MDI Mainer

The speed of a WiFi transfer is dependent on the quality of your WiFi set up. If it can stream high end video games it should have no problem with still images.

But more to the point I always use a card reader now. The first digital camera I had was a Fuji FinePix A-310. One day while I had it hooked up transferring images via the USB cable, a moose wandered into the camp where I was vacationing. Since I couldn't safely and quickly interrupt the transfer I didn't get the shot. So after that I bought and religiously used a SanDisk card reader. More recently every laptop I've owned has a built-in reader.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Okay. Linux is similar to Unix, upon which the Mac OS is built. I don’t know, but would not be surprised to learn, that those .trash files are Linux remnants.

Linux users?

Bill P

This sounds like useless internet chatter to me. So is the wanting to avoid bent pins when your camera uses SD cards.

I'm of the opinion that bent pins come from ham-handed use. You should be able to feel the card is going in the right way before it hits the pins.

Never bent a pin in the two cameras that I own that take CF cards, and never had one with the cameras I have that take SD cards, cause SD cards don't have pins. Can't bend something that's not there.

As to fragility of SD cards, I put one through the washer and dryer in a pants pocked about 5 years ago, and it works to this day.

Dean37 Loc: Fresno, CA

I think you are correct! From what I understand, from a relative who works at Microsoft, Windows is now being built on the Linux base, too. So not only Apple, but Microsoft finally discovered Linux.

Many years ago, about 35 or so, I told a group that was discussing the best operating system, that UNIX is the best, hands down. It only needs a front end that the average computer user can handle easily. Xwindows helped, but was not the answer. Linus Torvalds built the kernel that works with almost all UNIX commands, and others have built the front ends (user interfaces) that make Linux easy to use (Red Hat, Debian, Ubuntu {a Debian knockoff}, and several others I can't remember right now). Ubuntu is my choice, but you need to be able to use a "Terminal", for installing applications that do not have the Ubuntu approval. You do run the risk of enabling hacker access when you install "unapproved" software, as you do running most OS's. To the best of my knowledge Ubuntu Linux is difficult to nearly impossible for hackers to access, unless you install a file/application/app or whatever that is not Ubuntu approved.

The beauty of the LINUX operating systems is they are a free download, or buy a computer magazine that includes a CD with a Linux OS. Most Linux applications are also free, including Libre Office (an ORACLE application) which reads and writes Microsoft Office apps. For those who want a cheaper "Photo Shop", GIMP is available for free, and has versions for Windows, for free as well as for Linux. I have it, but haven't installed it, so I am only going by what others say about it, "If you know how to use Photo Shop, you will be using GIMP within a very short time, the learning curve is supposed to be easy.

I use Windows 10 on occasion, and I use Ubuntu Linux regularly, so I have the latest Libre Office on both, they are on different laptops, because Windows 10 blocks the installation of Linux on the same computer. You can do a workaround, but I chose not to do the dual boot, since I so seldom use Windows 10. Whenever I start it up again it has almost 20 minutes of downtime for installing the updates.

duane klipping Loc: Bristow iowa

Never cabled my camera. All this amounts to is unneeded handling of camera and strain on the battery.

Cards are faster transferring files direct and cards were designed for this reason.

Silverrails

As of this moment in time, as a 3 year, now an Advanced Amateur Photographer, I use my Laptop Computer with it's "Built-in" SD card reader, but I do have a SD card reader I would have available to use if the need ever arises.

Silverrails

Just a Question; I have read from others and I do myself, is to delete all my images on any SD card directly on my Camera, I do not remember all the suggestions or reasons why, but I think it has to do with the possible corruption of the SD card, others here may explain the reason more fully .

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I have no idea where the "Don't delete on the computer." came from. I've never seen it in print by a card manufacturer (yet).
I believe that the camera manufacturers have indicated "format in camera" <before use> (EVERY use?????) as a preventative measure to attempt to reduce any "trouble" from people who are not well versed or comfortable with file manipulation on computers. In other words, the prevention of user error.
The SD care is no different that a USB stick or SSD in its bottom line operation. No-one re-formats a USB stick after deleting files, do they? What's so magical about a card in a camera??? Possible corruption? Yea, it's possible. The same level of possibility as corrupting a USB stick - Who worries about that??? It's also possible to damage the card from static electricity when moving the card from a camera to the computer and back. Yes, it's possible.

Like I've said many times here in different threads. For over ten years I've been deleting files via the computer after I transfer them to the computer. I've never lost a file or had an SD card go belly-up (need re-formatting in camera.) I format the SD card in the camera ONCE when I get the card, never again. Now if a card would hiccup, I would re-format in the camera. I have not had a card even fart yet.
(Just so you know my background - I used to write test program for incoming inspection for ICs (logic, memory, microprocessors) and semiconductors at a telecom company, and doing failure analysis when the parts died.)

davyboy Loc: Anoka Mn.

We don’t want to stress our cameras!

Silverrails

You Are Correct, "Reformatting" the Memory Card should be done in the Camera, My mistake.!!

JeffR Loc: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

I always put the card into my computer, and download 180 shots in about ten seconds.

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

The SDHC slot in the computer is a card reader. It is just a built in card reader.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Innershield1

Exactly my concern, bent pins on XQD card

Dean37 Loc: Fresno, CA

I had a card, from my Nikon D200 not work once after putting it in a card reader to move the photos to my laptop. The camera would not read it or reformat it, and I suspected a bent pin, until another card worked perfectly. I put it into the card reader and deleted all files on the card with my laptop. Back to the camera and the camera would not read it, but did reformat it. I attribute the problem to ME, because I do sometimes have problems with electronic devices of all kinds. As a Software Engineer, the group always used me as a Test Engineer because I made things fail when nobody else could.

Who else ever thought the "Press Any Key" was wrong? It should state, "Press Any Alpha Numeric Key"! Just try the "Microsoft Key", or the "&" key, or "F6", or any other non-Alpha Numeric Key to proceed!

Never had a problem with that card since, I don't feel comfortable using it, so I only use it when checking something out or inconsequential photos (what are they?). Sometimes I get the bug to take pictures, and just shoot at whatever, so those are my inconsequential photos, only 3 have I ever kept, and printed.