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How much does cutting-edge AF matter? Watch Nikon
In article , incubus9536612
@gmail.com says... I understand the new Z6 and Z7 will have dual card slots, which has kept the previous models out of the hands of some professionals. What is the second card slot needed for? My camera has two card slots, but I've been using only one for the past years. -- Alfred Molon Olympus 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras forum at https://groups.io/g/myolympus https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site |
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In article , Alfred Molon
wrote: I understand the new Z6 and Z7 will have dual card slots, which has kept the previous models out of the hands of some professionals. What is the second card slot needed for? My camera has two card slots, but I've been using only one for the past years. write to both cards as a backup (important for pros), put raw on one and jpg on the other (pointless, but people do it anyway), or automatically roll over to the second card when the first is full. |
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In article , incubus9536612
@gmail.com says... On 2020-09-30, Alfred Molon wrote: In article , incubus9536612 @gmail.com says... I understand the new Z6 and Z7 will have dual card slots, which has kept the previous models out of the hands of some professionals. What is the second card slot needed for? My camera has two card slots, but I've been using only one for the past years. They can be configured in different ways. You can have double the storage, one for RAW the other for JPEG or, as preferred by professionals, one will be a backup of the other. But is all that really needed, given that there are huge memory cards (1TB) and the professional will backup the images on the computer anyway? -- Alfred Molon Olympus 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras forum at https://groups.io/g/myolympus https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site |
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In article , Alfred
Molon wrote: What is the second card slot needed for? My camera has two card slots, but I've been using only one for the past years. They can be configured in different ways. You can have double the storage, one for RAW the other for JPEG or, as preferred by professionals, one will be a backup of the other. But is all that really needed, given that there are huge memory cards (1TB) and the professional will backup the images on the computer anyway? the backup protects against card failure. if you're writing to one card and it fails, you won't have any images to back up on the computer. with a second backup card, you will. it's basically a raid-1. |
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RichA wrote: What is the second card slot needed for? My camera has two card slots, but I've been using only one for the past years. They can be configured in different ways. You can have double the storage, one for RAW the other for JPEG or, as preferred by professionals, one will be a backup of the other. But is all that really needed, given that there are huge memory cards (1TB) and the professional will backup the images on the computer anyway? the backup protects against card failure. if you're writing to one card and it fails, you won't have any images to back up on the computer. with a second backup card, you will. it's basically a raid-1. 2 slots is like an extended warranty; most experts in commerce will tell you it's a waste of money, and the math proves it. utter rubbish. |
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On Oct 2, 2020, RichA wrote
(in ): On Thursday, 1 October 2020 at 14:06:46 UTC-4, nospam wrote: In , Alfred Molon wrote: What is the second card slot needed for? My camera has two card slots, but I've been using only one for the past years. They can be configured in different ways. You can have double the storage, one for RAW the other for JPEG or, as preferred by professionals, one will be a backup of the other. But is all that really needed, given that there are huge memory cards (1TB) and the professional will backup the images on the computer anyway? the backup protects against card failure. if you're writing to one card and it fails, you won't have any images to back up on the computer. with a second backup card, you will. it's basically a raid-1. 2 slots is like an extended warranty; most experts in commerce will tell you it's a waste of money, and the math proves it. 100% correct. Until you lose a wedding shoot, or something else, where “shoot” becomes what the client does to you. |
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On 01 Oct 2020 in rec.photo.digital, Alfred Molon wrote:
In article , incubus9536612 @gmail.com says... They can be configured in different ways. You can have double the storage, one for RAW the other for JPEG or, as preferred by professionals, one will be a backup of the other. But is all that really needed, given that there are huge memory cards (1TB) and the professional will backup the images on the computer anyway? I have my Nikon D7200 configured with a pair of cards in the backup setup. Possibilities: - One card fails between the time it's inserted in the camera and when you complete the download of pictures to the computer and their backup. You still have your pictures. - On the Nikon, if you delete pictures, it only deletes them on the first card. Thus, you can 'delete' pictures, show that they're 'gone', and yet still have them. Or you're reviewing pictures and stab the wrong button. Oops! Oh, wait - still have it. -- Joe Makowiec http://makowiec.org/ Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ |
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In article
l-september.org, Bill W wrote: But is all that really needed, given that there are huge memory cards (1TB) and the professional will backup the images on the computer anyway? the backup protects against card failure. if you're writing to one card and it fails, you won't have any images to back up on the computer. with a second backup card, you will. it's basically a raid-1. 2 slots is like an extended warranty; most experts in commerce will tell you it's a waste of money, and the math proves it. 100% correct. Until you lose a wedding shoot, or something else, where shoot becomes what the client does to you. or worse, having to deal with an angry bride and her family... |
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In article 8, Joe
Makowiec wrote: - On the Nikon, if you delete pictures, it only deletes them on the first card. Thus, you can 'delete' pictures, show that they're 'gone', and yet still have them. Or you're reviewing pictures and stab the wrong button. Oops! Oh, wait - still have it. on any camera or computer, delete just marks the file as gone. use a recovery tool and they're still there, as long as you don't shoot any additional photos (unless you get lucky). |
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