2 SD Cards
Oct 21, 2023 23:40:48 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
Architect1776 wrote:
Some cameras have 2 card slots with the same type ... (show quote)
While as you pointed out many cameras support two different kinds of cards, even for bodies which have identical card slots I fail to see any practical advantage to swapping them.
Oct 21, 2023 23:43:11 #
mwsilvers wrote:
While as you pointed out many cameras support two different kinds of cards, even for bodies which have identical card slots I fail to see any practical advantage to swapping them.
Your opinion.
Oct 21, 2023 23:51:18 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
Architect1776 wrote:
Your opinion.
Of course its my opinion. In your original post, you asked for what we do when we have two card slots. On my cameras with two identical card slots I always left one card in a slot fairly permanently, and just removed the other card when needed. I used the permanently installed 2nd card as a backup of the first and captured fine large jpegs and raw files to both. If you are happy with your approach, by all means continue doing it. I just don't see any advantage to it.
Oct 22, 2023 00:42:53 #
Architect1776 wrote:
Mainly the physical removing and inserting equally as well.
So with your method:
1) remove card 1
2) remove card 2
3) insert card 2 in the card 1 slot
4) insert card 1 in the card 2 slot
So that’s an insertion and a deletion for card each card - 4 total
What, if since the same data is on each card, just remove and download alternate cards. That way there would equal wear on each socket/card and only half the insertions/removals.
Oct 22, 2023 05:46:26 #
TriX wrote:
So with your method:
1) remove card 1
2) remove card 2
3) insert card 2 in the card 1 slot
4) insert card 1 in the card 2 slot
So that’s an insertion and a deletion for card each card - 4 total
What, if since the same data is on each card, just remove and download alternate cards. That way there would equal wear on each socket/card and only half the insertions/removals.
1) remove card 1
2) remove card 2
3) insert card 2 in the card 1 slot
4) insert card 1 in the card 2 slot
So that’s an insertion and a deletion for card each card - 4 total
What, if since the same data is on each card, just remove and download alternate cards. That way there would equal wear on each socket/card and only half the insertions/removals.
So what do you do?
Oct 22, 2023 05:46:55 #
mwsilvers wrote:
While as you pointed out many cameras support two different kinds of cards, even for bodies which have identical card slots I fail to see any practical advantage to swapping them.
So what do you do?
Oct 22, 2023 07:23:44 #
Architect1776 wrote:
Some cameras have 2 card slots with the same type ... (show quote)
The Z9 is similar in that it has two identical CFExpress slots.
My flow differs in a few ways, largely a result of the 20fps capability of the camera, which I use extensively for birding:
1) I use the second slot for overflow
2) I have no need or desire to keep all my shots. After a session, I use Photo Mechanic to select the images that I want to process, maybe 5% at most. These go onto two external hard drives, cloud backup, etc.
3) If the primary card has space on it, it goes back into the first slot, and is used until the shots overflow onto the second card. After selecting the shots I want, this card gets reformatted. The second card moves up to become the primary, and the reformatted card becomes the overflow.
Whatever works for you.
Oct 22, 2023 07:31:11 #
Architect1776 wrote:
Some cameras have 2 card slots with the same type ... (show quote)
I have two card slots in my R7, one Raw- One jpg. I put raw in card reader then on to my computer. I too, change them up and reformat both... no harm no foul... works for me.
Oct 22, 2023 07:39:47 #
ClarkJohnson wrote:
The Z9 is similar in that it has two identical CFE... (show quote)
Thx for sharing your system of usage.
Very helpful in seeing what others do.
This is my 1st camera with dual cards of the same type.
Again, greatly appreciated.
Oct 22, 2023 08:06:20 #
64GB for jpeg in #2, 128gb for RAW when I amp up to RAW and jpeg dupes when I don't, in #1, D750; works for me.
Oct 22, 2023 08:17:35 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Longshadow wrote:
Thankful I only have one card slot.
Life's incomplex.
Life's incomplex.
Oct 22, 2023 08:26:06 #
Not so with my D850.1 sd slot and 1 xqd/ compact flash. I write jpg to both cards or can fill each card In turn. I never take my cards out but download with a cable. I don't like all that wear and tear on the contacts. I also incured. a $$$ repair when the sd card didn't go in correctly.
Oct 22, 2023 09:08:11 #
Oct 22, 2023 09:09:52 #
Oct 22, 2023 09:24:00 #
I used to leave a second SD 256 gig card in my R5 until it filled (as a backup) and only use the primary CF Express for downloading regular jobs until I noticed the camera lagging on startup. I assume the camera has to sort through and calculate the total before it can fully engage. I stopped doing it and now just format both cards before every job.
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