In the computer or in the camera?
Apr 1, 2012 14:08:43 #
Ok do we erase images after they have been copied to computer .. from computer or camera to clear the card? Im having a duh moment! Thanks
Apr 1, 2012 14:12:12 #
I only delete in-camera if I see, on the little camera screen, that the pic is no good. Otherwise, I'll wait and transfer pics to my computer. Ensure all pics transferred, then while the card is connected to my computer I'll delete the pics from the card. After that, I'll delete pics from my computer as I see I don't like them.
Apr 1, 2012 14:14:04 #
Apr 1, 2012 14:45:19 #
[quote=tfran]Ok do we erase images after they have been copied to computer .. from computer or camera to clear the card? Im having a duh moment! Thanks[/quHi
Hi tfran: I have been taught that after you have transfered the pictures you want to keep, (you can delete those you don't want in camera), to your computer from your camera by tether, or memory card via digital media reader and backed them up on either an external hard drive, CD or on line storage like Carbonite. Then and only then delete them from you memory card and taking it one step farther format the memory card. That makes for a cleaner memory card. Hope this helps.
Hi tfran: I have been taught that after you have transfered the pictures you want to keep, (you can delete those you don't want in camera), to your computer from your camera by tether, or memory card via digital media reader and backed them up on either an external hard drive, CD or on line storage like Carbonite. Then and only then delete them from you memory card and taking it one step farther format the memory card. That makes for a cleaner memory card. Hope this helps.
Apr 1, 2012 14:53:47 #
I don't bother with deleting them off the card in the camera. Once I am sure they are accounted for off the card somewhere safely I simply format the card in the camera.
Apr 1, 2012 15:08:43 #
Be sure to format (In the camera) each time after you've transferred your pix to the computer. (creates a new clean file)
Apr 1, 2012 15:17:52 #
tfran wrote:
Ok do we erase images after they have been copied to computer .. from computer or camera to clear the card? Im having a duh moment! Thanks
I load everything to the computer and then delete what I don't want from the computer. The LCD screen on the camera isn't big enough to give a good reading of the quality of the photograph. After I have everything on the computer I format the card in the camera to clear it.
Apr 1, 2012 15:49:38 #
Apr 2, 2012 00:20:37 #
alann
Loc: Virginia
I download them via a card reader. Backup pics to a dedicated hd when importing. Then just put the card back in camera and format it.
Apr 2, 2012 03:00:27 #
gmcase wrote:
I don't bother with deleting them off the card in the camera. Once I am sure they are accounted for off the card somewhere safely I simply format the card in the camera.
:thumbup: Ditto!
Apr 2, 2012 06:00:11 #
MsJ
Loc: Northern Indiana
Do any of you keep the originals as another safety step...always having the originals?
Apr 2, 2012 06:46:45 #
Williefromwi
Loc: Wisconsin
One should format a card each and every time you have taken all the photos off the card and saved them to your computer. This should be done in your camera. To simply delete the photo does not clean the card, and therefore can leave small bits of information on the card that can at some point keep you from writing over it. Formatting the card wipes it clean, and assures you that you will not ruin a photo because you had old bits of information still stored on the card.
Apr 2, 2012 07:06:50 #
I transfer to the computer then insure the transfer was successful and next I reformat the card in the camera.
tfran wrote:
Ok do we erase images after they have been copied to computer .. from computer or camera to clear the card? Im having a duh moment! Thanks
Apr 2, 2012 08:01:53 #
Mac wrote:
I load everything to the computer and then delete what I don't want from the computer. The LCD screen on the camera isn't big enough to give a good reading of the quality of the photograph. After I have everything on the computer I format the card in the camera to clear it.
tfran wrote:
Ok do we erase images after they have been copied to computer .. from computer or camera to clear the card? Im having a duh moment! Thanks
I load everything to the computer and then delete what I don't want from the computer. The LCD screen on the camera isn't big enough to give a good reading of the quality of the photograph. After I have everything on the computer I format the card in the camera to clear it.
This is the way delete from the compuyture and the format the card in camera
Apr 2, 2012 09:54:35 #
senad55verizon.net
Loc: Milford, NJ
Anybody have authoritative information on what actually happens to the card in the camera when it's reformatted in the camera? Card scrubbed clean? File allocation table deleted or emptied, but data left on the card?
The point is, it happens almost in an instant. That strongly suggests that it is not wiping all prior data from the card memory. Anybody who's done that to a computer disc knows that's a process that takes a lot longer than an instant.
No speculation, sumising or guessing, please. Only answer if you really know.
The point is, it happens almost in an instant. That strongly suggests that it is not wiping all prior data from the card memory. Anybody who's done that to a computer disc knows that's a process that takes a lot longer than an instant.
No speculation, sumising or guessing, please. Only answer if you really know.
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