Mildly useful tip: when you take a card or battery out of your camera, leave the door open until you put it back in. That way you'll know if you forgot to put one of them back into the camera. I do this and it's saved me a few times.
Ideally you'd have extras too! Normally if I'm taking the card or battery out of my camera, leaving the camera safely in my bag (which is also not being moved), so there's no real risk of damage.
Extras can be pricey. I have two kids in youth sports and shoot a few games a season to give everyone photos. Bursts on an A9II drastically increase the odds of getting some good hero shots like a ball leaving a batt or going into a glove, but it's really easy to blow past 4k photos. Fast cards tend to be $$ :(
So anyway, I was at a game last weekend and scoping things out. I flipped the camera on and...
If I haven't gone completely pants on head insane, don't most cameras have at least a small internal memory reserve? I mean it's always possible that this one doesn't but whatever.
Very few high end cameras actually have an option to store photos internally, unfortunately. I think some super high end Hasselblads internally have an SSD (would be cool if more manufacturers did this), but most can't write photos without a card.
This is something I haven't thought about much since switching over to film primarily. Its hard to forget all those rolls of film, im going to have to be careful when I pick up digital again
Because everything else barely matters anymore. Most modern phones are powerful enough for everything to run smoothly. Hell, most people don't even really need the high specs when all they do is social media and internet browsing.
After the first time I drove 3.5 hours to a dark sky spot for astrophotography (late at night with no civilization nearby to avoid light pollution) with no SD card I bought a 32gb card, wrapped it up with tape and have it in my wallet at all times.
Thankfully that was a 3 night camp out so I drove to the nearest town and saved the other two nights hahah
34 Comments
salacious_coaster@infosec.pub · 66 pts · 313d
Thank you for the laugh. Probably better than the photo would have been
waterbird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 37 pts · 313d
lmao that sucks so bad. could you keep a backup in your bag just in case of stuff like this?
sirico@feddit.uk · 21 pts · 313d
Backup in the other sd slot on the laptop
massive_bereavement@fedia.io · 3 pts · 312d
That could be a sticker I would like to stick.
Cris_Color@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 313d
Ripppp 🥲
At least you gave some to folks here a wince and chuckle. The best art evokes emotion 😅
KingRandomGuy@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 312d
Mildly useful tip: when you take a card or battery out of your camera, leave the door open until you put it back in. That way you'll know if you forgot to put one of them back into the camera. I do this and it's saved me a few times.
ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 312d
Doesn't that increase the chance of breaking the door? I'd say having extras is a safer choice.
KingRandomGuy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 312d
Ideally you'd have extras too! Normally if I'm taking the card or battery out of my camera, leaving the camera safely in my bag (which is also not being moved), so there's no real risk of damage.
ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 312d
I'm a clutz some times. So, I have to close mine right away.
IMALlama@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 311d
Extras can be pricey. I have two kids in youth sports and shoot a few games a season to give everyone photos. Bursts on an A9II drastically increase the odds of getting some good hero shots like a ball leaving a batt or going into a glove, but it's really easy to blow past 4k photos. Fast cards tend to be $$ :(
So anyway, I was at a game last weekend and scoping things out. I flipped the camera on and...
Gaja0@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 312d
Damn I wish I thought of that before going to a fall festival for pumpkin themed photos with my family. I snapped so many pics before I noticed.
moistclump@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 312d
ONE SHOT, one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted.
SchittDickerson@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 312d
Mom's spaghetti!
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 312d
"Not to worry, I'll just stop by a Walmart or whatever on my lunch break and grab a cheap card."
...
"They want how much for four gigs?"
blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 312d
Good thing cameras have internal storage, right?
Guy whispers in ear
Oh... not anymore?
_cryptagion@anarchist.nexus · 7 pts · 312d
RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 312d
It's in the camera they took this pic with
ieGod@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 312d
How do you not have backups with your gear? I'll have like four on me at any given time.
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 19 pts · 312d
See the reflection of my hi-vis work jacket there? That's why. I'm a construction worker who brought their 15 year old camera to work.
shneancy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 312d
and by accident you went through the rite of passage of all photographers! welcome to the club :) now you'll carry 4 with you everywhere lol
mistermodal@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 312d
I keep my cards in a little fluorescent-colored zipper wallet that holds like 50 of them I got off Temu highly recommended
Aeri@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 312d
If I haven't gone completely pants on head insane, don't most cameras have at least a small internal memory reserve? I mean it's always possible that this one doesn't but whatever.
ieGod@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 312d
The higher end ones typically do not.
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 312d
Nowdays probably but this is an ancient 550D.
KingRandomGuy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 312d
Very few high end cameras actually have an option to store photos internally, unfortunately. I think some super high end Hasselblads internally have an SSD (would be cool if more manufacturers did this), but most can't write photos without a card.
grff@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 312d
This is something I haven't thought about much since switching over to film primarily. Its hard to forget all those rolls of film, im going to have to be careful when I pick up digital again
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org · -18 pts · 313d
The other camera has worked. So what.
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 49 pts · 313d
The other camera (my phone) doesn't have a 200mm telephoto lens.
oneser@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 313d
...yet?
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 313d
That’s the spirit!!
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 312d
Phones are about 30% camera now, so eventually they will.
KokoSabreScruffy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 312d
Yeah, you go to read reviews about phones and 2/3 of it is talking about the camera..
AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social · 4 pts · 312d
Because everything else barely matters anymore. Most modern phones are powerful enough for everything to run smoothly. Hell, most people don't even really need the high specs when all they do is social media and internet browsing.
astreus@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 312d
And then you have the Xiaomi Ultra range which is basically a bridge camera with a phone attached!
Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 313d
After the first time I drove 3.5 hours to a dark sky spot for astrophotography (late at night with no civilization nearby to avoid light pollution) with no SD card I bought a 32gb card, wrapped it up with tape and have it in my wallet at all times.
Thankfully that was a 3 night camp out so I drove to the nearest town and saved the other two nights hahah