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A Digital Dog Tag for Your Lost Camera « Helderberg Photographic Society — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:14:06 +0000

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By: Cornet

Cornet — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:48:06 +0000

Firstly it's nothing to do with it being a "native PC format". There problems are probably due to people pulling the cards out without un-mounting them (ejecting/dragging to trash can).

The same goes for Windows use the "Safely Remove Hardware" thing.

Sure many people don't do this and get away with it but, in general, it's a stupid thing to do.

By: Cornet

Cornet — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:48:06 +0000

By: mike

mike — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:07:20 +0000

This is true. Almost every non-photographer I know tends to keep photos on their camera for AGES. Even long after offloading them.

This is probably a better tip for P&S users than photographers. Then again, most photographers probably go to insane lengths to ensure that they never lose their cameras. :)

By: andyschmitt

andyschmitt — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:58:57 +0000

Funny, I seem to hear of more Mac users having corruption problems after using their computer to delete files than PC users…maybe because it's a native PC format?

By: jbbbbb

jbbbbb — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:20:50 +0000

i reformat every time i go on a shoot.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:38:08 +0000

Many cameras have built-in memory and you can store this image in the camera's memory rather than on a card. That way it will be more permanent.

By: Michael Zhang

Michael Zhang — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:17:49 +0000

Good point with the formatting. I format my card every time I pull photographs off as well, but I know a good number of people who rarely format (and are PC users?). I guess the tip isn't very suitable for the “formatters” ;-)

By: jberkenbosch

jberkenbosch — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:14:12 +0000

I completely agree with Mike. I never choose 'delete all images' but reformat to avoid any possible corruption.

I like the creativity of this solution, but it isn't very practical.

By: mike

mike — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:12:47 +0000

I've seen this tip before, but the problem with this is that you really should reformat memory cards fairly regularly (rather than just deleting images) to avoid corruption risk, and there's no way to protect a photo from formats.