shutter count

[P. J. Alling]

The way sd cards work it really makes no difference.  Both just re-write 
the directory structure.  The data will still remain.  The read/write 
memory of the cards has a finite number of writes.  In fact erasing the 
files might even be better since the whole directory structure doesn't 
have to be rewritten.

Peter Fairweather wrote:
> John
>
> Thanks to advice received here I've cracked the numbering problem.
>
>  I do wonder whether formatting the card each time is better than deleting all.
>
> Perhaps someone can enlighten os?
>
> Peter
>
> On 01/11/2007, John Sessoms <jsessoms002 at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>   
>> From: "Peter Fairweather"
>>
>>     
>>> I'm sure this is just stupidity on my part but I'm fairly new to the
>>> K10D as well.
>>>
>>> I bought my camera nearly new a month ago. Every time I download the
>>> pictures via the card reader, I delete all the images on the card when
>>> it is back in the camera. Unfortunately the numbering system reverts
>>> to 0001 each time, which means you had better download to a new
>>> directory each time, (which I would do normally anyway) if you don't
>>> want to overwrite previous images.
>>>       
>> This is just a SWAG, because I have never seen what you're describing.
>>
>> Maybe if you are choosing to "delete" all of the images, the algorithm
>> for numbering images in the camera allows the numbers for the deleted
>> images to be reused.
>>
>> When I transfer my images to the computer, I put card back into the
>> camera and use format to get rid of the old images, rather than deleting
>> them.
>>
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