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DIYP Quiz: How much storage does it have?

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Apr 6, 2023 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment
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Storage units have come a long way, and the methods we use for storing our images have evolved greatly over the past few decades. This is why we chose to dedicate one DIYP quiz to storage space!

Some of you remember how we stored our early digital images before gigantic external hard drives and cloud services. But let’s see if you can remember how much data all these old storage units could hold. And if you share your results with us – we may even be able to guess roughly how old you are.

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The Panasonic GH6 will be able to record directly to a USB SSD one week from today

Sep 20, 2022 by John Aldred 1 Comment
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Well, this is one that’ll make a lot of Panasonic GH6 users very happy. Every day in the Panasonic groups over the last few months since the camera’s initial release, I’ve been seeing people asking “When will the GH6 be able to record directly to SSD?!?!?”. Well, the answer is now. Wait, no, it’s not. Today is not the actual release. Today is the announcement that a release is imminent. The answer is September 27th, so you’ll have to wait another week.

The new Version 2.2 firmware supports direct recording and playback of videos and photos using an external SSD connected via USB. You can record onto drives of up to 2TB in capacity using Apple ProRes 422 HQ (Max 1.9Gbps) or high bitrate, 4:2:2 10-bit All-Intra. There are some caveats, though!

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This massive 16TB external SSD offers speeds up to 2,800MB/sec and costs a whopping $3,300

Jun 22, 2021 by John Aldred 1 Comment
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Sometimes, you just need a whole lot of external storage and you need it to be really, really fast – especially if you’re shooting video. There are a lot of great fast options out there from companies like Western Digital, SanDisk and Samsung, but when it comes to speed and capacity, Sabrent really takes the cake with this 16TB monster of a drive.

Claiming speeds of up to 2,800MB/sec, the Sabrent Rocket XTRM-Q 16-TB external SSD actually contains a pair of 8TB NVMe SSDs in a tough aluminium housing with a rubber case. And it costs a whopping $3,300 – unless you get it from Amazon, where it’s currently available for the relative bargain of $2,900.

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HyperDisk wants to bring super-fast SSDs down to wallet-friendly prices

Nov 21, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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Portable storage is a must for all us photographers and filmmakers if we want to store all those huge RAW photos and 4K (or even 6K) videos. I guess we all want a large portable drive, with fast read and write speed, but at a decent price. Enter HyperDisk – it’s a tiny SSD, with up to 1,000 MB/s read and write speed, with the price starting at $85.

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The HyperCube gives iPhone and iPad users access external HDs and SSDs

Jun 17, 2019 by John Aldred 3 Comments
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This is interesting for your iOS folks. There’s a new Kickstarter in town for something called the HyperCube. It’s an interesting little device that sits in between your phone’s charger cable and the USB socket and provides a microSD slot as well as a USB slot for plugging in a hard drive, SSD or flash drive.

When it hits retail (which won’t be for a while), it’s going to be $49, although it’s as low as $29 right now through the Kickstarter campaign.

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iOS13 finally gets direct access to external storage, report claims

Apr 25, 2019 by John Aldred 3 Comments
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According to a report on 9to5Mac, it looks like Apple might be starting to loosen their grip on external storage with iOS devices. New details shared from the Worldwide Developers Conference, seems like apps will be able to access external storage directly, just like Android, rather than having to import through the photos app and store on the camera roll.

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