richardh76 Loc: VT, Central, Champlain Valley

OK, my dumb question.
Why take the card out of the camera in the first place, just download to the computer from the camera and reformat?
Am I doing something wrong here?

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

And it all fits into a LowePro 200AW
:thumbup:

oldmalky Loc: West Midlands,England.

Apparently people worry about the battery drain by downloading direct from the camera,I measured my battery loss yesterday and lost 8% but as i have 4 batteries I dont look at that as a problem so i download via cable and have never forgotten my card.

glojo Loc: South Devon, England

glojo Loc: South Devon, England

I must confess to having never ever removed the card from my camera. I know I have a spare one in my bag but I'm with you.

Each to their own and I must confess my memory would be awful if I could remember what it was I keep forgetting! :shock:

djw60 Loc: Vermont

I never remove my card from the camera.
Too much wear and tear on the card.
I only upload from camera to computer with the cord that came with the computer.
:)

EarthArts Loc: Schenectady,NY

Yes. Sometimes I . . . Uh, what was that question again?

Dizzydreams Loc: Hull, England

And a large Semi truck to haul it all around with? :)

heyjoe Loc: cincinnati ohio

set your camera to not fire without card

molsonice Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

Never experienced that problem.

BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

Close, but not yet.

cmhjohn Loc: Columbus, OH

It has never happened to me because I never remove the memory card from my camera. I always transfer my pics to my computer via a cable. I don't want to sound like a smart @##, but I just see no reason to remove the card and/or possible damaging it.
Just my thoughts...............

saichiez Loc: Beautiful Central Oregon

The standard USB ports in a computer pump out 5 volts of electricity through the port into devices to power them. That current is present to your camera when the camera is plugged in to the USB port.

In addition to that, wall adaptor powered USB hubs (external hubs used to provide more ports) are sometimes not as stable in electric output quality as the computer ports. Additional if a powered extra USB hub is not plugged into your UPS or Surge Protection, it may be affected by spikes and reductions in your home/office power.

Some people who value their cameras, won't hook them to a device (USB) that has a power output component in it's configuration. All standard USB ports do power other devices like external optical drives and external hard drives, ie. the 5 volt delivery out the USB port.

Those who know and check the "safely remove" function in the notification tray on the computer may not know exactly why they are doing this. The "safely remove" function turns off the voltage coming out of the port you are using, which is why "safely remove" is port specific.

Therefore, if you are hooking your camera up to the computer via USB, and if you are NOT using the "safely remove" icon in the right bottom of your screen, your camera is at risk. Ask me how I know. I destroyed 3 jump drives before finding out about "safely remove". Could not reformat any of the three.

To this day, I still will not attach my camera directly to a USB port. I use card readers. Cuts my potential loss to the price of a memory card or a reader.

Phg Loc: Canada

Happened to often so now I always leave the card in the camera and use USB to transfer the files. No problem since:)

Mytherwyn Loc: United States

This is similar to the way I do it.... I NEVER shoot unless I am very close if not in a Wal-Mart........Just sayin.

An no to your question.