Taking Pics with No CF card in 20D

[nole10]

I took two pictures today using my 20D without my CF card. Totally forgot that I had left it at home in the card reader. I could see the pics on the LCD after I took them. Are they stored in my camera somewhere and can I retrieve them? I am connected to my PC right now via the cable and can see the canon folders but do not see any other pics. Are these two pics gone?

Thanks for any help you all might offer!!

Donna

[rent]

yups, they are goners.

there's a custom setting that will let you disable the shutter release if there is no cf card.

-alex

[blue_max]

Sorry to say, you've had it.

That's why the analogy of the cf card to film is so accurate - and the same would happen with film.

I remember a friend of mine (it wasn't me!), copied the entire contents of his hard drive to the desktop and formatted the disk :lol:

Graham

[nole10]

THANK YOU so much for your quick replies!! A friend I was with at the time 'swore' that the pics were stored on the 'hard drive' of my camera. I seriously doubted it based on what I read and know about the feature that you mentioned, Alex, about disabling the shutter release when the CF card is not present. This is the reason I only took 2 pics, couldn't bring myself to continue the delusion for longer than that! I told him that I would check it out anyway. Oh well...
Thanks again!!

Donna

[CorruptedPhotographer]

Donna,I know you did not ask, but the purpose of allowing the camera to take pics without a memory card is for demo purposes (at the store) or for testing purposes. Or if you are without a memory card and need to use the camera.

[Curtis N]

Leave the card door open when the card is out. That way when you pick up the camera, it will remind you of its absence.

I know CF cards cost money that you'd rather spend on other things, but having a second one will come in handy.

[dgcorner]

Donna, suggest you disable shooting without the CF card. I've read somewhere (probably in one of the threads here or elsewhere) that the guy was so excited to take pics (some 50 odd ones) and went home only to realise that all were lost -- talk about learning the hard way...

Cheers!

[GyRob]

SO whats this cf card your all talking about ? iv had my camera months and its still taking pics ;)
Rob

[SuzyView]

LOL. I almost cried when I got my 10D and it didn't come with a CF card inside the box. I had, get this, a 16 card from my P&S, so I put that into my 10D. I took ONE picture. End of story. I bought a 1 GB card before receiving my 20D this time and I was ready to go! I learn from my mistakes. :)

[MagentaJoe]

The feature is also useful when using a pc to capture in a studio setup. Like dslr remote pro or similar. The shots are immediately transfered to the pc so no need for a cf card.

I once left my cf card in the car and only noticed after walking about 30 minutes to the place where I was to take some shots.

[CorruptedPhotographer]

The feature is also useful when using a pc to capture in a studio setup. Like dslr remote pro or similar. The shots are immediately transfered to the pc so no need for a cf card.

I once left my cf card in the car and only noticed after walking about 30 minutes to the place where I was to take some shots.

I once drove 30 mins outside the city im from, towards the smaller towns. Far our in the desert. Parked the car,walked about 20mins into the desert. Climbed this huge sand dune,set up the camera, hood,cable release, polarizer and waited for the sun to begin setting. Guess what I forgot at home?


:o :cry: :oops: :evil: :mad:

[IainB]

Bet you were tempted to bury your gear right there on the dune!

[Ikinaa]

You all talk about THE card... Do you have only one?
I have 3 and every time I remove a full card from the cam, I immediately put an empty one in it.

[Kennymc]

Wow!!! don't you guts do an equipment check before you set off... Check battery power, check CF card is in place and formatted etc, etc... I also put the cameras in 'P' mode with the ISO set at 200 just in case a grab shot turns up unexpectedly...

[CorruptedPhotographer]

lain, bury my gear and myself too! So frustrating because it was a beautiful sunset too.

ikinaa, yep, just one card because I was a Sony PnS user. I have about 3 gigs worth of Memory Stick. All kinds ! But when I went into DSLR, the 4gb MD i have is enough.
Im plannin on gettin an SD for backup and profile (CFn) loading purposes.

kenny, I do! But it was one of those times that I didnt because I was in a hurry and forgot the MD in the card reader.

[MagentaJoe]

I usually have a 2gb in the camera and 2 x 1gb in a little sandisk wallet I got with 1 of my 1gb... just one of those days.

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Leave the card door open when the card is out. That way when you pick up the camera, it will remind you of its absence.

You know what reminds me it's not there? When I turn the camera on and it says "No CF Card" :lol:

[SkipD]

I took my camera to a neighbors birthday party - a very large event 30 miles from home - and found that my 2GB CF card that is usually in the camera was at home in the card reader. Kicked myself in the butt and then put one of my two 1GB cards in for the evening. Problem solved. I'm glad I was prepared.

[SuzyView]

I bought 2 1gb cards just because that has been my greatest fear. I always have a formatted one in the camera bag I am taking in case the other one is in the card reader. I may just buy another one and put that in my newer bag. With the 20D, 512 just doesn't do it anymore.

[Zepher]

When I turn my camera on, I always check to see how many shots I can take on the card before shooting.
A also carry 3 additional smaller cards from older P&S cameras in my bag just in case I do leave my large card in the reader at home, like I did a few months ago.

[nrsieber]

I was a Sony person before I got my Digital Rebel XT. I have about 3gb worth of memory stick pro media, but I also have two of the 4 GB microdrives, and a 128mb card I bought to do firmware upgrades. I usually check my equipment before heading out, but I've been caught short on memory and have sat there scrolling through desperately deleting the hopelessly screwed up shots to free space on the memory card. Been caught short on battery life or with a second battery that isn't charged as well :o

[mikeivan]

I am going to change that menu function right now.