bclaytonphoto opened this issue on May 07, 2009 · 9 posts
bclaytonphoto posted Thu, 07 May 2009 at 9:05 PM
TomDart posted Thu, 07 May 2009 at 9:23 PM
All in all I have had good success with the cards, mostly Lexar and Delrin with a few Sandisc in there. I use Compact Flash. I will take a look at the link. Thanks.
For having prints made locally (Walgreens) I have found the little USB memory sticks very handy, no need to burn a disc and fits in the pocket easy. Take care. Tom.
whaleman posted Fri, 08 May 2009 at 2:03 AM
The multiple accessing is an important point in the life of the CF card. Although I've been in electronics forever, I never thought of that aspect. I will reformat my CF cards frequently now. Thanks for that link!
Wayne
prutzworks posted Fri, 08 May 2009 at 2:30 AM
pretty useful info
thanx for link Bruce
minder is meer
TomDart posted Fri, 08 May 2009 at 7:00 AM
This was well worth reading.
MGD posted Fri, 08 May 2009 at 5:24 PM
I read the cited article.
I agree that you should copy the image file from the flash memory to your HDD ... and then process the image from your HDD.
That would be a good workflow ... and the HDD and the flash memory would be backups of each other.
The article claims that the PC continues to access and/or scan the flash memory after the copy.
As far as I can tell ... my direct experience ... that is NOT true.
A flash memory reader has an activity LED ... I do see it blink while the copy to the HDD is happening.
However, after that copy finishes, the LED is inactive ... I would take that to mean that the PC has stopped accessing the flash memory.
In that regard, the article raises a flase warning.
Comments, please ...
--Martin
TomDart posted Fri, 08 May 2009 at 5:40 PM
Martin, I am not sure if the LED is the only indicator; however, that does seem reasonable. Which ever, I alway have followed the copy to drive and disconnect the flash card. My reason was backup and having a "hard copy" on the computer, not to save the lifespan of the card.
bclaytonphoto posted Fri, 08 May 2009 at 7:39 PM
another good point was formatting in camera..
I didn't do this at first..but it makes a lot of sense..
been working that way for a year now
TomDart posted Fri, 08 May 2009 at 7:49 PM
And if you need to recover an image? I deleted shots my wife wanted with her mom to send to relatives. Fortunately, the card had a file structure that little Lexar Image Rescue 2 couild use. I got images even which were deleted before and were "under" images from the recent delete. I had formatted the card in camera, as always...maybe that made a difference. I honestly don't know.
I got all back but one and it showed fine on Photoshop ™ but I couldn't save since the program said the image had an improper termination or something like that.
I really don't know how critical to image recovery all of this is but to me I was safe and family got the shots....