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Fremont, CA—At the recent photokina imaging show, Lexar demonstrated how photographers can spend more time taking pictures and less time waiting in the studio by using Lexar and Crucial memory products. Lexar says its test results show that with a full suite of Lexar memory cards, readers and backup drives, as well as Crucial DRAM and solid-state drives (SSDs), photographers “can shave approximately 80 minutes off a typical one-day photo shoot by replicating Lexar Media’s testing scenario.”
The sequence used in the workflow demo included high-speed image capture, card-to-computer file transfer, batch processing of large files with a post-processing action set, and recovery and back up of images with file versioning.
In test “shoot-outs,” Lexar Professional 600x CompactFlash cards were said to maximize the number of shots taken before the camera’s buffer filled up and cleared the buffer faster. Lexar also demonstrated that transferring images and video from a Lexar Professional 600x CF card using the Lexar Professional ExpressCard reader was more than twice as fast as using a USB card reader.
As the computer is an essential tool for post-production, Lexar test demoed an Apple MacBook Pro computer with Intel Core i5 processor that was enhanced with 8GB of Crucial DRAM and a 256GB Crucial SSD, with the computer performing “165% faster than the same machine with its original factory settings specification of 4GB of DRAM and a 500GB hard disk drive.”
For the final workflow stage, protecting work and making it accessible, Lexar showcased its Image Rescue 4 software, which is designed to help recover lost or damaged files, while the Lexar Echo ZE and SE backup drives provide a way to automatically backup photo and video files in real time, with file versioning.
“Before conducting the test, we knew there would be a marked improvement in workflow time if our Professional 600x CF card and ExpressCard reader were used together; but we were even more impressed with the amount of time saved when you upgrade system memory and primary storage device with Lexar Media products from start to finish,” said Wes Brewer, vice president, Products and Technology, Lexar Media. lexar.com
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