[Ti] Memory Cards and Camera Formats

[David Grieve]

FWIW-- Big discussion at last nites' Mac User group ( FLMUG).  Local 
camera owner displaying cameras in association with iPhoto demo 
indicated lots of people destroy memory cards by having computer 
interact with the cards.  He said he sees 1-2 people a day with this 
problem.  He claims that we should not use iPhoto or any other photo 
management software auto delete function.  Claims only safe way is to 
use the camera feature to delete all the pictures at once.  Also, said 
you should never add files to the cards using the computer.  Audience 
experience appeared varied.   He was not able to say if the problems 
were related to PCs or Macs.  He claims that even reformatting in the 
camera was not enough to salvage the damaged memory cards.  My own 
experience after more than 1 year with Olympus camera/ PBTi 500/ 
smartcard card reader --- no problem at all, adding,  deleting etc.
 

Niels Meersschaert wrote:

> There is an option in both Image Capture & iPhoto to delete photos 
> after downloading them.  If that is enabled, all the photos would have 
> been deleted on the card after being transferred to the Mac.  Since 
> the card mounts as a removable disk on your Mac, you can easily copy 
> the photos back to the card if needed.
>
> I would suggest that he put the card back in the camera & confirm that 
> it is still formatted to the camera & to also check to see if the 
> images are there.  If they are, the problem is on his PC's end.
>
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