How are you deleting photos from the card?

I know HOW to do it. But what is your method? For example, when I push my SD card into my laptop LR3 opens automatically. I import them then delete them right there. Sometimes I'll go straight to the card from "My Computer" and select the ones I want deleted, then delete away. How about you?'

Once in a while in the field with the camera controls. But mostly with My Computer and my card reader.

Kelly

I transfer pics from card to pc, than format card in the camera. I will sometimes delete during a shoot if 100% sure it is garbage.

I rarely delete in camera. You can't judge a pic until its on computer. I transfer photos to comp via reader, then format card in camera....

Normally I delay erasing the images from the card until after there is a backup copy on a second hard drive - I then format the card in camera. At any given moment I might have three cards nearly full with a few more in reserve. After a backup (did this yesterday) I wipe them clean. My camera is having a problem so I am deleting memory cards with the computer currently.

Copy the keepers from the card to my desktop, then format in the camera.

I don't delete off the card very often. I copy to my computer (via card reader), and keep the cards separate from the rest until I'm sure the pics are backed up. When I put the card in the camera I check to make sure that I recognize that the pics have been downloaded, and then format. Regular formatting is good mem card maintenance. Formatting identifies and isolates any parts of the mem card that aren't up to snuff.

Henry Peach wrote: I don't delete off the card very often. I copy to my computer (via card reader), and keep the cards separate from the rest until I'm sure the pics are backed up. When I put the card in the camera I check to make sure that I recognize that the pics have been downloaded, and then format. Regular formatting is good mem card maintenance. Formatting identifies and isolates any parts of the mem card that aren't up to snuff.

Almost exactly what I do. Copy to PC, copy to external hard drive from PC, then format in camera. The only time I delete in camera is if I'm shooting small birds ( for example ), and movement of any kind would scare the birds away, and I see that I might need card space. There will always be a few shots that I was certain about missing.

I follow the transfer and backup process. If I get a shot that is OBVIOUSLY blown out, I will delete it right away. After the transfer ad backup, I always delete using the camera to format the card. It knows better than the PC how it needs it formatted.

I'm surprized more people aren't deleting on the field. I'm (proudly) a chimp'er! I'll delete the obvious OOF shots right then and there. I know some frown on chimping. But at this point I'd rather look like an amateur and chimp, then not check my screen and get home to find all my shots suck!
I'm just not confident enough yet to not look at my screen after every couple of shots.

Darrell wrote: I transfer pics from card to pc, than format card in the camera. I will sometimes delete during a shoot if 100% sure it is garbage.

Ditto.

I seldom delete on camera, but do delete after I import them to my PC as I have it also make a backup copy on another external drive

John37 wrote: I'm surprized more people aren't deleting on the field. I'm (proudly) a chimp'er! I'll delete the obvious OOF shots right then and there. I know some frown on chimping. But at this point I'd rather look like an amateur and chimp, then not check my screen and get home to find all my shots suck!
I'm just not confident enough yet to not look at my screen after every couple of shots.

I use my eyeballs in the process of creating visual art all the time. It works well for me when I am drawing, painting, and sculpting. I am thrilled that I can do it with photography now too.

Chimping has no bearing on how I edit photos or manage data. I always have plenty of memory with me, so space is never an issue. I don't delete in the field because I want to do my editing on a monitor. My current cameras have nice LCDs, but they aren't good enough for me to determine if something is slightly OOF or not. I have to look at it on the big screen. Also I've had more than a few shots that I didn't think were working out when I first viewed them on the LCD screen. Later they turned out to be the main ones I went with. I'm a better editor when I give myself time and a big screen.

As for obvious screw-ups, they already took up too much of my valuable shooting time. I'm not going to lose even a second more to them.

It's been common advice from my mentors and teachers in creative fields from writing to art to not make snap judgements about my work. Put it away for a while (sometimes years). Give it some time. Revisit it later. Your own opinion can change. It's easy to delete whenever. It can be hard or impossible to recover deleted files if you change your mind. I also find there is at least a little educational value in looking at my old photos even if I now I'm thinking "Peeeee-yoooooo! This stinks!"

Very good point!

I delete the obvious stinkers in camera and otherwise, I format my cards in camera often.