Probably involves less writing to the card, so the card will last longer. On August 17, 2016 8:00:50 AM PDT, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >I always format any card I have in the camera (K-5) when it gets full >after I've uploaded everything to my pc - somewhere I read, or someone >I >respect told me it was better to format than tojust "delete all" - >unless , of course, I decide I'd better keep the card asback-up. 90% >of >what I shoot these days is just of stuff I'm selling on ebay. > >Don't remember why reformatting is better than just deleting all - >possibly for space? > >ann > > > >On 8/17/2016 9:21 AM, Rick Womer wrote: >> Formatting in the camera is a quick and easy way to erase the card. >That's all. >> >> Rick >> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 1:14 AM, Jostein Øksne <p...@alunfoto.no> >wrote: >>> Apologies for veering off here, but I'm curious... Is there a well >funded reason for formatting the memory card every so often? >>> I know Macs leave a bit of crud in the file system whenever they get >the chance, but surely the camera would ignore that? >>> I don't think I have formatted a memory card in ten years, operating >systems aside... >>> Jostein >>> >>> Den 17. august 2016 03.52.02 CEST, skrev Rick Womer ><rickpic...@gmail.com>: >>>> Paul, that info seems to reside on the card, as it is lost when the >>>> card is formatted in the camera (at least with Yosemite here). >>>> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 9:48 PM, Paul Stenquist ><pnstenqu...@mac.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> You can choose what devices you wish to auto load from in Photo >>>> preferences. At least that's true in El Capitan and with the latest >>>> versions of Photo. >>>>> Paul via phone >>>>> >>>>>> On Aug 16, 2016, at 9:26 PM, Rick Womer <rickpic...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>>> For the first time since I installed Yosemite on it several >months >>>>>> ago, I'm using my MacBook Pro for photo editing. (My home >computer >>>> is >>>>>> still running 10.6.8). >>>>>> >>>>>> Whenever I put an SD card in the slot, Yosemite launches Photo, >and >>>>>> one has to quit Photo before one can start importing into >Lightroom. >>>>>> >>>>>> A Google search reveals widespread frustration with this; and the >>>>>> closest thing to a solution seems to be booting into Recovery >Mode, >>>>>> entering some cyber-stuff into Terminal, and rebooting normally. >>>>>> However, this disables any automatic launching of anything (some >of >>>>>> which is useful, such as having an incoming pdf launch Preview). >>>> Also, >>>>>> this kludge apparently doesn't work with El Capitan. >>>>>> >>>>>> Anybody out there have a fix? >>>>>> >>>>>> Rick >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly >above >>>> and follow the directions. >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>> and follow the directions. >>> -- >>> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions.
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