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Old September 30th 20, 11:20 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
Alfred Molon[_4_]
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In article , incubus9536612
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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.
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Old September 30th 20, 11:27 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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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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Old October 1st 20, 07:02 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
Alfred Molon[_4_]
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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?
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Old October 1st 20, 07:06 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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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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Old October 3rd 20, 05:09 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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In article ,
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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Old October 3rd 20, 06:13 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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On Oct 2, 2020, RichA wrote
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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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Old October 3rd 20, 12:02 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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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.

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Old October 3rd 20, 02:21 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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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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Old October 3rd 20, 02:21 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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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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