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03/21/2010 01:47:53 AM · #1 |
| I have always turned off my camera when removing and inserting memory cards. I've gotten the impression from what others say in passing that this may be an unneeded precaution. Do you turn off the camera first, or just swap the card out with power on? (after making sure the activity light is off, of course.) |
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03/21/2010 02:11:53 AM · #2 |
| It's probably a good idea to turn off the camera - just in case something goes amiss. As for changing lenses, I read that you really should turn off the camera before removing a lens. |
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03/21/2010 02:24:13 AM · #3 |
It is a good idea to turn it off before removing a card or lens. But I've never been a fan of good ideas until I am confronted with the consequences of bad ideas. In other words, when something goes wrong, then I'll kick myself and change my ways. Note: I'm seemingly a fan of kicking myself.
Don't follow my advice at your own peril. ...or benefit. either way. whatever. |
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03/21/2010 02:28:07 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
It is a good idea to turn it off before removing a card or lens. But I've never been a fan of good ideas until I am confronted with the consequences of bad ideas. In other words, when something goes wrong, then I'll kick myself and change my ways. Note: I'm seemingly a fan of kicking myself.
Don't follow my advice at your own peril. ...or benefit. either way. whatever. |
Best not to post while under the influence of adult beverages. If you're not, well, then ... never mind. |
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03/21/2010 02:38:00 AM · #5 |
| I've never turned the camera off for either card removal or lens switching. Never even crossed my mind to. |
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03/21/2010 02:42:08 AM · #6 |
So far, it works both ways for me. Even with the Fuji S3 turned off, when I close the slot door, it gives one blink of the busy light to indicate that the card is inserted correctly. I think that it turns off the power to the card when you open the card slot door. I swap lenses like eating popcorn when I am shooting, so I do that with the camera either way too.
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03/21/2010 03:28:30 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by MelonMusketeer:
So far, it works both ways for me. Even with the Fuji S3 turned off, when I close the slot door, it gives one blink of the busy light to indicate that the card is inserted correctly. I think that it turns off the power to the card when you open the card slot door. I swap lenses like eating popcorn when I am shooting, so I do that with the camera either way too. |
Oh, that would be WHY I never thought about it. My camera shuts totally off when the CF card door is unlatched. |
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03/21/2010 04:22:49 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by Dr.Confuser:
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
It is a good idea to turn it off before removing a card or lens. But I've never been a fan of good ideas until I am confronted with the consequences of bad ideas. In other words, when something goes wrong, then I'll kick myself and change my ways. Note: I'm seemingly a fan of kicking myself.
Don't follow my advice at your own peril. ...or benefit. either way. whatever. |
Best not to post while under the influence of adult beverages. |
Another good idea. ...but I refer you to my original post. :P |
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03/21/2010 04:31:10 AM · #9 |
My Canon turns it self off when opening the door where the card is. But nevertheless; I never turn power off on any cameras. (In fact my camera is ON all the time since the auto-off timer shuts it off - why wear out the switch?? :) )
I never eject memory sticks or disks before unplugging them and I never turn the camera off when changing lenses. MANY years of these habits has so far not caused any problems. I do not recommend it for anyone else though ;) |
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03/21/2010 04:34:21 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by TrollMan:
MANY years of these habits has so far not caused any problems. I do not recommend it for anyone else though ;) |
Because people like us, TrollMan, we live on the edge. :-) |
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03/21/2010 04:54:30 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by TrollMan:
MANY years of these habits has so far not caused any problems. I do not recommend it for anyone else though ;) |
Because people like us, TrollMan, we live on the edge. :-) |
hehe - so very true Ken :) |
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03/21/2010 06:24:17 AM · #12 |
| Both my 1D and 400D automatically shut off when accessing the cards door. |
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03/21/2010 07:25:50 AM · #13 |
In theory, I'm a good girl. In theory, I turn off my camera to remove cards or lenses.
In practice, I'm a forgetful old scatterbrain, yet none of my cameras have ever complained about being mistreated.... yet. (phew!) |
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03/21/2010 07:46:38 AM · #14 |
| I've lost two whole shoots because I didn't learn to turn off my camera before removing the card. That was with my first digital camera. It hasn't happened in years, because I always turn it off to remove a card now. I learned the hard way. Turn off your cameras before removing a memory card. |
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03/21/2010 07:48:02 AM · #15 |
I always turn off my cameras when I change lens or remove memory cards, just something I have always done.
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03/21/2010 09:35:54 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by Beetle:
In theory, I'm a good girl. In theory, I turn off my camera to remove cards or lenses.
In practice, I'm a forgetful old scatterbrain, yet none of my cameras have ever complained about being mistreated.... yet. (phew!) |
Sounds like me. It's that old road, paved with good intentions, that leads to a more interesting life! |
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03/21/2010 10:07:43 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by Jac:
I've lost two whole shoots because I didn't learn to turn off my camera before removing the card. That was with my first digital camera. It hasn't happened in years, because I always turn it off to remove a card now. I learned the hard way. Turn off your cameras before removing a memory card. |
Except, as a couple others have pointed out, a LOT, if not all, of the dSLRs automatically power down the camera when you open the door to the memory card. My 20D and 5D certainly do that. Penny's 7D does it. What happened to you with your old camera, that's old-school bad design LOL. I had it happen to me once with a Fuji 4900Z. Bummer.
R. |
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03/21/2010 10:13:22 AM · #18 |
My camera shuts down as soon as the memory card door is opened. But my camera will continue to write to the memory card if I shoot of a number of shots quickly so I always wait before I turn off the camare or open the memory door.
Message edited by author 2010-03-21 10:14:29. |
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03/21/2010 10:34:28 AM · #19 |
Most cameras, and for certain the ones that I use, will continue to write to the card if you take a shot and turn off the camera while it is writing to the card. I don't know what happens if you take a shot and open the card access door before it's done writing, and I am not going to try it to find out.
Message edited by author 2010-03-21 10:35:24.
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03/21/2010 10:35:40 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by TrollMan:
My Canon turns it self off when opening the door where the card is. But nevertheless; I never turn power off on any cameras. (In fact my camera is ON all the time since the auto-off timer shuts it off - why wear out the switch?? :) )
I never eject memory sticks or disks before unplugging them and I never turn the camera off when changing lenses. MANY years of these habits has so far not caused any problems. I do not recommend it for anyone else though ;) |
You're supposed to shut off the camera using a switch? Yeah, I'm with you on this one. Just a tiny touch of the shutter button and I'm ready to roll. |
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03/21/2010 03:43:39 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Jac:
I've lost two whole shoots because I didn't learn to turn off my camera before removing the card. That was with my first digital camera. It hasn't happened in years, because I always turn it off to remove a card now. I learned the hard way. Turn off your cameras before removing a memory card. |
Except, as a couple others have pointed out, a LOT, if not all, of the dSLRs automatically power down the camera when you open the door to the memory card. My 20D and 5D certainly do that. Penny's 7D does it. What happened to you with your old camera, that's old-school bad design LOL. I had it happen to me once with a Fuji 4900Z. Bummer.
R. |
Not only does power stay to my D300s and D80 while the door is open, I can take photos with the door open. How cool is that?!
Oh, ya, I shut the camera off to change lenses and cards.
=)
Message edited by author 2010-03-21 15:44:18. |
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03/21/2010 03:58:21 PM · #22 |
| I turn off my power for changing lenses and cards. For cards it seems natural to me. For lenses? There is actually a reason I turn off the power. When the camera is on there is a current going across the sensor. When there is a current it attracts dust. |
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03/21/2010 04:41:24 PM · #23 |
| The only time I use the power switch on my camera is when I change batteries. Oh - one other time - when I fly, I will turn the camera off before I go through security and generally leave it off during flight. Other than that, nope, I don't turn it off at all. |
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03/21/2010 04:53:40 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Jac:
I've lost two whole shoots because I didn't learn to turn off my camera before removing the card. That was with my first digital camera. It hasn't happened in years, because I always turn it off to remove a card now. I learned the hard way. Turn off your cameras before removing a memory card. |
Except, as a couple others have pointed out, a LOT, if not all, of the dSLRs automatically power down the camera when you open the door to the memory card. My 20D and 5D certainly do that. Penny's 7D does it. What happened to you with your old camera, that's old-school bad design LOL. I had it happen to me once with a Fuji 4900Z. Bummer.
R. |
It happened twice with my Oly. C5050. I shot my brothers coin collection and poof, they were all gone. Never bothered to re-shoot them to this day. |
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