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4 years 7 months ago #658799 by Fran Welch
When your camera has dual memory card slots, does it make any difference which slot you are using if you are using just one memory card?  
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4 years 7 months ago #658800 by garyrhook
That depends upon how you have the camera set up, and how it behaves.

If you choose RAW + JPG, you would get RAW to the primary card, and JPG to the secondary card. If, however, you media in only the second slot, then it would depend upon how they programmed the camera. A case could be made for writing JPGs to the second slot, or RAW, since there's only one card inserted.

If you have the second slot set for overflow or backup, then, no, it wouldn't matter (I would think).

I'd suggest experimenting with the settings so that you fully understand the behavior of your camera.
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4 years 7 months ago #658803 by Fran Welch
When going with RAW+ JPG, does that take extra resources from the cameras performance.  Meaning will the buffer be shortened?  

How do you have your camera set up?  Are you using 1 or 2 slots?
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4 years 7 months ago #658819 by Greg Friedman
Go with the back up if you can 
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4 years 7 months ago #658826 by effron

Fran Welch wrote: When going with RAW+ JPG, does that take extra resources from the cameras performance.  Meaning will the buffer be shortened?  

How do you have your camera set up?  Are you using 1 or 2 slots?


I use both slots in both my main cameras, both set for max raw and over flow.......I don't fret card failures.
Why so serious?
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4 years 7 months ago - 4 years 7 months ago #658857 by garyrhook

Fran Welch wrote: When going with RAW+ JPG, does that take extra resources from the cameras performance.  Meaning will the buffer be shortened?  

How do you have your camera set up?  Are you using 1 or 2 slots?


The processor in the camera is going to be used to create the JPG, yes, but I've not noticed a significant impact upon buffer. The buffer only comes into play for burst shots anyways; writing both RAW and JPG files to the card is going to be the least of your worries.

The only situation now where I really need a long burst of frames is when I shoot jousting. I'll use short bursts for portraiture (because expressions can change when they hear the shutter). No longer do I need to do so for most sports or ballet, having learned how to shoot those.

The other question: I will change my setup depending upon what I'm doing.

Now that I use primarily SanDisk, with some Samsung, cards, I worry less about failures. However, for a gig, needing to be sure, I run them in backup mode. If I'm shooting something that is less critical, I'll run them in overflow mode. If I'm on vacation and I want to be able to post online, I write RAW+JPG to both, and use the Nikon WMU app to transfer JPGs to my iPad for tweaking and posting.
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4 years 7 months ago #658967 by Joslyn
I didn't know Samsung made memory cards.  How do they compare to Sandisk or Lexar? 
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4 years 7 months ago #658991 by garyrhook

Joslyn wrote: I didn't know Samsung made memory cards.  How do they compare to Sandisk or Lexar? 


I got them from Adorama during a sale, sometime back. They're fine. Really no different from SanDisk with respect to behavior.

They apparently only make microSD cards now.
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