Question for MKII users

[Tapeman]

When shooting, do you write to both CF & SD cards simultainously or fill one card and use the other for a reserve?

For important shots? Sometimes? Never?

I know that the same data goes to both cards, although I have heard that many would like to save raw images on one card and jpeg on the other.

Seems like insurance against corrupted files or card failure.

[mbze430]

I use the SD as reserve. Sometimes I am not in the position to get my other CF card. I rarely use it for backup, because I have never had a problem with my cards dumping on me.

[CyberDyneSystems]

I've yet to bother with the "RAID" set up,.. and have had the MkII for just about exactly a year now.

I've not had a CF fail yet.. so it has not concernd me.

Then again I'm not a "pro" who could lose thousands of dollars if a CF failed,.. tha might be just the incentive I would need to try the RAID function. ;)

Anyways,.. I keep a 1B SD card in the MkII with all my camera setting ssaved to it and use it when I run out of room on the CF if it is easier than swapping at the time.

[KennyG]

Just there as a reserve. I leave a 512MB (much bigger than CDS's one byte card) sat in the slot.

[defordphoto]

LOL! I always keep an 512 SD card in the slot, but the only time I have written to it is by accident when I was in a hurry and hat-changed a CF. Then the camera defaults to the SD card. I also have never used the "RAID" function on my camera.

[CyberDyneSystems]

I lost the "G" ;)

Actually the 2GB SD cards are now on the shelves,. I may have to "get me one"

...then I can mirror my 2GB CFs ;)

[TammieO]

512 SD in camera, but have not used it yet.

[IanD]

Don't even own an SD card. I will make a note to raid Sheldons cache of cards and se what is hanging around.;);)

[Longwatcher]

Although I have not yet used it in dual record mode (except once to try it out) if I had a really important shot and the time to change to that mode I would.

On a normal basis though, I frequently use my 1GB SD card as I get in the middle of a good set with the model and it takes less then 3 secs to take out the CF card and keep shooting.

That and I only have one CF card that can keep up with me and my camera right now (I have been waiting for the 2GB extreme III cards to ship - which I think they have now, but I had to replace a DVD-writer so spare change is out for this month).

For Trivia;
My Primary is a SD Ultra-2 2GB CF card
My reserve is a SD Ex-III 1GB SD card
My Backup is a Lexar Pro 1GB 40x card
and then I have assorted other cards that are even slower then the Lexar 40x which is barely tolerable since playing with the faster cards.
By mid-May I will have to get some more cards as I have yet to find a portable drive that can copy as fast as I take pictures. And yes I probably should slow down, but capturing a good facial expression is not as easy as you might think.

Just my experience,