No card - how does that happen
Sep 4, 2018 08:56:46 #
Some UHH topics have mentioned the agony of completing a shoot and finding there was no card in the camera. Others have said two slots saved the day since they had left one empty. With a DSLR, I don’t understand how this happens. My D300 shows a message “No Memory Card” on start up; after a shot there is an icon on the image showing a card with a slash and the word Demo all in red. If I try to shoot with my D5200 there is a screen message “No SD card inserted” and my P900 says “No card present.” Finally, my Sony a6000 flashes “NO CARD” in red on the screen and viewfinder if I shoot. So, I repeat, how do you shoot dozens of DSLR shots without a card inserted?
PS I do understand how this happens with a film camera but even then if the rewind handle isn’t moving when you advance film, there is something amiss.
PS I do understand how this happens with a film camera but even then if the rewind handle isn’t moving when you advance film, there is something amiss.
Sep 4, 2018 09:13:19 #
Some cameras have an option to shoot without card. Not sure why, but they do.
I set mine to NOT shoot without card.
I set mine to NOT shoot without card.
Sep 4, 2018 09:19:04 #
Some cameras do allow the shutter to be tripped with no card. On some there is a setting in the menu items that turns that ability on or off. (I've set all my cameras but one to NOT allow shooting without a card.) Some cameras have a small, internal memory that will record a few frames.
Sep 4, 2018 09:23:28 #
I might have to look into the settings of my camera. The way it works now if I have the card it would takes pictures and doesn't turn on the LCD unless I press the play back button. If I don't have the card it would still take the picture and immediately displays the image on the LCD screen.
Sep 4, 2018 09:38:27 #
As others have noted, not every camera is the same. My Sony will, my Canon won't.
Sep 4, 2018 09:52:49 #
Longshadow wrote:
Some cameras have an option to shoot without card. Not sure why, but they do.
I set mine to NOT shoot without card.
I set mine to NOT shoot without card.
That's the $64 question. Why on earth would anyone want to set this option to allow shooting without a card?
Any ideas?
Andy
Sep 4, 2018 10:09:44 #
AndyH wrote:
That's the $64 question. Why on earth would anyone want to set this option to allow shooting without a card?
Any ideas?
Andy
Any ideas?
Andy
Absolutely none... At least any practical ones.
Sep 4, 2018 10:17:17 #
Longshadow wrote:
Absolutely none... At least any practical ones.
I do recall a camera salesman telling me that it was set that way for "Demo" purposes, so that a prospective buyer could "Try out" the camera by shooting various images and immediately previewing them on the screen. That doesn't seem like much of a reason to boobytrap high end cameras with a setting that can inadvertantly cost a user some serious time or money. Now the salesman was from Wally World, and was talking about point and shoot models, so I doubt he knew much about Canikony's corporate reasoning for leaving that setting in their DSLR products...
It's always struck me as curious...
Andy
Sep 4, 2018 11:26:59 #
Perhaps for tethered shooting? I don't know anything about tethered shooting but it seems it might not need a card.
Sep 4, 2018 11:38:00 #
kpmac wrote:
Perhaps for tethered shooting? I don't know anything about tethered shooting but it seems it might not need a card.
Possibly!
Sep 4, 2018 11:41:46 #
AndyH wrote:
That's the $64 question. Why on earth would anyone want to set this option to allow shooting without a card?
Any ideas?
Andy
Any ideas?
Andy
You don't need a card when you shoot tethered, as the card is bypassed anyway. I don't remove the card when I shoot tethered, so I don't have to set the camera to shoot without one.
Sep 4, 2018 11:49:47 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
You don't need a card when you shoot tethered, as the card is bypassed anyway. I don't remove the card when I shoot tethered, so I don't have to set the camera to shoot without one.
So the setting is for photographers who either exclusively shoot tethered AND may have forgotten to put a card in the slot? Seems like a pretty narrow segment of users!
Andy
Sep 4, 2018 11:58:22 #
AndyH wrote:
So the setting is for photographers who either exclusively shoot tethered AND may have forgotten to put a card in the slot? Seems like a pretty narrow segment of users!
Andy
Andy
But still a setting that segment of users need. I just wonder how someone manages to change that setting accidentally.
Sep 4, 2018 12:14:09 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
Longshadow wrote:
Some cameras have an option to shoot without card. Not sure why, but they do.
I set mine to NOT shoot without card.
I set mine to NOT shoot without card.
One of the reasons that option is available maybe for demonstration purposes in stores. I can pick up a camera without a card take images and still see them on the LCD screen even though they don't record to a card. Other than that though I can't imagine what one would use it for.
Sep 4, 2018 12:21:17 #
mwsilvers wrote:
One of the reasons that option is available maybe for demonstration purposes in stores. I can pick up a camera without a card take images and still see them on the LCD screen even though they don't record to a card. Other than that though I can't imagine what one would use it for.
Thought of that. I wonder how long the image display might remain, default setting?
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