CF pictures

[Shawn_BS]

So I was once offered advice on here, that when taking portraits, keep a few sample photos on the camera in a seporate folder and open to view when needed, for ideas for posing and such. My question is, whenever I create a folder on the camera (using the 7D's create a folder option) I put the files on the card using a media reader, and when I put the card into the camera, it tells me "no images" Is there a trick or a secret word i need to say in mrder to make it work?

"Clatto Verata N... Necktie... Neckturn... Nickel... It's an "N" word, it's definitely an "N" word!"

[Shawn_BS]

No one?

[Mocows]

Have you tried selecting the created folder before viewing?

I don't have my 7D handy with me so I don't know the exact functionality of the create/select folder thinger. I assume the original photos were taken with a 7D or in some jpeg format.

[crn3371]

Perhaps to read a file the camera needs a file that it created, not one that you place on the card via drag and drop.

[Shawn_BS]

No they weren't created with the 7D, and i was hoping it would read a drag and drop, or see if there was a way to make it read it. Thank anyway =)

[RPCrowe]

If you want to carry photo ideas, use a MP-3 player. You can carry quite a few JPEG images on a MP-3 player. The off brand MP-3 players are remarkably inexpensive at a discount electronics supplier such as Fry's Electronics.

The MP-3 players have other uses. They are tiny and weigh almost nothing at all.

I carry a Samsung MP-3 player when I shoot because the player has a voice record capability. I can record information regarding where and what I have shot.

I have toyed with using a notebook to record information but, in the heat of shooting, I often neglect to scribble down notes or my handwriting and/or abbreviations are illegible when I do take the notes.

Since my Samsung has 8 hours of recording time available, I can also actually record the information presented by any tour guide and then download that talk to my computer. I am investigating transferring the MP-3 files to Word documents electronically.

What would be great is if you could record audio information with your DSLR and have that information linked to specific images.

[Shawn_BS]

Thats actually a GREAT idea, thanks RP!

And yes, that would be great if the captured audio as well for that purpose!

[zelseman]

I have my iPod touch w me on all shoots and it holds quite a few pictures.