Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Le 29 janv. 2018 ? 12:48, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> a > ?crit : > > In many cases, mine for example, that is an expensive proposition - the > camera defaults to the speed of the slower card, so for birds, wildlife, > etc, you end up buying double the number of expensive, high speed cards > (XQD, CFast and/or SD UHS II, depending on your system), which typically > retail at around US$75 for a single 32 GB card The Amazon guy just delivered a bunch of 32 gb cards at 14? a piece - lost in the overall cost of the trip > (which is what I generally > use, higher capacities are little more cost efficient). Simpler to have two > gizmos to download into at the end of each day, and reformat and reuse the > cards. Of course, you can shoot RAW/JPG Fine on a faster/slower card combo > without penalty, but then your backup is JPG. No, sorry. You can copy one card onto the other - I just checked in the owner?s manual > If you can live with that, it > is a perfectly valid solution. My view this is that it is stupid to buy an > expensive camera built for speed, then cripple it by economizing on the > cards! Agreed see supra > > If your style of shooting requires only being on the single shot mode, then > SD UHS I or CF cards would do, and consequently your method is the way to > go, with the caveat that you probably should put away both cards once they > are full in order to have two backups. > > I am a bit careful in all this because I frequently travel to the boondocks > where nothing is available if anything should go wrong (I take two battery > chargers, two card readers, two camera bodies, etc - in other words, > backups for everything!). > So do we - Alice bought herself an XT-20 that matches my XT-2 for that purpose. When traveling, I find weight is the worst impediment these days. Hence the fuji stubble, and the zooms ;-) Amities Philippe > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 3:59 PM, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at > gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Depending on how many slots your camera holds, you could generate >> duplicate cards while shooting - I intend to do just that for my coming >> trip, and if need be, send myself one of the duplicates through the mail, >> or share the bounty with Alice to decrease the risks of theft or damage. >> >> Amities >> Philippe >> >> >> >>> Le 28 janv. 2018 ? 23:35, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> a >> ?crit : >>> >>> I'm planning a month-long road trip this summer and I'm woefully behind >> the curve w.r.t. backup strategies. What has worked for you? >>> >>> Doug Herr >>> Birdman of Sacramento >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information