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My Passport Wireless SSD

The Perfect Backup!

Rohinton Mehta

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photographer’s worst

possible nightmare is

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That’s the reason why we go

to great lengths and backup

our precious cargo, so that,

in the event of loss, damage,

pilferage or corruption of a

memory card, the backup

saves the day.

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forms. In cameras having

two memory card slots, you

can enable the feature to

copy the images from one

card to the other and thus

have two cards with the

same images. So, in case you

lose one card, or one card

gets corrupted, the other

card with the same images

will come to your rescue.

While this is a good method,

the downside is that you

need double the quantity

of cards on your trip. Also

bear in mind that both the

memory cards need to offer

the same writing speed or

else the camera will slow

down to the speed of the

slower card. And one more

thing, the more cards you

have, the greater the chances

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cards.

You could also backup your

images on to a laptop, but as

you already know, carrying

and looking after a laptop

while on a shoot can be

pretty troublesome.

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Wireless SSD drive from

Western Digital. Using its

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you can wirelessly and

quickly backup your

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without the need to carry

a laptop or additional

software. The product is

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1TB and 2TB capacity.

The product shown here is

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features are the same in

all the other versions. Just

slip in your SD card into the

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need of a laptop. You can

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videos directly on your

smartphone or tablet using

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The SSD, without any moving

component inside, is more

stable than normal hard

drives. What is more, the

product is enclosed in a

protective bumper, which

further reduces the impact

from external shocks. As per

Western Digital, the product

is safe from drops up to one

metre, even when the drive

is in operation.

What if your camera uses a

different memory card and

not an SD card? In that case,

you can place your card into

your card reader and attach

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USB port and backup your

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continuous use. The product

is compatible with Windows

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Limited Warranty of two

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Amazon.in. Kindly check the

prices and delivery time on

their website. |SP

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