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DNG slot 1, JPEG slot 2

meerec

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ramarren

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Did I dream about it, or it is possible to configure it but I'm slow to find how? I mean: separate writing the DNG to the slot 1 and JPEG to the slot 2 ...

 

 

Not possible with fw 2.0. It's been mentioned several times; I suspect they just didn't have the time and priority to do it yet. 

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Did I dream about it, or it is possible to configure it but I'm slow to find how? I mean: separate writing the DNG to the slot 1 and JPEG to the slot 2 ...

This is also on my wishlist.

 

For me slot 2 is to slow for DNG and a jpg as backup would be o.k. for me.

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scott kirkpatrick

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If this is critical for you, you might buy one of this year's Fujis.  The 24 MPx X Pro2 has two SD slots, just like the SL, with #1 slot supporting UHS I or II, #2 slot supporting UHS I only.  There are three modes of operation.  Backup (write all to both), Sequential (#1 then #2), and split (Raw to #1, JPEG to #2).  So whatever interface chip runs this set of busses is available as a commodity, and probably so is the firmware.

 

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CheshireCat

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If this is critical for you, you might buy one of this year's Fujis.

 

 

Or Canon 5D3 or 1Dx, if you need full frame.

In the 1Dx, both slots are very fast and can be configured with great flexibility, including full mirroring so nothing is lost in case of a single card failure.

This is what pro cameras do.

You can even save full-size JPEG on one card and small-size on the other:

http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/resources/articles/2013/eos1dx_cf_card_management.shtml

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meerec

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Or Canon 5D3 or 1Dx, if you need full frame.

In the 1Dx, both slots are very fast and can be configured with great flexibility, including full mirroring so nothing is lost in case of a single card failure.

This is what pro cameras do.

You can even save full-size JPEG on one card and small-size on the other:

http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/resources/articles/2013/eos1dx_cf_card_management.shtml

 

 

My older Canon 1D4 can do this with two CF slots. It's been around for ages. Must not be that hard to code into firmware  ;)

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For me this feature is somewhere between 'critical' and 'convenient'. 
As is it is a state of the art feature it should be included as soon as possible.

 

In addition it would be nice if I can define, which pictures from which card are shown in playback. When I delete a file from a card it is shown again in playback mode because it's still on the other card. 

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Peter Walker

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why is it critical to separate jpeg and dng on two different cards?

This question has me puzzled too.

 

Could it be for press photographers who want to transmit a card of jpgs from the field to the editor? Would having the jpgs on a separate card make that easier or faster?

 

Or a commercial photographer who wants to give the jpgs immediately to the creative director for layouts but keep the DNGs for later editing into final versions?

 

For me, since FW2.0, I don't even keep jpgs on any card since you can do in-camera reviews of the DNGs.

 

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meerec

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I'm used to be able to do it with my previous camera system and developed a personal need for it. I'm not a press photographer. I don't make a living from photography either. However it makes a lot of sense for me. It would make even more sense for a working photographer.

 

For example, I can pull out the card with jpegs only and transfer them through SD card adapter to my iPad Pro for quick edit in Photos app and posting to social or share with friends over email. I could do the transfer through the Leica app on the iPad too, and having this separation would help too as I can easily transfer all or selected jpegs only to my Photos app, or specifically select only DNGs from the card that holds them to transfer to my iPad and PP with LR on the go. It just makes the whole life easier. This is the use case #1. 

 

Then by separating DNGs from jpegs it takes a bit faster to transfer DNGs only to my MBP for storing and PP. I don't care about jpegs once I'm back to may MBP from my shoot, they are useful only on the go. This is my use case #2.

 

I imagine that if I was at a commercial shoot for a client, I could give the card of low res jpegs to the client to review or even to keep. This is my use case #3.

 

I also imagine that I may have two different capacity cards and two different quality cards for storing DNGs vs jpegs in the two slots. In fact, in my Canon 1D mark IV camera, which I use for wildlife photography for its reach and tracking, the two slots are actually different: slot 1 is CF, slot 2 is SD. So essentially they are two different cards altogether, and I always store RAW on CF and jpegs on SD. Use case #4.

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Suteetat

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Nikon also has this options for a long time now. Personally I don't really need. However, it would be nice if I can only shoot 

DNG but when I send pictures to my cellphone, the SL can convert DNG on the fly to jpg like Sony A7x can. As it is right now,

I have to shoot DNG+jpg so I can occasionally send the picture from camera to my cellphone for a quick review and such. 

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