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Champion stuff! The Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield was the perfect partner to record Team GB’s junior motorcycle racing team A ction sports filmmaker Joe Haskayne isn’t one to shy away from a challenge. But when the Team GB junior motocross racing “I love high-resolution Raw video files, which give lots of room for editing in post,” he starts. “But it takes up a lot of hard drive space, and with such a quick turnaround we needed something very fast, totally reliable and rugged. With 4TB of storage and fast import and export, the Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield was perfect.

squad requested a feature-length, fly-on- the-wall documentary shot over five days – then edited and published just three days later – it was a tough ask. Tough on minds, bodies and equipment, as the event was to be held on a sandy race track in Holland, and the weather forecast was for rain. Regardless, Haskayne was confident he was up to the job, despite being a stickler for always shooting in the highest-quality codecs for ultimate quality. There were to be no half measures, so the right kit was of paramount importance.

“Not only were we shooting footage to make the final edit, but also a lot of stills and making reels for social media in the days before and during the World Championship event. The pressure was truly on, and the Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield triumphed. “The portable drive was noticeably faster than the SSD I use, and was ideal to

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