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02/18/2006 07:30:13 PM · #1 |
When i got my new camera about a month ago i also bought a USB2 card reader.
Well due to the stupidity of somepeople, it's got to go.
For the third time in less than i month, i have left the house with a bag full of camera only to find that my CF card is hanging out my computer at home. I always pluged my other cameras into the PC and never took the card out.
HELP!!!!!
Anyone else as stupid as me or am i alone as usual?
Kev
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02/18/2006 07:38:25 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by kevrobertson:
When i got my new camera about a month ago i also bought a USB2 card reader.
Well due to the stupidity of somepeople, it's got to go.
For the third time in less than i month, i have left the house with a bag full of camera only to find that my CF card is hanging out my computer at home. I always pluged my other cameras into the PC and never took the card out.
HELP!!!!!
Anyone else as stupid as me or am i alone as usual?
Kev |
Discipline discipline. Either that or two CF cards. Kind of like when I went golfing without my putter. I use it a lot on the living room carpet to "sharpen up."
Message edited by author 2006-02-18 19:39:17. |
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02/18/2006 07:42:29 PM · #3 |
Another card is on the list but still explaining why i NEEDED a new camera. :)
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02/18/2006 07:42:36 PM · #4 |
| I just started using a card reader with this camera -- I've always plugged my previous cameras directly into the computer. But I've never forgotten to take the card back out of the reader and put it back into the camera. I usually bring the camera with me to the computer, take the card out and leave the card door open, put the card into the reader, copy the pictures over, and then remove the card from the computer/reader and put it back into the camera. And if I forget to do that immediately after copying, I will at least remember to do it before I walk away with the camera because I've left the card door open (on purpose). And if I've left the door open for a while, I blow it out before reinserting the card just to make sure no dust collected in there. |
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02/18/2006 07:48:07 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by kevrobertson:
When i got my new camera about a month ago i also bought a USB2 card reader.
Well due to the stupidity of somepeople, it's got to go.
For the third time in less than i month, i have left the house with a bag full of camera only to find that my CF card is hanging out my computer at home. I always pluged my other cameras into the PC and never took the card out.
HELP!!!!!
Anyone else as stupid as me or am i alone as usual?
Kev |
LOL....BEEN THERE! However, it only takes a couple times of doing that before you learn to always check! I have 3 CF cards now, and that helps as 2 are almost always with the camera.
I also used to have issues with shooting without the CF card in at all. It took only a few missed shots before I learned to always make sure the card is in the camera and not in my bag...LOL
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02/18/2006 07:49:52 PM · #6 |
Before you leave the house always take one quick shot, just to see if you have memory and batteries.
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02/18/2006 07:50:57 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by JRalston:
Originally posted by kevrobertson:
When i got my new camera about a month ago i also bought a USB2 card reader.
Well due to the stupidity of somepeople, it's got to go.
For the third time in less than i month, i have left the house with a bag full of camera only to find that my CF card is hanging out my computer at home. I always pluged my other cameras into the PC and never took the card out.
HELP!!!!!
Anyone else as stupid as me or am i alone as usual?
Kev |
LOL....BEEN THERE! However, it only takes a couple times of doing that before you learn to always check! I have 3 CF cards now, and that helps as 2 are almost always with the camera.
I also used to have issues with shooting without the CF card in at all. It took only a few missed shots before I learned to always make sure the card is in the camera and not in my bag...LOL |
Checking thrice now. luckily i have not been goning anywhere special when i have forgot my card. If that happens i'll give up thos photography lark (NEVER...)
Kev
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02/18/2006 07:55:23 PM · #8 |
Oh my... me too, been there, done that! :D I now have 5 cards!
No way would I go back to hooking camera up to computer... pop that card in reader and away she goes! :D
As been said, it only takes a few times of doing before you instinctively look before leaving. |
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02/18/2006 11:09:29 PM · #9 |
Here's what helps me...
Every time it's done downloading, I remove the card from the reader, and put it directly back into the camera, then put the camera in the case.
Also, and this may not help you, I'm not sure the rebel does this, but on my d70, when I open my bag before I leave, I glance at the top of my LCD...It either reads 291 for the number of shots remaining...or -E- (even when it's off, this remains there -- from what I remember, the rebel doesn't) meaning there is no card in it...so that helps.
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02/18/2006 11:15:18 PM · #10 |
| I've done it too. Here's my solution. I always leave the door to the card slot open when there is no card in the camera. That way if I grab the camera and the door is open, I know to stop and grab the card from the reader. Also helps to have an extra card or two to keep in the bag, just in case. |
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02/18/2006 11:32:19 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by deapee:
Here's what helps me...
Every time it's done downloading, I remove the card from the reader, and put it directly back into the camera, then put the camera in the case.
Also, and this may not help you, I'm not sure the rebel does this, but on my d70, when I open my bag before I leave, I glance at the top of my LCD...It either reads 291 for the number of shots remaining...or -E- (even when it's off, this remains there -- from what I remember, the rebel doesn't) meaning there is no card in it...so that helps. |
:( Nope, not when turned off, Rebel doesn't. |
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02/18/2006 11:34:54 PM · #12 |
I have two CF cards for the exact same reason. If I leave one in my reader, the other is in my camera bag. However, on a recent shoot where i filled up two cards, I left the house the following day with no cf cards :)
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02/19/2006 12:26:55 AM · #13 |
I make a point of leaving the memory card door open to remind me as soon as I pick up the camera. So far, that has worked every time.
(Yes, I know about dust.... but I figure it can't be THAT bad, and I use my blower on it whenever I think of it.) |
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02/19/2006 02:59:31 AM · #14 |
You should always check before you leave! :)
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02/19/2006 07:48:24 AM · #15 |
Ho Ho
I suppose it's getting used to a new routine
As mentined I always leave the door of the cmaer open when the CF card is out. I also DL theimages then put the card stright back in before I even look at them.
also consider
leaving the camera on your desk, in the way, till you put the card back in and put it away.
I also read somewhere that you should adopt a "default" setting for the camera when it's in your bag ready to go i.e. set on Av, ISO 200, single shot, RAW, CF CARD LOADED .....or whatever. Been trying to do this and it really does help.
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02/19/2006 08:40:56 AM · #16 |
I'm assuming you use a laptop otherwise you wouldn't need the card reader with you when you go out. Can you plug the camera directly into the USB instead? If that's not the case. How about buying a inexpensive 2nd card reader to keep on your bag? Mine cost me $12.
But, I don't even use it anymore because it's 1 more thing to carry and I can plug my 7D and download the photos directly into my laptop.
I do have a question for everyone. How many photos can you take before needing to change the battery (under normal circumstances)? I haven't learned how to do RAW yet, so I take JPEG for now. I took 300+ photos the other week and my battery didn't even blink.
Message edited by author 2006-02-19 08:41:38.
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02/19/2006 09:42:51 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by JRalston:
I also used to have issues with shooting without the CF card in at all. It took only a few missed shots before I learned to always make sure the card is in the camera and not in my bag...LOL |
Cant do that on a 300D - if there is no cf card in it as soon as you switch it on it tells you - I would have thought the 20D would do that as well?
I would advise against leaving the cf door open - its just asking for trouble imo. The dust will find its way into there and other parts of your camera
Also before I go out I switch on and check everything is ok
Mike
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02/19/2006 10:53:44 AM · #18 |
I mentioned this on another thread; get a long cord to connect your card reader to the computer, and PUT THE READER WITH THE CARD IN IT INTO THE CAMERA BAG. You can't leave without taking the reader out of the bag, and if that doesn't goad you into removing the card from the reader, you're beyond hope...
Leaving the door open on the camera is a BAD idea, not just for dust but because it can get bent at the hinges, which is a real stinker of a situation.
R.
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02/19/2006 10:58:11 AM · #19 |
| I've gotten used to setting my camera near my card reader when the card is out of the camera ... it helps |
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02/19/2006 10:59:05 AM · #20 |
I've never left the card out of the camera when going out, because I usually put it back in right after downloading the pics, but I HAVE walked out with no battery.
Message edited by author 2006-02-20 19:18:55.
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02/19/2006 11:04:07 AM · #21 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
I've never left the card out of the camera when going out, because I usually put it back in right after downloading the pics, but I HAVE walked out with no battery. |
I so;ve that one by having 2 batteries; when I remove one to charge a place the other one in the camera. That way I make sure to rotate my batteries too. My camera is never without a battery in it. I goofed up that way twice before I bought the second battery.
R.
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02/19/2006 11:16:33 AM · #22 |
I have been known to go looking for my glasses while wearing them.....
I have learned to keep a 2nd card in the bag - I like to have 2 with me just in case I stumble over something I want to hit for a while in burst mode, so it ends up getting used anyhow, but if I forget to put the "primary" card back in, its a lifesaver.
It's the same reason I keep a spare set of non-rechargable batteries in my bag - it will come in handy. |
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02/20/2006 07:17:57 PM · #23 |
I keep spare alkaline AAs in the bag just in case. I also have a spare 15min batt charger in the car with a 12 cord too.
I tend to leave the door open for the card slot - and I use a PCMCIA reader for my SD cards. I have never (yet) forgotten the card, but I do tend to do as tallbloke suggests and have adopted a routine - when I upload, I reset the camera to my own 'defaults'. Mainly cos I got fed up with shooting at 3200 iso and getting crappy shots that would have otherwise been perfect if I'd remembered to return to 200iso. |
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