If you run and gun and disconnected from a network, you keep your fingers crossed and prey.And what do you do if your camera only has one card slot?
And it is the YMMV part that is the problem. I have used two kidneys and two eyes and two lungs and two testicles for 56 years. Never have had a problem. YMMV. There are plenty of stories here about cards failing in critical use cases, but YMMV. As we say in the gun world: Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it. A litigious Bridezilla is a, well, you know. Then again, people have to assess their own risks and make their own choices. There is no right or wrong, however, were I a wedding photographer two cards would be a must for me. Not being a professional, it doesn't bother me that my R has one slot. My next R will have two. I've not needed a spare tire for many years, but I am sure glad I have one.I've been using digital cameras, and other devices that use memory cards, since the 1990's and have never had a card fail on me.
I use a 5d3 for events and weddings and have never needed to use the second card.
Now also having an R, it doesn't bother me at all that it only has one card.
YMMV.
Maybe. So in the meantime, keep it simple and write to two cards if your work has any genuine value. Why is this even an argument?
I am sorry to read this. Can you recover at least some of your photos from the failed card? There are programs to do this and if there is hardware damage maybe a data recovery company could help.I had a Sandisk SD card fail today. I lost the morning’s pictures.
There is no substitute for a second card.
I imagine many more of us do the same but won't admit it in public because we have to be outraged about a single slot.I only use two cards when I'm on a paid job and when I'm on a very expensive vacation where I might not visit again. Otherwise for sports, nature, wildlife, etc I only use one.
Hats off to all the wedding photographers who deal with the worst aspects of human nature!
Maybe. So in the meantime, keep it simple and write to two cards if your work has any genuine value. Why is this even an argument?
-pw
Hats off to all the wedding photographers who deal with the worst aspects of human nature!
So in the spirit of this thread then, the 120 film I shoot at a wedding; should I send each roll with a different couriers to different labs in case the film is a) lost in the post, b) damaged in the post, c) the lab cocks the processing up ?
IIRC it wasn't uncommon not to send all the rolls in at once.
Hmmm, maybe if you're at the bottom of the market.
So in the spirit of this thread then, the 120 film I shoot at a wedding; should I send each roll with a different couriers to different labs in case the film is a) lost in the post, b) damaged in the post, c) the lab cocks the processing up ?
Not in colour - generally.Didn't film era photographers develop in their own studio/home. It doesn't sound right to me that someone would send off wedding photos to a lab when you would want to dodge and burn and whatnot.