To reply to Moose; (see below my reply)
No, not 9 months on one card; one card used twice, reformatted after he first
use ( actually I have used this card umpteen times).
At the end of every shooting session, I upload the new images on to the
computer in the appropriate sub-directory. But I leave the pre-existing images
on the card, until it is full or nearly full, then with all new images
uploaded, I
erase the card and reformat it in the camera. Works for me with the E-3..
I just checked; I am using a 2 GB CF card. .Amply big enough for me.
I'm not shooting much these days anyway. Must check if 2 GB cards are still
available here.
Cheers, Brian
Re: File losses <- Date -> <- Thread ->
From: Moose (olymoosegmail.com)
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:41:30 -0700 (PDT)
On 3/14/2015 11:32 AM, Bill Pearce wrote:
There are different strategies. No one fits all.
9 months on ONE CARD? I find this appaling.
This can easily happen to one of my less used cameras. HOWEVER, they
have also been downloaded to the image storage drive on my desktop,
sometimes via my netbook+, and backed up to another HDD kept away from
the computer. On longer trips, those downloaded to the portable daily are
also copied to a portable HDD, again kept separate in luggage from cameras
and computer.
Why not leave them on the card until it is full? Just further redundancy in
case of trouble. So I have some image files from trips that reside in five
places until the card us reused, so what? Cost is minimal and I am not aware
of ever losing a file completely, in spite of the occasional fumble of brain or
fingers.
I make it a habit of never putting more photos on a card than I want to lose.
This is meaningless with the above strategy. I have no more photos on a
card that haven't been backed than have just been shot that day.
This is much harder than it used to be, as we are the victims of Moore's law,
stupid consumers and dumb ass inexperienced photographically clueless
kids at Best Buy. I prefer no card over 8GB for still photography, 8 for the
leica (big files) and 2 and 4 gig tor the panasonic. 2 and 4 gig CF cards for
the D3 and D700. I don't know how long the ones I have will last, but I don't
expect to be able to get any decent ones in the future, am stocking up on 8's
as they are on sale. Don't figure they will be around much longer. Will just
use for a day and file, leaving them half empty.
Newer cameras can take advantage of UHS-1 cards, which speeds up
writing to the card, and thus use of the camera. You are busily stockpiling
cards that may slow you down.
I am ecstatic to have 64 GB cards. I can spend a month on vacation without
having to change cards in my two active cameras. One less hassle, one
more back-up.
Why of why do folks think their camera or phone is a suitable storage place
for photos? Whatever happened to the shoebox of photos in the attic?
Because they have Cloud back-up on, and the images are automatically
backed up for them?
The clouds aren't perfect, but are more reliable than a shoebox that may be
lost or damaged. In my case, they are double copied, to iCloud and Dropbox.
That's one of the advantages of the smart device model, backup without
thinking about it. I also occasionally copy them to my local image HDD,
where they are also backed up to the separate drive in my usual process.
The Andy Rooney act may be fun, but isn't always useful.
Thinking things through, and rethinking as tech changes, is usually useful.
Back Up Moose
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