Many times I’ve been asked by students and workshop attendees whether they should be converting their RAW photo files to Adobe’s DNG format. There are various pros and cons to this issue, so I’ll do my best to list them here along with where I’ve ended up on the issue. …
I wrote recently about the perils of fancy RAID image/file storage. Two of the issues I highlighted were: although it protects against the failure of an individual hard drive, you still need multiple separate copies of your data, and if the RAID device itself has a problem, your data may …
As I’ve mentioned in the past (and as anyone who’s lost files knows) it’s essential to have reliable backup systems: fundamentally you need to have copies of any file you care about, and be able to find them when you need them! On each of my photography workshops and expeditions …
After my February article where I measured the speed of various CompactFlash cards in my cameras, I’ve had some queries about my testing method. It turns out that while measuring the speed of the cards in my EOS 7D and 5DmkII cameras is easily achieved in the field, it’s harder to …
More specifically, this post is about card readers for CompactFlash cards (as used in most DSLR cameras). It’s a subject that comes up with every new group of students, so I’ll just get it out of the way. First some workflow recommendations, then an outline of my specific recommendations about …
Despite manufacturers often claiming amazing speeds for their flash memory cards, these are never achieved by cameras writing to them. Sometimes this is because the quoted number is the maximum read speed in an ExpressCard reader, but in any case each camera model has different card interfaces, different CPUs, and different firmware, …
Yes and No. Or to put it another way: It Depends! Another backup bites the dust Barrientos Island, Antarctica EOS 5DmkII, 100-400mm (A2_007594) Today there are a variety of network backup services available, giving you the option to make backups of your data onto network servers via your Internet connection. …
