Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And I never reformat mine after the initial time unless using them in a different camera (and in camera only) I always read them from a card reader. The only exception would be one used to install new Firmware for example. Some of mine have probably been in ten cameras. After honourable retirement due to insufficient GB capacity they move on into P&S units. 30,000+ digital images later I never lost a file doing it that way either. My SD cards only tend to die of mechanical failure. That is to say damaging the the weak card lock switch in careless handling. I can also add that, after deleting the Leica files in camera, that is exactly what you have done. The Sandisk pro recovery system finds nothing to resuscitate ;-) Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 28 October 2013 12:26, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > I follow the same principle as Nathan, and have been generally problem > free. If a card gives me a problem, as is inevitable with age, it is > junked the first time it does so. It is a false economy to pay $$$$ > for equipment, and then scrounge and skimp on cards... > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 12:58 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > I know it is logically impossible to prove a negative, but all I know is > that since I started shooting with digital cameras in 2004, I have followed > this simple routine, and I have NEVER, not once, had problems with > unreadable cards, lost images, etc. YMMV. > > > > I do not need the scientific explanation for something that makes > intuitive sense and takes 15-20 seconds every time I replace a card in the > camera. > > > > Cheers, > > Nathan > > > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > http://www.greatpix.eu > > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 2013, at 7:39 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote: > > > >> I think I figured out why you heard it was "good voodoo". It actually > ain't, in the context of an SD card in a camera, but I don't want to bore > everyone with an explanation, so I'll write to you off-line. > >> > >> Herbert Kanner > >> kanner at acm.org > >> 650-326-8204 > >> > >> Question authority and the authorities will question you. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Oct 26, 2013, at 4:59 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > >> > >>> I don't remember the exact technical explanation, which I know will by > unsatisfying to you, but trust me: it is good voodoo to re-format every > time. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Nathan > >>> > >>> Nathan Wajsman > >>> Alicante, Spain > >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu > >>> http://www.greatpix.eu > >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > >>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > >>> > >>> YNWA > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Oct 27, 2013, at 1:19 AM, Herbert Kanner wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi Nathan, > >>>> > >>>> What are the good reasons for reformatting? > >>>> > >>>> Incidentally, on M9 there are two levels of "reformatting". On my > Lumix, there is only one, and I think I can safely assume it is the fast > one. > >>>> > >>>> Definitions: Fast reformat: Write binary zeros into the index > records. Slow reformat: write binary zeros into all locations on the card. > >>>> > >>>> Herbert Kanner > >>>> kanner at acm.org > >>>> 650-326-8204 > >>>> > >>>> Question authority and the authorities will question you. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Oct 25, 2013, at 11:44 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I'm sure the advice provided by Geoff and Bob is sound, but my > suggestion is that you should re-format your card in the camera every time. > There are good reasons for it besides LR5 issues. > >>>>> > >>>>> Cheers, > >>>>> Nathan > >>>>> > >>>>> Nathan Wajsman > >>>>> Alicante, Spain > >>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu > >>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu > >>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > >>>>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > >>>>> > >>>>> YNWA > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Oct 26, 2013, at 1:38 AM, Herbert Kanner wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> I don't necessarily reformat my SD card each time I return it to > the camera from LR. In previous version of LR prior to LR5, I've had no > problem with this, having checked the box: "Don't import possible > duplicates". With LR5, this didn't seem to work, and not only were the > previous pictures on the card re-imported, but duplicates of the DNGs went > into my negative file. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Herbert Kanner > >>>>>> kanner at acm.org > >>>>>> 650-326-8204 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Question authority and the authorities will question you. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> 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 > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >