Storage solutions have never been the most glamourous of tools. Between the constant innovation of lenses and camera bodies, it’s hard to get some of that spotlight. But storage media has always been the foundation for any creative endeavor. Without it, lenses and camera bodies would be worthless. In an attempt to push innovation in an often overlooked product category, Atomos and Nextorage have partnered up and developed the Nextorage AtomX SSDmini. Atomos cut their teeth building on-camera monitors with built-in recorders. Their products have allowed camera manufacturers to output higher-quality codecs, or even the raw camera signal, to be recorded externally. This opened a whole new landscape for DSLR filmmakers that might have been trapped in an 8-bit world. But, recording this kind of data requires high data rates that many media storage options just can’t handle. To manage this data, Atomos opted for Solid State Storage Drives or SSDs. This opened the door for users to source third-party SSDs for their own use. But with variety also come a few problems. Not all SSDs are the same. To fix this issue, Atomos partnered with a Sony group company specialized in memory storage solutions — Nextorage. And what did they make? The AtomX SSDmini The humble SSD has evolved into a different form factor that can handle faster and faster data rates. The M.2 form factor with the NVMe interface surpasses the SATA SSD in practically every way. But the love child of Atomos and Nextorage retains the SATA...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 30 November, 2021