SanDisk has a page (https://support-en.wd.com/app/firmwareupdate) where you can input your serial number to see whether your drive might be affected by this problem. Broadly speaking, the issue relates to the following products: SanDisk Extreme Portable 4TB (SDSSDE61-4T00), SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 4TB (SDSSDE81-4T00), SanDisk Extreme Pro 2TB (SDSSDE81-2T00), SanDisk Extreme Pro 1TB (SDSSDE81-1T00) and WD My Passport 4TB (WDBAGF0040BGY). ACT NOW and get some help. EraseUS is that the company that makes the software I often use for recovery operations. They are offering a free Pro License t ..read more

SOURCE: PETA PIXEL As first reported at Peta Pixel (http://tiny.cc/c29avz), the SanDisk Extreme Pro are simply no longer a safe storage or backup tool. At first I really didn’t give this article much serious thought as all of mine SanDisks have been backed up. Then a friend of mine called, totally depressed with her potential loss of data from her recent Africa trip. First off I told her I could help get her data back using software recovery programs that I have on hand (nothing by SanDisk or Western Digital). So I grabbed a recently used SanDisk SSD that I knew had images on it. Boom……No Ima ..read more

Sometimes you can’t get out of the way fast enough ..read more

Welcome to the endless sun, 69 degrees North. *A place where there was 23 hours and 46 minutes of sunlight yesterday * A place where blue hour does not exist * A place where golden hour lasts for more than 2 hours * A place where the environment is pure and the sound of silence is ever-present ..read more

I’ve been in Greenland for the past week. One of the highlights was finally getting to get into the air today. Doors off aerial flying in the cold artic air. Man was it cold. 554ft AGL, 69°10'58.11" N 51°9'9.648" W Nikon Z9 with 24-120mm @ 42mm ..read more

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Flying high over the Highlands of Iceland with the Langjökull Glacier in the background. Hasselblad H6D100C, 35-90mm @ 60mm, 1/750 sec. A tad bit slower than I wanted. The high overcast clouds consumed a great deal of light. Pressing the camera hard against my body and with the grip of a gorilla, I was able to utilize the lower shutter speed. Normally, I would want to be shooting around 1/2000 sec ..read more

Who needs Mars when you can go to Iceland. Taken in the Highlands of Iceland ..read more

The image below was taken from an airplane above several of the rivers systems in the HIghlands of Iceland. Photographed with a Hasselblad H6D100C and a HCD 35-90mm lens ..read more

The landscape perspectives that you get when photographing from the air are unlike anything you can achieve from the ground. If you have an interest in learning how to photograph from the air, join me in Iceland for a workshop featuring helicopter photography in the Highlands of Iceland. Interior Highlands of Iceland ..read more