It’s hard for anyone to get excited about physical storage. I mean, let’s be honest — external hard drives and solid state drives are a dime a dozen. There’s tons of options out there, and for the most part, you’re not going to find major differences between many of them.
Let’s face it, as creators, we would be sunk if we didn’t have access to fast SSDs and ultrafast SD and CFexpress cards. We need these items, so, it’s always a blessing when you can get what you need on the cheap. These deals will save you money and they
It can be confusing to choose the perfect SSD (solid-state drive) for your needs. Technology changes rapidly and new types of drives emerge with different qualities, price points and trade-offs. I’m here to help demystify SSDs so you can make an informed decision to best protect your precious content, meet
You can probably find any other item that we use in our creative lives that’s more exciting than internal hard drives and SSDs. However, you’d be hard-pressed to find another item that we rely on as heavily nor that’s as critical (outside of a camera and lens) to what we
Today’s hard drive market offers numerous options, so it can be confusing to ensure you’re making the best decision to meet your needs. There are several factors to consider, including performance and price. However, your first action should be to decide between a traditional hard disk drive (HDD) or a
There’s that well-known saying among computer technicians: “It’s not if your hard drive will fail, it’s when.” So why do hard drives fail? Human error You may be the most likely cause of hard disk failure. Not surprisingly, human error is the most common cause. Whether it’s installing the computer’s
Not long ago, I wrote about running out of SSD storage and how I added more for under $125. After all, you can never have too much storage, right? Especially fast storage. It worked great at first, then began to go south. This article continues my quest to add blazing fast
If you’re like me, you have photos. Lots of photos. And you need storage. Lots of storage. Running out of SSD storage I have a 500MB SSD in my iMac. I was using this to process photos, then shuttle them over to an external SATA drive — a spinning drive that
In this video article, I’ll show you how I balance a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K with Olympus 12mm f/2.0 lens mounted in a SmallRig half cage with Samsung T5 SSD on the Crane 3 Lab gimbal. Watch the video Thanks for watching and I hope you found this helpful.
Plugable’s USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 to M.2 SSD enclosure has been my favorite hard drive to carry around because of its ease of use and installation, size and speed. The flexibility of being able to choose what size SSD you want inside makes this one of the best hard drive options available
The Weekly Wrap-Up features articles from this week on Photofocus. This week, Michele Grenier continues her journey to mirrorless, Mykii Liu talks about the Samsung 860 QVO SSD, Bob Coates dives into gear for wildflower photography, Vanelli introduces us to Aircam event software and guest writer Jamie MacDonald dives into
Samsung had released the 860 QVO SSD line in the end of 2018 as their entry level and most affordable SSD. Samsung has been a leader of solid state storage for almost a decade and has brought much of that technology down to a price range that everyone should jump
