the move, featuring IP65-rated water and dust resistance and protection against drops of up to three metres. Whether you’re shooting in dusty environments, working outdoors in poor weather or simply travelling with a packed gear bag, both drives are built to survive the realities of production. Security is also a priority. Each drive features password protection backed by
Speedy siblings The Extreme Portable SSD (right) is fast, but the Pro version (left) is even quicker
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