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Do you frequently take removable memory out of your camera?
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Bobthearch
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Almost never do I remove the SD card.
The things are fragile, easy to lose, and I forget to put them back in.
Last time I removed an SD card was in July. I was at a hot air balloon rally and I met a journalist friend of mine who had forgot his SD card at home, and was about to resort to a cell phone for pictures. I was able to remove my second card and loan to them, saving the day.
The things are fragile, easy to lose, and I forget to put them back in.
Last time I removed an SD card was in July. I was at a hot air balloon rally and I met a journalist friend of mine who had forgot his SD card at home, and was about to resort to a cell phone for pictures. I was able to remove my second card and loan to them, saving the day.
I'm removing and reading SD cards from my cameras perhaps weekly, OR if an urgent session, then sometimes immediately after the shooting session. I copy the card contents via a card reader onto the HD of my main tabletop.
I rotate two SD cards per camera, saving the latest removed card as a second copy, and I place the previously used SD card in the camera. Before I format the SD card in the camera I copy the contents from the HD of my tabletop onto an outer HD, regardless of if I have had time to "rinse" and "treat" the pictures or not.
With a couple of cameras in use for several years I haven't really have more issues than once, when a formatted SD card refused to save pictures. So really no issues.
I rotate two SD cards per camera, saving the latest removed card as a second copy, and I place the previously used SD card in the camera. Before I format the SD card in the camera I copy the contents from the HD of my tabletop onto an outer HD, regardless of if I have had time to "rinse" and "treat" the pictures or not.
With a couple of cameras in use for several years I haven't really have more issues than once, when a formatted SD card refused to save pictures. So really no issues.
Leonard Migliore
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I take the SD cards out daily because that's how I transfer image files to my computer.
I did not do this on my last trip because I didn't have a computer with me but I removed the card to transfer the files when I got home.
I did not do this on my last trip because I didn't have a computer with me but I removed the card to transfer the files when I got home.
CameraCarl
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When traveling I take memory cards out daily, then download them and back them up to a separate hard drive. If anything should happen to my camera the next day, I won't have lost all my photos. My camera is insured, my images are not.
alcelc
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Because I shall take out the SD cards after every session of shooting to off load the images onto my computer by a card reader. Full format might be carried out on my computer every few sessions.
The card will be put back to the camera.
Of course if I am on a long journey, I shall keep on shooting with that card until it will be full. But every one or two days I shall take it out to backup (phone, card reader and hard disk). So, the last option is still true to me.
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Albert
The card will be put back to the camera.
Of course if I am on a long journey, I shall keep on shooting with that card until it will be full. But every one or two days I shall take it out to backup (phone, card reader and hard disk). So, the last option is still true to me.
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Chaplain Mark
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I beg to differ, Bob....
I take my SD cards out of the camera and use them as shims to prop up an unlevel table leg or chair leg.
My biggest problem then becomes remembering which furniture piece has my SD cards.....
Depends on what I'm doing, but may take card out of camera dozens of times in a single session. If I want to check results must take card out and put in reader to view images on the computer. Can't tell anything from viewing on the lcd on the camera.
Bobthearch
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Seriously though, you don't have to look long in the forums to find posts about damaged SD cards.
Luckily they are more durable than they look, but I do think they are most protected when inserted in the camera.
Gato Amarillo
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For any client job I take the card out of the camera and keep it on file until the job is delivered. Paranoia? Maybe. But cards are cheap.
If I'm traveling and the photos are important I take the card out of the camera and carry it separately from the camera. Cameras and camera bags are tempting to thieves -- an envelope hidden in my van or even carried on my person might slip through.
Again, perhaps paranoia, but I feel like using a card reader is safer than making a USB connection to the camera. The card interface is larger and very likely physically more robust than the USB connection, not to mention the risk of corrupting files or operating system. Again, maybe I'm paranoid but paranoia seems like a pretty good position in today's world.
Gato
If I'm traveling and the photos are important I take the card out of the camera and carry it separately from the camera. Cameras and camera bags are tempting to thieves -- an envelope hidden in my van or even carried on my person might slip through.
Again, perhaps paranoia, but I feel like using a card reader is safer than making a USB connection to the camera. The card interface is larger and very likely physically more robust than the USB connection, not to mention the risk of corrupting files or operating system. Again, maybe I'm paranoid but paranoia seems like a pretty good position in today's world.
Gato
MediaArchivist
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The standard operating procedure I use for memory cards is the only correct one. This includes the specific series of actions I perform when removing, rotating, erasing, and formatting. If you do not follow my system step by step, you are nuts.
Nuts I tell ya, nuts.
Nuts I tell ya, nuts.
ToxicTabasco
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It's the only way I upload. Much faster for me. Especially with 4+ SD cards to upload. With several USB3 ports going on the UHS type II, it allows for multiple card uploads at one time.
barbara j
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When traveling, I put in a new card before every shoot. At the end of the day I clear the cards and then they go back into the baggie. I keep my cards in a baggie, in an inside pocket. Haven't really come up with a really great solution for separating used vs empty cards yet. Typically, I start with the largest and work my way down.
Lately I've been running test shots on a modified camera and uploading them to the iPad. For those trips out, the card just stays in the camera.
Lately I've been running test shots on a modified camera and uploading them to the iPad. For those trips out, the card just stays in the camera.
New Day Rising
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Once a week every sunday, then it gets backed up to three hard drives and one is moved off site. Even if it's only one picture taken the past week. Cards dont get formatted until the remote hard drive is swapped two weeks later (I have four identical SD cards). As robust as I can manage right now.
alcelc
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How any shots usually a session?
I know some members even take more than me. How about burst shooting?
I did it in the old days when using SD cards of Mb instead of Gb.
I shoot a lot every spot and shall usually reach 200~400 shots per day of my average journey/event... So, I need 400 SD cards for a day/event?
I know some members even take more than me. How about burst shooting?
You can simply lock the card, or put on a sticker, or put into an individual pouch, to remind you not to reuse it...
I did it in the old days when using SD cards of Mb instead of Gb.sirhawkeye64
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I mainly download my pictures (by removing the XQD card and download it to a computer) to make sure that in case something happens to the card, I haven't lost my pictures (I do this after each major photo shoot if I"m shooting models or some type of event, or if I"m on vacation or a trip, at the end of each day).
What amazes me is the people who walk around with 256GB cards and everything they've shot for the past year on the camera, and some of them haven't bothered downloading until the card gets full. That's a bit risky IMO. I'd rather waste a lot of time downloading between shoots and daily on trips than lose my files, but that's just me I guess going on some advice from some of the pros.
(I should also note that I only shoot on the weekends usually unless traveling so this is not a daily thing, as I could see some worrying about wearing out the card or the card slot, but I think cards and slots like the XQD ones have been tested to be removed/inserted at least 12,000 times, which even if you did this twice per day every day, that's still 15-16 years worth of removal and re-insertion of the card... OK maybe the slot might wear out before then, but basically it's not a big concern for XQD at least. SD cards might have a shorter life because they aren't as physically robust (durable) as XQD or CF or CFEXpress.
What amazes me is the people who walk around with 256GB cards and everything they've shot for the past year on the camera, and some of them haven't bothered downloading until the card gets full. That's a bit risky IMO. I'd rather waste a lot of time downloading between shoots and daily on trips than lose my files, but that's just me I guess going on some advice from some of the pros.
(I should also note that I only shoot on the weekends usually unless traveling so this is not a daily thing, as I could see some worrying about wearing out the card or the card slot, but I think cards and slots like the XQD ones have been tested to be removed/inserted at least 12,000 times, which even if you did this twice per day every day, that's still 15-16 years worth of removal and re-insertion of the card... OK maybe the slot might wear out before then, but basically it's not a big concern for XQD at least. SD cards might have a shorter life because they aren't as physically robust (durable) as XQD or CF or CFEXpress.
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Gato Amarillo
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I use small envelopes - the box says they are 3-5/8 by 6-1/2 inches - that I carry in my camera bag and keep in my desk.
In the field at the end of a job the card or cards go into an envelope which I either carry on my person or hide in the car. The envelope is marked with the date and subject.
Once the images have been uploaded the card in its envelope goes into my desk where it waits. On a client job I keep the images on the card at least until the job is delivered. On personal work I keep it until the files are on at least two hard drives. When I run low on cards in the camera bag I pull out a few of the oldest envelopes, confirm that the files have been backed up, then format the cards and put them back in the holder in the camera bag.
I don't know exactly how many cards I have, but it's roughly a 3-month supply. A quick check of the desk shows 7 cards there. Then there should be a card in each of the two cameras and 2 or 3 in the camera bag. Most of these are 16 gig, which is enough for any job I might do, or enough for maybe two weeks of casual personal photos. Almost all the cards were bought on sale, though a few were included with purchases and one or two were bought when an online order needed a few extra bucks to qualify for free shipping. It may sound excessive to some, but as photo equipment costs go it's not very much money.
Gato
sirhawkeye64
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If these are SD cards, then yeah the cost isn't that much s a 128GB SD can be had for $30-40 now. If they're CFExpress or XQD, that might get a little expensive.
I know a guy who doesn't re-use cards. He just keeps buying new ones when he runs out of space, which to me, seems a little excessive, as with all the cloud backup options and NAS storage units, I don't see the point myself to only use a card ONCE. These are SD cards by the way, so it's not like he's buy a new 64GB XQD card, but still over time, that adds up. But he's been doing photography for 40+ years so perhaps some of that comes from doing film or something (always having a backup I guess, despite all the backup technologies available today that I mentioned above).
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davidedric
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It's just the obvious thing to do - at least for me
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