to use SD card or not

[brickftl]

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I'm a soon to be owner of a M11-P. 

Wondering how many people skip the SD card altogether, or use it for redundant recording. I've read what seems like a good number of people who use a SD card record RAW on either it or the internal drive and .jpg on the other.

 

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[setuporg]

I found myself not using the cards at all unless traveling for a while with the possibility of overflowing.

[SrMi]

I use only the SD card, saving the internal memory in case I forget to reinsert the SD card.

[lct]

I appreciate redundancy for cases when the card can be lost or some files are damaged on it so i choose the IN=SD storage option but it is a personal thing.

[MaxGor]

 recently discovered the significant advantage of using an SD card the hard way: deleted photographs can easily be restored by inserting the card into a card reader and using recovery software. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any method to recover deleted photographs from the M11's internal memory.

[ianforber]

I only use the SD card. 

[Viv]

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On the M11, CL and Q2, I use an SD card.

On the Hasselblad X2D, I use the CF card as a backup to the camera's internal drive.

[jakontil]

I use sdcard in M11, but i m happily using the more robust ssd as main storage in x2d

[DadDadDaddyo]

Used to split RAW and JPG between external and internal, but that was largely out of force of habit from the GFX line with its two card slots. 

I switched some time back to INT = SD, for many of those reasons mentioned above. 

[EdwardWestin]

I would ALWAYS use some kind of external storage. I'd use the internal storage only as a backup source. Something happens to the camera and it doesn't turn on, isn't recognized by the computer, usb port damaged cause you put the cable in a rush. A whole host of issues that can happen and now your images are stuck inside the camera. 

[brickftl]

17 hours ago, EdwardWestin said:

I would ALWAYS use some kind of external storage. I'd use the internal storage only as a backup source. Something happens to the camera and it doesn't turn on, isn't recognized by the computer, usb port damaged cause you put the cable in a rush. A whole host of issues that can happen and now your images are stuck inside the camera. 

so are you having images written to internal drive and SD at the same time?

[setuporg]

22 hours ago, EdwardWestin said:

I would ALWAYS use some kind of external storage. I'd use the internal storage only as a backup source. Something happens to the camera and it doesn't turn on, isn't recognized by the computer, usb port damaged cause you put the cable in a rush. A whole host of issues that can happen and now your images are stuck inside the camera. 

Since the M11-P launch day I use the internal storage and had never had that happen.  No matter what freezes and how, it does not lose the stored photos.

[MikeW]

On 7/8/2024 at 6:01 AM, DadDadDaddyo said:

Used to split RAW and JPG between external and internal, but that was largely out of force of habit from the GFX line with its two card slots. 

I switched some time back to INT = SD, for many of those reasons mentioned above. 

That's what I'm doing at present, DNG only though. If I travel without a computer I'll turn JPG on again so I can grab a few for posting to friends while on the road.

The internal storage in the camera will be more robust than any SD card, so I'm not concerned about wearing it out, but if I was, I'd have no issues for most purposes writing only to the SD card. I like to think I"ll turn on mirroring when I do really need it, but am realistic and acknowledge I may forget.

[setuporg]

1 hour ago, MikeW said:

If I travel without a computer I'll turn JPG on again so I can grab a few for posting to friends while on the road.

The new FOTOS with the background transfer can let you do this easily from an iPhone.  So no need for internal JPGs at all.  But I have them for redundancy and OOC original JPGs.:). The problem is Lightroom is not ingesting them together with the DNG but rather as two separate files and I have to stack them choosing 0 time interval.

[MikeW]

Oh cool. I wondered if there was a raw converter in FOTOS (Android here, I am not an Apple user) and do plan to test out what is possible as I'd really like to leave my laptop behind for other reasons.

I turn on JPGs when shooting an event so I can send them to the organizer or other parties with zero processing after quick culling. 

When importing in lightroom it does get tiresome waiting for the ingestion process to display all the images; at that point I deselect ALL and select only the range of DNGs, if I happen to have JPGs turned on. DNG only does make it cleaner/easier. 

Edited July 9, 2024 by MikeW

[davidmknoble]

I prefer a backup, so I always use an SD card.  If it is a unique trip, I will store the SD card with the originals as a backup and format the internal memory.  The biggest risk of digital files is loss, so backups are key.