Oh dear, lost CF card :(

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I did a beauty/lingerie shoot on Thursday and used a couple of 4gb memory cards, when i got round to pulling the images in to edit i found I'd lost a card! scanned my studio, pockets, bags... naff all :(

I can only think that it dropped out of my pocket when i dropped the model off. Sadly it was the first card i used and was full, second one has images but missing the bulk of them.

I need to put something in place to stop that happening again! Model hasn't responded yet to the great news as she was with me for several hours! :eek:
 
Bigger memory cards? I used to prefer many smaller cards but settled on single larger ones that live in the camera, then dumped to external storage when possible.
 
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Mine stay strapped zipped - to my belt loop. Often under the belt to so it can't be torn off. Extreme measures
 
Forum newbie here.

Same thing happened to me. Same type of photoshoot too :-(

I still use multiple CF/SD cards No larger than 2Gb and have a Goodmans media player with 30 Gb HDD for my usual SD cards as it has a SD reader built in. I transfer my card content aftrr each shoot as an immediate safety back up.

I have also a HP notebook with a combi USB card reader for same purpose.

Finally I count cards out (all numbered) and count them back.

Strange world these days - never lost a roll of 35mm/120/220 In over 40 years of photography!

Last thought - my Goodmans media player is getting on in years so worried about its longetivity.... there must be something around to do the same job??? Any ideas?
 
gramps said:
Of course you did! :D
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:lol::lol: i get what that sounds like !! but most of the images on there were working to lingerie, the second card i have in my possession have the lingerie ;)

I've already ordered larger cards now Steven and will get something to attach them to my belt loop like DB247 said.

M.
 
Yup. Use one card big enough to handle a full day's shooting. The only way you can lose it is if you lose the camera, which is a bit more difficult to do. You also avoid the risk of accidentally formatting a full card if your filing system suffers from bainfart.
 
Have you checked in your car, under the seat / down the back of it, I've lost all sorts of objects that way, only to find them later under the car seat :)
 
Buy a camera body that takes two cards. Put a big 32GB card in one slot as backup and only remove/format it when it is near full and images on it are safe.
 
My husband recently dropped a CF card in a meadow, but we didn't realise until a kind member of public approached us with it and asked if it was ours - we knew straight away it was, as it had a small blue sticker on it so we can tell each other's apart.

This got me thinking as to whether I should put stickers on the face of mine with my email address on them, or a file on it with my contact details. Of course someone has to find it and be nice enough to get in contact.

Mininut - I hope yours turns up somewhere.
 
Sorry to hear you lost a card.

I write my contact details on the back of all my cards.

I like the idea of shooting twin slots and 1 big CF card, but still feel uneasy knowing that if something went wrong eg camera robbed off me, all images would be lost.

I guess there is no ideal solution. :-(

Cheers.

Dav.
 
This is why it's better to just use one card. Statistics are in your favour then. It's easier to lose a card than have one fail and have to recover.
 
Guess we all have different thoughts on this, but for me I have a large card which stays in camera, download via USB cable (yes I know it is slow, but it gives me time to make a cup of tea before editing). This way the card is not disturbed, and I have never had any problems with cards dying (or losing them).
 
Rob 80386 said:
Have you checked in your car, under the seat / down the back of it, I've lost all sorts of objects that way, only to find them later under the car seat :)
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Looked the car, no success. :( it has the fillers down the sides so if anything drops down there and you open the door it falls out the car! great design lol

admirable said:
Buy a camera body that takes two cards. Put a big 32GB card in one slot as backup and only remove/format it when it is near full and images on it are safe.
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My usual body is the 1dsII but i was using my 5dII :(

sarahhj said:
My husband recently dropped a CF card in a meadow, but we didn't realise until a kind member of public approached us with it and asked if it was ours - we knew straight away it was, as it had a small blue sticker on it so we can tell each other's apart.

This got me thinking as to whether I should put stickers on the face of mine with my email address on them, or a file on it with my contact details. Of course someone has to find it and be nice enough to get in contact.

Mininut - I hope yours turns up somewhere.
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FlyTVR said:
Sorry to hear you lost a card.

I write my contact details on the back of all my cards.
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Thanks guys, I'm putting contact details and maybe a reward on them for sure now.!

markmullen said:
That is exactly how I work, large numbers of 4 and 8Gb compact flash in the main slot, changed regularly, and a 32Gb SDHC in slot 2 backing up.
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I've ordered some larger cards now so less chance of losing them swapping!

Nikon Fan said:
Guess we all have different thoughts on this, but for me I have a large card which stays in camera, download via USB cable (yes I know it is slow, but it gives me time to make a cup of tea before editing). This way the card is not disturbed, and I have never had any problems with cards dying (or losing them).
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That sounds like a good idea... the making tea part ;)

M.
 
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