? 1DmkII Memory Question

[djtowle]

Can someone help me out here? Is it possible to set the 1DmkII to store images in serial fashion? As in shoot till card one is full then start filling up card two. And where would that setting be?

TIA

[malla1962]

No you cant do that.:(:(:(

[djtowle]

wahhhh!!!!
:cry: :~( :cry: :~( :cry: :o

[primoz]

At least not automaticaly. If I heard right you can do this with 1dm2n, but personally I don't need this so much that it would be worth upgrade :)

[malla1962]

Just buy a bigger card.:D

[primoz]

Nah I don't like this idea either :) I'm actually happy with 1gb cards. More chances to keep something if card gets bad or if I lose it, even though winner is usually on card which i lose. Not to mention bunch of friends having problems with >1gb cards on their 1dm2 (not just Lexar related problems) :)

[Jon]

ISTR that while there's no in-camera setting for this, someone posted a work-around that would "trick" the camera into switching cards. Can't remember more than that, as, not having a 1D II, it wasn't of immediate interest to me, but CDS was in on the thread.

Ahah! Search is your friend (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=105660&highlight=1D+II+change+cards)!

[primoz]

I don't know if I understood post on link which you posted, right but that "white button" is for setting WB :) If he meant other button (on side with white symbol on top) then it's right one. You scroll through preview options to folder option and by pressing bottom button you can select which card to use. But that's far from "automatic". To be honest I don't even remember any other option then this, since this is the only way I'm "switching" cards.

[Jon]

OP on that thread found that by removing then reinserting the full card, picture recording would transfer to the other card.

[mjordan]

I thought it was just pulling the full card out, leaving only the other one, and it would start using that card. That is what I plan on trying to do next time I fill up my CF card and need to keep shooting but don't have time to put another CF card in. Usually if I'm shooting an event and I see I'm getting close to filling up my CF card, I'll put an empty CF card in my hand in prepreation to swapping out. Of the few things I do not like about the 1DMKII and that is how the memory door opens. With my 10D, I could use one finger and pop it open. With the 1DMKII I have to use two fingers, turn the latch and open the door. Very clumbersom and not very well thought out for those of us that like to change cards fast. Accessing the menu items is just as clumbersom. It's a good thing I love the rest of the camera. :D

Mike

[djtowle]

Hmm, remove the full card, the keep shooting. Have to try that next time, good idea!

Probably faster to open the door and pull the card then go through those menus :-)

[primoz]

Unless you guys are really fast with your fingers I don't think it's faster to remove card then press button scroll, press another button and scroll again. With this I have card "changed" in let say 5 sec. Opening door, removing card, closing door (with gloves when it's -20c) it takes much longer then this.

[blackviolet]

it may be quicker via the menu scroll press scroll (and scroll back because you missed it or can't quickly find it...). i just tried it and i suppose i *might* get faster if i were practicing 50 times a day for the next week, but it's darn easy to simply twist latch, eject, close, shoot (then open, replace, close).

too bad we can't tape card together like weapon magazines - shoot, remove, flip over, bash on head to shake off dirt, replace, shoot, chimp.

[primoz]

Hehe did you try to twist latch, eject,close, shoot with gloves at -20c? :) But as always it's personal preference. I do it faster and easier through menu, someone else do it easier with ejecting card. Important is that it works for everyone :)

[PacAce]

The problem with using two cards is that after a while, you get confused as to which card you are using and might end up pulling the wrong card (the empty one). :confused:

[mjordan]

Leo, that's a possibility if someone is shooting so much that they are filling card after card after card. But from my experience with fast action events, there is always a few minutes slack time for me to take a card I just pulled out and either put it into my Image Tank to dump it or put it into the CF memory case upside down (that's how I tell a full one verses a empty one) until I can dump it into the Image Tank.

It does seem though that the peak action happens just AS you run out of CF space. I think it's one of those un-written laws somewhere that it has to be this way. :D

Mike

[blackviolet]

Hehe did you try to twist latch, eject,close, shoot with gloves at -20c? :)

this is australia - it rarely dips below +20c :p

just kidding. i have in fact taken photos around that temp (korea, us, and canada, not oz...) but i was not lucky enough to fill a card so i didn't get to experience the gloved swap method.

Leo - the SD card is always my 'backup'. the only time i switch to it is when i need to 'keep shooting'. i usually then revert to an empty CF card as soon as possible. i've only had to swap the SD card once during a grand final.

[Belmondo]

I've learned the following (the hard way)..


If you have both cards in the camera, and you remove one, the camera automatically switches to the other one. If you've shot a card full on your CF card, take it out and download the images, then reinstall the CF card, the camera will still be switched over to the SD card. It's not a disaster, but it's annoying not to be writing to the card you want.


(At least, that's been my experience.)

[BigRed450]

At some point your going to have to change the cards anyway so why not just keep swapping the CF card as you go. Buy bigger capacity cards if necessary, but swapping cards is inevitable. The dual card feature was originally designed as a backup system not just extra storage.
As for the memory card door, the design is to be more robust and protect from water and dirt.