00:06
Sony Finally Upgrades Its CFexpress Cards, Doubling Their Peak Speeds
Sony is finally updating its newest CFexpress Type A memory cards with CFexpress 4.0 compatibility, increasing their maximum speeds from 800MB/s to 1,800 MB/s. [Read More]
18:00
ProGrade Digital Expands SSD Options With Two New Compact Offerings
ProGrade Digital is expanding its product line with more SSD products, expanding its business further beyond memory cards. The company's new SSDs promise high speeds and reliability despite their small form factors. [Read More]
16:00
Novachips’ CFexpress 4.0 Type A and B Cards Promise Incredible Value
South Korean memory company Novachips announced new CFexpress 4. 0 memory cards that promise to be as affordable as SD cards. Novachips' new CFexpress Type A and Type B memory cards come in sizes ranging from 330GB to a whopping 3.
20:49
RadioShack Not Only Still Exists, It Sells Suspiciously Cheap SD Cards
RadioShack, once a ubiquitous American electronics store, filed for bankruptcy and shuttered all of its brick and mortar US locations way back in 2017. For most Americans, the brand appeared to die but that isn't entirely true: it shifted its efforts online where it now sells some suspiciously cheap SD cards emblazoned with the company's branding. [Read More]
20:10
Sony’s New Tough CFexpress Type B Cards Are Fast and Affordable
Sony has released new high-capacity Tough CFexpress Type B cards in 240GB and 480GB capacities. These cards promise swift speeds and high performance for photographers and videographers using the latest and greatest Canon, Fujifilm, Nikon, and Panasonic cameras. [Read More]
01:14
Angelbird Discontinues Its 1TB Sony CFe Card 10 Months After Launch
Angelbird has discontinued its massive 1TB capacity CFexpress Type A card. The $500 card was not only cheap, it promised full compatibility with Sony cameras. That might be the source to the "why" it has been taken off store shelves. [Read More]
20:22
5 Reasons Why Photographers Should Use Files.fm
Compared to other professions, photographers have it rough when it comes to the sheer quantity of equipment required. Not just physical equipment – cameras, lenses, flashes, tripods, light stands, and endless other accessories – but digital tools, too. [Read More]
23:25
ProGrade’s New CFexpress Cards Write Data at a Roaring 3,000 MB/s
Even though it just launched a new Cobalt-class CFexpress 4.0 card in September, ProGrade Digital isn't resting on its laurels and has a new Gold series in three capacities that writes data at a rip-roaring 3,000 MB/s. [Read More]
22:13
The Sharge Disk is a Tiny USB SSD That Works with Mirrorless Cameras
Sharge Disk is a new super-compact, actively cooled, USB-C connected, M.2 NVMe SSD that is about the size of two bottle caps and promises transfer speeds of up to 1,000 MB/s. [Read More]
20:35
Sony’s New CFexpress Card Has Huge 2TB Capacity, Eye-Watering Price
Sony has reclaimed the title of the largest CFexpress Type A card with its new 1,920GB capacity monster. That's a ton of storage, but it comes with a similarly high asking price. [Read More]
13:00
Dear Drobo; Please Get Better
I remember when there was a time when Drobo had a pretty much universal market share. Every photographer loved to compare their Drobo setups and proudly talk about them. They were easy, cost-effective, and excellent for photographers.
19:46
Is CFast Really Dead? Revisiting a Prediction from 2016
Almost six years ago, I spoke with industry experts about the state of memory cards and all of them told me that CFast was about to be a thing of the past. So did that actually happen? Is CFast really dead? [Read More]
21:22
SanDisk’s Pro-Blade SSD Makes Storage Thin, Small, and Modular
SanDisk has announced a new solid state drive (SSD) system called the Pro-Blade. Billed as a modular ecosystem, the company says that it is designed to allow creators to easily swap high-capacity "mags" into one enclosure that dramatically reduces bulk. [Read More]
16:59
Samsung’s Palm-Sized T7 Shield SSD is Fast and Affordable
Samsung has revealed the credit card-sized T7 Shield SSD that promises plug-and-play functionality on Mac, PC, and Android devices. It is also Samsung's most durable portable SSD to date and is designed for travelers and outdoor content creators. [Read More]
20:33
SanDisk Professional G-Drives: New Name, Better Performance
G-Technology has been a mainstay brand for photographers for years, but was recently rebranded under SanDisk Professional. While the products now have a new name, has anything else changed? I have been a huge fan of G-Tech products since I got into the industry, and I still use a G-Tech RAID array every day. But […]
17:14
Apple Postpones Controversial Photo Scanning Plans After Backlash
Apple’s controversial plan to scan iPhone photo libraries in order to protect children — a technology that was widely criticized by tech and privacy experts — has been delayed for at least a few months.
20:28
Is Apple Actually Going to Snoop on Your Photos?
Is Apple actually snooping on your photos? Jefferson Graham wrote an article last week warning this based on the company’s child safety announcement. An attention-grabbing headline? Certainly.
20:21
A Slippery Slope? Apple Will Soon Snoop on Your Photos
The photos on your iPhone will no longer be private to just you in the fall. The photos are still yours, but Apple’s artificial intelligence is going to be looking through them constantly. Apple’s algorithm will be inspecting them, looking out for potential child abuse and nude photo issues. This should be of major concern […]
14:00
Kingston Tackles the Issue of Big RAW File Sizes, But At What Cost?
New technology is always fantastic. We have been spoiled quite a bit in the photography industry over the last few years in this regard. There's no doubt about that. More powerful cameras with larger sensors than ever before are here, and they're relatively affordable.
01:05
Is the Mostly-Ignored Amazon Photos a Good Google Photos Replacement?
Jim Salter at Ars Technica decided to take a second look at Amazon Photos, a platform that has flown pretty under the radar since its launch in 2014. Now that Google Photos no longer offers free unlimited high-resolution storage, Salter decided to give Amazon a second try.
13:00
Cheap Photo: Fujifilm XT3 $1,199, Godox V1 $199, Big Photography Deals
The photography deals around the web just keep on getting better and better, Need a new camera? Right now, you can grab the Fujifilm X-T3 for just $1,199, the Olympus E-M1 II for $1,099, and the Canon M50 with a lens for only $499! You can also save $1,000 on the Medium Format Fujifilm GFX 50R.
18:08
Manfrotto Unveils Pro Rugged Memory Cards, the ‘Toughest’ in the World
Manfrotto has jumped into the memory card market. Best known for its tripods, lighting supports, and accessories, the Italy-based brand just unveiled its new Pro Rugged line of memory cards. They’re purportedly the strongest memory cards on the market.
23:03
RAID/NAS/DAS for Photographers on a Budget
Not everyone needs the massive terabytes of storage that are possible with a RAID/NAS/DAS storage device. But you don’t need to fill up all the drive slots in one of these devices to get the advantages offered.
22:10
Sony Jumping Into CFexpress with an Ultra-Tough 1700MB/s Card
The rise of CFexpress memory cards is accelerating. Just months after ProGrade Digital unveiled the world’s first 1 terabyte CFExpress card, Sony has announced its own tougher and faster CFexpress card.
20:00
Samsung Launches Affordable Large Capacity 860 QVO SSDs
Samsung aims to make the storage capacity vs performance tradeoff a non-issue with their new affordable & high capacity Samsung 860 QVO series of SSDs.
17:25
Flickr is Finally Getting Rid of that Antiquated Yahoo! Sign In
One would think that Flickr would have gone the way of MySpace and Xanga years ago when it was cool, but there is still a community that apparently cares about it despite its lack of serious relevance in the major photography world these days.
13:00
Review: LaCie 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 (The Dock Photographers Need)
With the advent of cameras with ever increasing megapixel counts, never before have content creators been faced with the challenge of managing and maintaining such vast amounts of data. This is especially challenging for photographers and videographers who work primarily from their laptops, which tend to be lacking in storage space unless you’ve got deep enough pockets to afford one with a large hard disk/solid state drive.
01:00
The Promise of Gnarbox Finally Realized In New Gnarbox 2.0 SSD Product
We were always fans of the overall idea and concept behind what Gnarbox was trying to do with their product. As photography journalists who need to travel a lot, the idea of being able to travel and only need to take a small portable storage unit like the Gnarbox with us was an appealing one, as it was to other types of photographers as well.
19:40
Samsung Unveils World’s Largest SSD with Whopping 30TB
If you’re in the market for an SSD drive, you’re probably looking at 128GB, 250GB, or 500GB drive. Well, Samsung just announced a 30720GB drive. Yes, you read that number correctly — it’s the highest-capacity SSD drive in the world.
21:16
Pholio: A Searchable Hard Drive That’s Like an Offline Google Photos
Pholio is a new device that’s aiming to take on Google Photos with a hard drive for your photos that’s searchable by using keywords. The difference here is that Pholio keeps your data secure, and searchable while remaining offline and not relying on cloud services.
19:39
CrashPlan is Ditching Consumers: Time to Move Your Photo Backups
If you use the popular CrashPlan for Home as your cloud photo backup service, here’s some bad news: you’re going to have to start paying more or move your photo archive elsewhere. Code42 just announced that CrashPlan for Home is being discontinued.
16:01
DJI Teams Up with Seagate to Develop Better Data Solutions for Drone Operators
Seagate is making some moves to better services the creative sector, first with their announcement earlier providing the drives in LaCie's latest rugged drives, and now with DJI working on specialized data solutions to tackle the quickly growing demands of drone pilots.
16:00
LaCie And Seagate Team Up On New USB-C And Thunderbolt-3 Products
LaCie has long been a popular brand among photographers for their rugged external hard drives capable of taking a beating while protecting our data out in the field. CES is this week and like many tech companies LaCie has some new announcements, along with a new partner, so lets get into the news.
23:28
Ricoh Takes On Google with Its New Photo Management Service Keenai
Ricoh wants to play with the big boys. In a surprising move for the company, Ricoh today unveiled Keenai (get it, “keen eye” but with AI?), an intelligent photo storage and management service that wants to bring all of your digital photos under one easy-to-organize umbrella.
14:02
Review: JPEGMini Pro
In an age where sensor resolution is getting higher and higher, those MB, GB, and TB on your computers at home are simply not getting you where they used to. The saying 'Storage is Cheap' is true, but only to a point, and a frugal photographer should be looking for ways to cut back on the amount of storage space they need to store their images - both at home and on the web.
21:18
Seagate Unveils a 5TB Portable Drive, the World’s Largest Small Drive
Seagate has announced the world’s largest capacity mobile drive. The new Backup Plus Portable can store 5TB of data in a small and lightweight case that can easily be carried around in a camera bag.
