When you need extra storage, a Micro SD card can be incredibly convenient. It’s a ubiquitous format that’s used by phones, tablets, cameras, and dozens of similar small devices. People love them because they weight virtually nothing, they’re about as small as a thumbnail, and portable to match. But at the end of the day, …
When we were kids, our fathers never had to go to the gym. All of our portable electronics (and we use the term portable very hesitantly) were heavy enough to transform our dads into hulking, memory-documenting, car phone-wielding musclemen. If you were born any later than 1997, you’ll never understand the struggle of lugging around …
If you’re using a standalone camera instead of your smartphone, it’s probably because you want the kind of features that you still can’t find on phone-based cameras. You’re looking for things like a large mechanical zooming lens, better shots in low-light conditions, a rapid shutter speed, and so forth. And anyone doing outdoor photography will …
Taking photos with your smartphone is great, provided you want to share those photos online. Beyond social media sites, just about all you can do with your digital photos is use them in a digital photo frame. When the world switched over from film to digital, something was nearly lost. There’s something special about being …
In the world of creative multimedia, data storage is a high commodity. 4K video is a very data heavy medium, and with great quality, comes great responsibility… for your storage devices. Since there has been such a massive uptick in media file size within the past ten years, photographers and videographers have been playing catch-up …