The right way to safely configure an SD card for your camera

A damaged SD card is probably a photographer's worst nightmare. All amazing they can be lost forever because some 1 and 0 bits are in the wrong place !!!

Παρόλο που ίσως να μπορείτε να ανακτήσετε τις σας από μια corrupt SD card, σίγουρα δεν θέλετε να βρεθείτε σε αυτή την κατάσταση, και αυτό σημαίνει ότι θα πρέπει να γνωρίζετε πώς να τις διαμορφώσετε σωστά.

It also means you need to work with a high-quality SD card. Buying a cheap, non-branded card is not justified, especially if you only store there that you cannot find again somewhere on the internet, such as your personal photos. There is no excuse not to use the best card.

Delete VS Configuration
When your camera's SD card is full, you'll probably be tempted to view it from your computer, delete a few photos from it, and then put it back in your camera, ready for . Don't do it!
Simply deleting files from an SD card is a bad idea for the reasons:

  • Any additional functionality (or use, if you prefer) increases the likelihood of data corruption.
  • Deleting some photos is a very slow way to get space on a card.
  • SD card performance is downgraded using.

Instead, it would be better to format your SD cards when they are full (or whenever you can). Formatting wipes and cleans the card and at the same time resets the digital camera folder structure (DCIM). And it does so without the downsides of simply deleting them .

Save and create of your photos
First of all, don't format an SD card that contains photos that you haven't backed up somewhere else. Remember, when it comes to data security, one copy is not enough and you should always have one or even more.

We recommend that you import your photos to a computer through a photo browser and at the same time cloud storage provider such as Dropbox or Google Drive etc (Don't use Google Photos because this service squeezes photos to save space and you lose their original resolution). This way your photos are well organized and, even if something happens to your computer or external drive, they are safe in the cloud.

Reformat the SD card in the camera
Once you're sure that you have backed up all the photos on your SD card and the backups are fully created, then you can configure the card.

There are other ways to format SD cards and if you do not do something sophisticated (such as trying to change the format or add partitions or do anything strange), everyone will work fine. But the usual advice from most photographers and every camera maker is that the best way to format an SD card is to do it with your camera rather than your computer to minimize something wrong. It's also the fastest and most convenient way, since you do not have to plug in any additional software.

So, with modern operating systems, you can format an SD card, but our advice is to follow the manufacturer's recommendations and do with the camera (do nothing but make it up).

The configuration process varies slightly from camera to machine, but in general, it should be something like this: With a Canon camera, go to Menu> Setup> Card format (Menu> Settings> Format card). Select the card you want to format and then press OK. If for any reason you have difficulty finding the card configuration option, refer to your camera user manual.

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