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Sep 5, 2018 13:35:26   #
Alafoto Loc: Montgomery, AL
 
robertjerl wrote:
Demo mode for customers to try a camera in store is the reason I saw in an article long ago. They worried if a demo had a card in it then people might steal them. I remember a costco employee telling me to bring my own card to try out the cameras that would not shoot without a card. He said they used to put cards in those cameras but people kept stealing them.
And unfortunately it does happen with other gear also. I went to buy a compact pistol grip tripod head to use on a monopod and the demo was the only one they had left, but someone had taken the quick release plate, I had to wait over a week for them to get in a head for me and a replacement for themselves. They came from China since the distributor was out of stock. Of course that QR plate was a unique size and shape made only for that model head.
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A friend who managed a Wolf camera store told me that she 'issued' a memory card to sales people and required them to purchase/provide another if they forgot and left it in a camera that they sold. A narrow piece of red ribbon was glued to each card so that it would hang out of the camera to hopefully remind the salesperson that a card was in the camera as they reboxed it for sale or put it back into the display case. That was in the day when CF cards were the major devices in use. Not sure how, or if that would work with Sony 'Memory Sticks' or those pesky XD cards used by Fuji and Olympus way back when. Might still work on SD cards, depending on camera.

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Sep 5, 2018 14:01:40   #
ashriverguy Loc: Rural Minnesota
 
I found myself in New York, 25 years ago, at the top of the World Trade Center with only a couple of frames left on my 35mm Camera. I bought a roll at the gift shop on the top floor for $20 some dollars; that cured me. The memory prompt is good but only if you have a spare memory card. I have an OP/TECH battery case that will hold an extra battery and a spare memory card that fits nicely on my camera strap. I can drape my tethered lease cap over the top and everything is out of the way. The other thing I do is, whenever I remove a memory card or battery I leave the access door open and place the cameras upside down is a secure spot. Extra card, extra charged battery is with my camera always as I don’t trust myself.

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Sep 5, 2018 14:34:16   #
elent
 
Are you using the same card in all of those cameras? Seems almost spooky that all of your cameras have the same issue? Aliens?

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Sep 5, 2018 15:20:36   #
1Feathercrest Loc: NEPA
 
"64 dollar question"? You must be as old as the hills (like me) to remember that with the accordion player host (Phil something or other). That program was enjoyably without the nerve wracking of greed inflated payoffs that sired programs like $64, 000 question.

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Sep 5, 2018 15:22:43   #
Daryl New Loc: Wellington,New Zealand
 
Yes my Canons all come up with the message"No Card".

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Sep 5, 2018 15:46:15   #
hassighedgehog Loc: Corona, CA
 
I had a camera with an internal memory for about 12 shots. Left the card in the computer at home on a trip to downtown LA. Then it had the wrong white balance. This was way back with a Fujifilm S2000 only my second digital.

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Sep 5, 2018 16:01:13   #
twr25 Loc: New Jersey
 
Good argument for dual slots … I only take out the RAW card for upload to processing and leave the 2nd card as backup … rarely used, second set to jpg with the main card capturing RAW. Then if you forget the main card at least you will have the backup which activates automatically or you can change that card to RAW too

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Sep 5, 2018 16:04:44   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
twr25 wrote:
Good argument for dual slots … I only take out the RAW card for upload to processing and leave the 2nd card as backup … rarely used, second set to jpg with the main card capturing RAW. Then if you forget the main card at least you will have the backup which activates automatically or you can change that card to RAW too

Another good point for the thread about why two card slots.

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Sep 5, 2018 16:22:37   #
BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England
 
Ron Dial wrote:
I don't understand either. My newer Canon will not let you push the shutter without a both cards in the slots, except if it is teathered.

I don’t know what Canon you have but my 5D mkIV can be used with only one card in it instead of both.

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Sep 5, 2018 20:13:05   #
bamfordr Loc: Campbell CA
 
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 always assumed the camera could be slaved to a computer as an input device. Will be interesting to research when (if) I have time.

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Sep 5, 2018 20:28:49   #
JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco
 
bamfordr wrote:
I always assumed the camera could be slaved to a computer as an input device. Will be interesting to research when (if) I have time.


That's what shooting tethered is. It's very common, especially in the studio.

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Sep 5, 2018 21:42:08   #
burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC
 
cdayton wrote:
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.
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Many cameras allow tethered connection to a computer. They have a “shoot without card” option in the menu. They also have a “shoot without lens” option for use with adapted lenses, manual lenses, bellows-mounted lenses, microscopes, and telescopes.

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Sep 5, 2018 21:58:36   #
User ID
 
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


external recorder


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Sep 25, 2018 08:44:04   #
budjordan1 Loc: Pittsburgh, Florida
 
So, the one you test in the store is not the one you buy, the one you buy is in an unopened box, so why are they tethered?

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