Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/27

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Subject: [Leica] LR5 problem
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:56:16 +0530
References: <52B4467C-2F6A-4CA9-A97C-05452722E3FB@acm.org> <6976F651-05DB-4C7C-97ED-28C80D85E7C5@frozenlight.eu> <EFA30586-DBCA-40EF-A499-5CDAD3A4F2D7@acm.org> <B32F29C4-D3D7-4021-8F0F-C557F16764AC@frozenlight.eu> <FA3EC44F-C69B-44B1-B82D-687CC59920B0@acm.org> <62C7A690-694F-4FBC-AFCF-6ACBA0CD2671@frozenlight.eu>

I follow the same principle as Nathan, and have been generally problem
free. If a card gives me a problem, as is inevitable with age, it is
junked the first time it does so. It is a false economy to pay $$$$
for equipment, and then scrounge and skimp on cards...
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 12:58 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
wrote:
> I know it is logically impossible to prove a negative, but all I know is 
> that since I started shooting with digital cameras in 2004, I have 
> followed this simple routine, and I have NEVER, not once, had problems 
> with unreadable cards, lost images, etc. YMMV.
>
> I do not need the scientific explanation for something that makes 
> intuitive sense and takes 15-20 seconds every time I replace a card in the 
> camera.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>
> YNWA
>
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> On Oct 27, 2013, at 7:39 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote:
>
>> I think I figured out why you heard it was "good voodoo". It actually 
>> ain't, in the context of an SD card in a camera, but I don't want to bore 
>> everyone with an explanation, so I'll write to you off-line.
>>
>> Herbert Kanner
>> kanner at acm.org
>> 650-326-8204
>>
>> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 26, 2013, at 4:59 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't remember the exact technical explanation, which I know will by 
>>> unsatisfying to you, but trust me: it is good voodoo to re-format every 
>>> time.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>>
>>> YNWA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 27, 2013, at 1:19 AM, Herbert Kanner wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Nathan,
>>>>
>>>> What are the good reasons for reformatting?
>>>>
>>>> Incidentally, on M9 there are two levels of "reformatting". On my 
>>>> Lumix, there is only one, and I think I can safely assume it is the 
>>>> fast one.
>>>>
>>>> Definitions: Fast reformat: Write binary zeros into the index records. 
>>>> Slow reformat: write binary zeros into all locations on the card.
>>>>
>>>> Herbert Kanner
>>>> kanner at acm.org
>>>> 650-326-8204
>>>>
>>>> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 25, 2013, at 11:44 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm sure the advice provided by Geoff and Bob is sound, but my 
>>>>> suggestion is that you should re-format your card in the camera every 
>>>>> time. There are good reasons for it besides LR5 issues.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Nathan
>>>>>
>>>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>>>> Alicante, Spain
>>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>>>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> YNWA
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 26, 2013, at 1:38 AM, Herbert Kanner wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't necessarily reformat my SD card each time I return it to the 
>>>>>> camera from LR. In previous version of LR prior to LR5, I've had no 
>>>>>> problem with this, having checked the box: "Don't import possible 
>>>>>> duplicates". With LR5, this didn't seem to work, and not only were 
>>>>>> the previous pictures on the card re-imported, but duplicates of the 
>>>>>> DNGs went into my negative file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Herbert Kanner
>>>>>> kanner at acm.org
>>>>>> 650-326-8204
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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Replies: Reply from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] LR5 problem)
In reply to: Message from kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner) ([Leica] LR5 problem)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] LR5 problem)
Message from kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner) ([Leica] LR5 problem)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] LR5 problem)