Format in Camera or Computer? And other questions answered!
Dec 16, 2016 09:04:59 #
photoman022
Loc: Manchester CT USA
The question comes up time and again: Do I format in camera or on my computer? I deleting my photos enough? Can I format my card in one camera and use it in another (without formatting it again)?
Jeff Cable gives the definitive answers: http://www.diyphotography.net/not-delete-images-memory-card-using-camera/?utm_source=DIYP+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=9ed603026a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4d53c6b51c-9ed603026a-99463617&mc_cid=9ed603026a&mc_eid=9e8576b5c1
Jeff Cable gives the definitive answers: http://www.diyphotography.net/not-delete-images-memory-card-using-camera/?utm_source=DIYP+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=9ed603026a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4d53c6b51c-9ed603026a-99463617&mc_cid=9ed603026a&mc_eid=9e8576b5c1
Dec 16, 2016 10:23:08 #
Dec 16, 2016 17:20:32 #
Thank you for this link it is very helpful.
photoman022 wrote:
The question comes up time and again: Do I format... (show quote)
Dec 17, 2016 07:59:47 #
photoman022 wrote:
always format in-camera, just to be on the safe side (if something goes wrong in the computer, while formatting, you could easily damage the camera behind repair. I would not format in one camera and then use the card in another, as formatting is a way of "priming" the card for that specific camera!The question comes up time and again: Do I format... (show quote)
Dec 17, 2016 12:14:11 #
I erase the memory card at the computer, but always format it in the camera.
Dec 17, 2016 13:11:21 #
This is one of the best articles on this subject. The explainations are complete and concise with the reasons given for process.
Dec 17, 2016 22:18:05 #
speters wrote:
I would not format in one camera and then use the card in another, as formatting is a way of "priming" the card for that specific camera!
I thought that too, but once I accidentally used one of my SCHC cards in two of my Nikons without formatting inbetween (D610 and either the D300 or D3X). When I put the card in my card reader, there was two folders on the card, one for each of the cameras.
Just to be clear, I use a SDHC-CF adapter in both the D300 and the D3X so I only need to carry about one type of memory card.
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