tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post2774394936368801365..comments2024-03-18T13:33:00.065-07:00Comments on Jeff Cable's Blog: Why you should not delete images on your memory card using your camera - and other memory card tips!Jeff Cable Photography Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11135764067295259155noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-9433820869494997862021-11-26T02:55:46.262-08:002021-11-26T02:55:46.262-08:00Really enjoyed your entire blog. Great job.Really enjoyed your entire blog. Great job.Xfinite Radiohttps://www.xfiniteradio.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-60651773306024635852020-07-26T05:41:46.661-07:002020-07-26T05:41:46.661-07:00I have Also Write about Methods of Fixing SD Card ...I have Also Write about Methods of Fixing SD Card Not Working Issue<br />https://truthfrequencynews.com/sd-card-not-working/<br />Muhammad Aminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365544758587030103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-27899778332936063312018-01-31T05:04:09.479-08:002018-01-31T05:04:09.479-08:00Wonderful information, thanks a lot for sharing ki...Wonderful information, thanks a lot for sharing kind of information.<br />Regards <a href="http://www.smartcleaningdubai.com/painting-services-in-dubai.html" rel="nofollow"> Wall Painting Company in Dubai</a><br />smartcleaning132@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02560754779926050974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-82715925040795157412018-01-09T01:37:43.365-08:002018-01-09T01:37:43.365-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02938646438756972934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-855394792014285692017-12-07T02:12:55.376-08:002017-12-07T02:12:55.376-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Super Bright Building Cleaning Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10509042296254712761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-84518126222448545092017-11-23T20:53:53.209-08:002017-11-23T20:53:53.209-08:00Just to sway any doubters with simplistic views on...Just to sway any doubters with simplistic views on the reliability of cameras' programming, I have recently confirmed the risk of trusting to deletion by using the camera's facility. <br /><br />I lost a day's work that I cannot recover by going back to take the shots again. <br /><br />My own fault of course, and kudos to Jeff for his article.Jon Richfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14166113190940745522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-47928981408401091902017-03-09T01:04:47.178-08:002017-03-09T01:04:47.178-08:00That was indeed a great read! The correct methods ...That was indeed a great read! The correct methods are presented so that you can keep your card safe and you do not have to use a third party software for corruption or recovery software like Recuva, Remo Recover or Stellar Phoenix.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-91168555504685581462017-03-02T11:36:29.809-08:002017-03-02T11:36:29.809-08:00I am using UDMA 7 cards with non UDMA 7 cameras. ...I am using UDMA 7 cards with non UDMA 7 cameras. I asked lexar and they told me to use UDMA 7 card readers in order to avoid card data corruption, and I am doing so. I asked the technical dept why a non UDMA7 card readers corrupts the data and why if I browse the pictures with my non UDMA 7 camera it do not happens (told by lexar), but I never got a reply. If anyone have a technical answer, it will be welcomedNestorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458354928009629716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-38518945829118749302017-02-21T15:27:23.024-08:002017-02-21T15:27:23.024-08:00I see on standared SD cards UHS1 class 10 or UHS3...I see on standared SD cards UHS1 class 10 or UHS3 Class 10 some are 90 mb and others 48mb and a wide range of specs. Help? what is the difference between them?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-81967538343178385442017-01-26T17:03:58.680-08:002017-01-26T17:03:58.680-08:00Anonymous wrote: "Question about #3: It makes...Anonymous wrote: "Question about #3: It makes it super nice to format a card after each shoot as I know that all photos on the card are from that shoot. However, while a quick format doesn't necessarily waste writes on the card, formatting (or moving the pointer back to the beginning of the card) after every shoot will cause the beginning of the card to wear out faster than the end of the card."<br /><br />"Say I have a 64GB SD card and a typical shoot only uses 8GB and I format after every shoot, isn't it more likely to wear out the that first 8GB of the card than the remaining 56GB? Wouldn't it be better to continue shooting until the majority of the card gets filled up, then format the card? That way, it distributes the writes across the entire card rather only the beginning."<br /><br />The memory controller in the card handles wear leveling. Each time you reformat the card, the "beginning of the card" is in a different physical location than it was the time before. So if you only use 8GB each time, assuming the card's memory controller is well designed, you are not using the same 8GB over and over. The memory controller is using different areas of the actual physical memory to assign the same memory address in order to use all of the memory as evenly as possible.Michael Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12404703244173626963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-90012156212165553932017-01-26T16:56:05.893-08:002017-01-26T16:56:05.893-08:00Yeah, I'm one of those folks you might see del...Yeah, I'm one of those folks you might see deleting the unusable shots during breaks in action during a shoot. It's not so that I can reclaim the space later, though. It's just to get a jump on selecting which images to discard and which ones to use later. Once the images I choose to keep have been transferred and backed-up, the card gets formatted in camera before it's used for another shoot.<br /><br />I almost always transfer images directly from the camera via USB2/USB3, depending on the camera, always format in-camera, and always wait a couple of seconds after the memory card activity light goes out after turning the camera off before opening the memory card slot door.<br /><br />I've always bought name brand cards from reputable sellers. Mainly Transcend and Lexar. As others have pointed out, there are probably more fake SanDisK and Lexar cards sold through eBay than genuine ones.<br /><br />After shooting nearly half a million images with 6 different camera bodies I've never lost a single image to a card failure. I have lost a handful (less than 30) by accidentally deleting about 80 images, not realizing what I had just done, and then overwriting them with new images. Most of the images deleted, other than the ones that had been overwritten, were recovered.Michael Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12404703244173626963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-6428114409340398392017-01-26T09:23:15.808-08:002017-01-26T09:23:15.808-08:00I really appreciate you taking the time to post al...I really appreciate you taking the time to post all of this information. It was so well-written, easy to understand, and oh, so informative!!!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-53636152223289806572017-01-07T12:12:22.220-08:002017-01-07T12:12:22.220-08:00Hi Jeff: How many times do you recommend formattin...Hi Jeff: How many times do you recommend formatting the card before you should toss it in the trash and start with a new one? I have the Lexar CF cards and a Lexar reader (although I like the one you picture here and would like to know which one it is). I have had my cards for about 2 years and format them regularly. Might they be at the end of thier life? <br /><br />Thanks. <br /><br />AnneA Cat's Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10455659460580069140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-28428144126221918092017-01-02T15:08:03.554-08:002017-01-02T15:08:03.554-08:00Thx a lot! Thx a lot! Benhttp://www.bst.photographynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-32891655874221960692016-12-18T04:17:27.552-08:002016-12-18T04:17:27.552-08:00Much thanks for invaluable advice that isn't a...Much thanks for invaluable advice that isn't available from a lot of sources.Jon Richfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14166113190940745522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-9443577065034783332016-12-17T15:48:42.955-08:002016-12-17T15:48:42.955-08:00Jeff, one additional piece of valuable information...Jeff, one additional piece of valuable information. Don't send your memory cards through the U.S. Mail if there is any possibility they will be routed through one of their facilities that houses one of their powerful X-Ray machines. From personal experience I will tell you that if your card goes through the machine, it is rendered useless. Even sending it to the manufacturer can't save it. These machines are nothing like the airport scanners. The problem is, no one is quite sure where each machine is located! Beware!The Wandering Lensmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04799177835610721560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-11087513757669682772016-12-13T07:07:41.410-08:002016-12-13T07:07:41.410-08:00I agree with "unknown user" up there: Wh...I agree with "unknown user" up there: What does a scrambled FAT have as a bad side effect? Is it more prone to failure? Can you prove this?<br /><br />Also: You have any comments on grabbing a card putting the finger on the contacts? I always avoid that, but see many people that do it and dont care. Do you know if this reduce the card lifetime?Bortahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03841027209072534918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-51964856803011617932016-12-13T04:43:53.496-08:002016-12-13T04:43:53.496-08:00Great post, thank you for sharing !Great post, thank you for sharing !Matthias Kochhttp://www.matthiaskoch.frnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-14192079919246157452016-12-10T23:39:52.971-08:002016-12-10T23:39:52.971-08:00Great tips...Thanks Jeff. I've heard a few bit...Great tips...Thanks Jeff. I've heard a few bits and pieces of about memory card care and file preservation but I think you just wrote the bible. Always appreciated...mcfotosfohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657769752090748890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-47080786593968192692016-12-10T09:34:50.806-08:002016-12-10T09:34:50.806-08:00So you trust your camera to write a FAT, and to mo...So you trust your camera to write a FAT, and to modify the FAT every time you take a new shot, but not to modify the FAT when you delete a shot? Is this based on anything concrete, because it sounds like superstition to me. If your camera is corrupting the FAT by deleting shots, then it's buggy and I wouldn't trust it to write to the card in the first place.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17125436283611009182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-84499006153663069582016-12-09T20:54:41.422-08:002016-12-09T20:54:41.422-08:00How often should I replace my memory cards How often should I replace my memory cards Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15384408948577477456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-62613363146697274092016-12-09T20:54:14.573-08:002016-12-09T20:54:14.573-08:00How long does a memory card last. I mean how often...How long does a memory card last. I mean how often should I replace them. Thanks Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15384408948577477456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-43447308726134742016-12-09T17:30:38.442-08:002016-12-09T17:30:38.442-08:00FAT is a file system standard made by Microsoft.
F...FAT is a file system standard made by Microsoft.<br />FAT should be used the same way by all devices that use it, otherwise it's not a standard.<br /><br />If a card gets corrupted by the camera, the camera firmware is buggy and doesn't adhere to the standard. That is a bad camera, and a bad manufacturer.<br /><br />Not that I disagree, but still important to point out the camera firmware is buggy (which is why you don't want to delete files on the camera).<br />It should not matter where you format the card, but due to buggy cameras, it sadly does.<br /><br />You don't have to reformat your USB flash drive when you plug it into a different computer.<br /><br />For reference, I'm also a software engineer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691757473877678112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-42910347832084204102016-12-09T15:07:47.426-08:002016-12-09T15:07:47.426-08:00Can you write a piece on how to buy a memory card?...Can you write a piece on how to buy a memory card? I'm confused about all the speeds and markings on a card. One person says buy UDM1, another says UDM2, another Class 10, another 95mb/s. I've even seen one comment (here) that someone bought a "pro" card and it was slower than the previous card that supposedly was not pro.(Exactly what is a pro card?) What I'm looking for is something that will transfer my images as quickly as possible from the DLSR memory to the card. I don't care about card capacity nor do I care how long it takes to upload using my PC card reader or even connecting the DSLR to the PC with a cable. Thanks.J Mark Robinsonhttp://www.jmarkrobinson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8868870213262223933.post-83237524004892698422016-12-09T14:59:20.760-08:002016-12-09T14:59:20.760-08:00Use memory cards.Use memory cards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com