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Memory card did not save 40 pictures 550D

Started Mar 11, 2012 | Discussions thread
hesbehindyou Senior Member • Posts: 1,979
Re: Memory card did not save 40 pictures 550D

Midwest wrote:

Jim Cassatt wrote:

My Canons have a way to set your camera so that you cannot take a picture without a memory card. I have mine set this way. It is just too easy to forget to put one in.

What setting is that?

On the 550D press Menu . It's on the first screen and titled release shutter without card . You can set it to either enable or disable .

When set to disable it will flash up a message when you try to release the shutter without a memory card.

When set to enable it will take a picture and display it but there appears not to be saved - there appears to be no internal memory apart from the buffer memory (I'd previously assumed there was a pathetically small amount of internal memory, but am totally wrong about this. Presumably the setting is there for when the camera is tethered to a computer.

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