Yoricko
Established
Any precautions or things that will make the SD card 'safer' so it doesn't corrupt files or having data to just vanish by itself?
I've only heard about formatting the card in camera instead of deleting, and don't keep your images in the card for too long.
Any others?
Just bought 2x8gb cards, wanted 4x4 but they didn't have 4's ...
So if a card fails on me, I'm going to lose a lot more pictures.
I've only heard about formatting the card in camera instead of deleting, and don't keep your images in the card for too long.
Any others?
Just bought 2x8gb cards, wanted 4x4 but they didn't have 4's ...
So if a card fails on me, I'm going to lose a lot more pictures.
kully
Happy Snapper
Buy a backup device and keep your files on that and the SD card until you get home.
I only had an SD card corrupt on me once, but when it did... grrr...
What I've been looking for is a small device which will copy the contents of one SD card to another - unfortunately, the only one I found was introduced some years ago and has a pitiful transfer rate.
Flash memory is actually very hardy, there was a television programme here where they took an SD card and drove over it in a car, froze it, and some other things finally blowing it from a canon filled with gunpowder. The card itself was shot, but they found the circuit board and connected it up and recovered the images.
I only had an SD card corrupt on me once, but when it did... grrr...
What I've been looking for is a small device which will copy the contents of one SD card to another - unfortunately, the only one I found was introduced some years ago and has a pitiful transfer rate.
Flash memory is actually very hardy, there was a television programme here where they took an SD card and drove over it in a car, froze it, and some other things finally blowing it from a canon filled with gunpowder. The card itself was shot, but they found the circuit board and connected it up and recovered the images.
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Ronald M
Veteran
Basic "rules". Format the card in your CAMERA. Don`t erase images, reformat the card.
Download to computer and backup source(s). Only when in two other places, reformat the card.
Download as often as you want. The more often the less risk of loss.
I read that certain parts of the card wear with use, therefore fill the card to distribute wear, ie don`t keep putting 5 images on the card and reformating. The five keep going in the same location.
Images keep on cards a long time, years. I never had one "forget". MacBook Air has an option to use flash drive instead of hard disk so I don`t see how data loss is a concern.
If you break off the safety slider, you are screwed. Leave it alone. Keep the card in it`s case when not in camera.
You can wash it in clothing pocket, but avoid this if possible.
Repeat. Never erasse images. Format the card.
I am overcautions and overdo everything. But this is what I do.
All download programs allow you to pick the files you wish to download from what is on the card. Select like any other set of files on a computer list, alt or command click random the click the first of a series, then do a shift click on the last. Then a list is selected. Now you don`t have to download what you already previously downloaded.
BACK UP to another source and even better two, one of which you keep off property like your bank vault. Use quality CD to make these copies. Recopy every 5 to 10 years.
Order your file in pictures by date and subject and maintain the EXACT same date format and they stay in order by year, month, day, 2009-12-25 holiday at grandmas.
make a sub forlder for originals, photoshop, and final JPEG. Add the size and resolution the the final JPEG so you need not open it, img 1234 300 4x6 .jpeg.
Make different subfolders for different final sizes if you upload to a web site at a certain size or order prints with FTP and you can just drag/drop the whole folder to Flickr up load or FTP program. Lots better than hunting all over.
If you use photoshop, use an action to resize the photoshop file and place it in the proper folder. A decent computer can go through all the PSD files , flatten, resize, sharpen, and place in the subfolder for that size in less than 10 sec each. So all you do make the PSD or photoshop file, then run the action, and all the small final size JPEGS are ready.
Have fun.
I never had a card corrupt on me. The key is back up back up back up
Download to computer and backup source(s). Only when in two other places, reformat the card.
Download as often as you want. The more often the less risk of loss.
I read that certain parts of the card wear with use, therefore fill the card to distribute wear, ie don`t keep putting 5 images on the card and reformating. The five keep going in the same location.
Images keep on cards a long time, years. I never had one "forget". MacBook Air has an option to use flash drive instead of hard disk so I don`t see how data loss is a concern.
If you break off the safety slider, you are screwed. Leave it alone. Keep the card in it`s case when not in camera.
You can wash it in clothing pocket, but avoid this if possible.
Repeat. Never erasse images. Format the card.
I am overcautions and overdo everything. But this is what I do.
All download programs allow you to pick the files you wish to download from what is on the card. Select like any other set of files on a computer list, alt or command click random the click the first of a series, then do a shift click on the last. Then a list is selected. Now you don`t have to download what you already previously downloaded.
BACK UP to another source and even better two, one of which you keep off property like your bank vault. Use quality CD to make these copies. Recopy every 5 to 10 years.
Order your file in pictures by date and subject and maintain the EXACT same date format and they stay in order by year, month, day, 2009-12-25 holiday at grandmas.
make a sub forlder for originals, photoshop, and final JPEG. Add the size and resolution the the final JPEG so you need not open it, img 1234 300 4x6 .jpeg.
Make different subfolders for different final sizes if you upload to a web site at a certain size or order prints with FTP and you can just drag/drop the whole folder to Flickr up load or FTP program. Lots better than hunting all over.
If you use photoshop, use an action to resize the photoshop file and place it in the proper folder. A decent computer can go through all the PSD files , flatten, resize, sharpen, and place in the subfolder for that size in less than 10 sec each. So all you do make the PSD or photoshop file, then run the action, and all the small final size JPEGS are ready.
Have fun.
I never had a card corrupt on me. The key is back up back up back up
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snausages
Well-known
Reformat the card every time its full rather than empty the contents to the trash of your computer after you've backed up the files? Curious, why is constant reformatting better for the card?
x-ray
Veteran
I've never lost any images on any type of card other than microdrives and I have cards that I've used heavily for years. They do eventually wear out but when that happens they just won't give you as much capacity. That's been my experience. Reformatting rebuilds the firmware in the card and deleting does not. The firmware can be corruptedbover time which could create issues with card function. This is what the Sandisk people told me.
denmark.yuzon
Streetographer
i only use 2gig cards... i picked up the discipline of shooting film.. i shoot few images.. and i shoot raw.. after the card has reached its maximum, i copy my files to my laptop and copy the same on my external hard drive.. then i format the card using the computer, and format again when i insert it in the camera.. never had problems with it..
Yoricko
Established
Late reply, but thanks everyone!