Changing Your CF Card At Different Stages???

[totalphoto]

Just wanted to know if any of you guys change your cf cards at each stage of a wedding? If so, how many times and when?
Thanks!

[GertS]

I don't change for each stage. If I see that the shots will not fit on the card and changing is difficult, I change ahead.

[wilky95]

Yep I pop the card for each part of the day have 8 cards 1-2-4gb 4gb is a standbye card I do this so that the slideshows on my laptop are easy to set up.

Martin




Just wanted to know if any of you guys change your cf cards at each stage of a wedding? If so, how many times and when?
Thanks!

[Gill Taylor]

No. I shoot until I am within 20 remaining shots then pop the card into the jobo to backup and start on a new one. I use 2GB CF with 1GB SD backup or 4GB CG with 2GB SD.

[sblais]

Hi from another wedding photographer from the national capital region!

To change CF, I wait until the bride and groom kiss for the first time or when they exchange small metallic rings. They're not looking at the camera then, so no need to take a picture. :lol:

But seriously, I just use common sense. If I'm getting low on space for a given event where I know a lot of pictures will be required, I change beforehand. If it's a the reception and only dancing happens, I judge how much space I have left and if there are intermissions coming, etc.

[totalphoto]

Thanks Everyone!

[Rachellebee27]

I only change it when I realize that I'll probably have to switch in the middle of something important.

[Mario.]

I make sure, especially for the ceremony, that I have a new card in. The last thing I need is to run low on space when they are going for the first kiss - you can't recreate that moment. Ever. Other than that, I try and forecast when I need a new card - I make sure I have plenty of space left for all the 'firsts' - first dance, etc.

[xtravaluemeal1]

There's a rule of thumb I heard about where a photographer will utilize more CF cards as a way to safeguard against losing any valuable data.

Example if an entire wedding is on an 8-gig CF card...what if that card so happens to malfunction prior to downloading...then you're SOL. So some photographers divy up their CF cards as a preventative measure to losing data.