kari_oinonen Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 <p>The problem background:<br>After running automatic Nikon Transfer on plugged in CF-card, I should have those files set up in two directories. One is the main and the other is for backup. After finishing the transfer - as I have chosen - the system should clean up the CF-card for new pictures. This far it goes as planned and as intented.<br>The problem:<br>2-3 weeks ago I noticed that with most of my CF-cards (5 of them) there were pictures still stored after the transfer. I think I waited enough. Out of 200+ pictures the process had left 2-5 files lying in the CF-card. Not quite sure about this, but some of the not supposed to be existing files in the CF-cards were those I had deleted in the camera. Maybe not all. I noticed these extra files as I returned the CF-card to the camera.<br>The setup:<br>D700, 8Gb 60MB/s UDMA CF-cards, USB3 card reader via USB2 plug in a docking station, Laptop, 6Gb memory, Win7 64bit. VNX2 (and CNX2) are 64bits.<br>After I noticed this behaviour I updated VNX2 to 2.5.0, cleaned and formatted - in camera - all CF cards and made some PC main disc maintenance operations.<br>So far I has been ok, but I'd like to know possible reasons for the problem behavior.</p><p>-cheers Kari</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palouse Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 <p>Were the "extra" files actually deleted in-camera, or is there a slim chance that they were inadvertently locked, thereby preventing their erasure? Just a random thought.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_skomial Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 <p>You are doing a risky business, allowing Nikon Transfer to clean up the card after the transfer.</p> <p>I usually inspect the pictures on the computer, and then clean up the card, after backing up the pictures. I never allow Nikon Transfer, or any software, to delete anything from the card.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljwest Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 <p>I generally don't let any computer software delete photo from my CF cards. I stick with this process:</p> <ol> <li>Shoot</li> <li>Go through images in the camera and cull out the obviously bad ones.</li> <li>Repeat step #2 (sometimes more than once. I get a better feel for what I have after the first trip through the card).</li> <li>Import the images to my Mac via a card reader, <strong>not</strong> by connecting my camera.</li> <li>I don't let the computer clean up the card. Just eject when done importing.</li> <li>Verify the images were imported properly, and the images were archived in a second location (I have Apple Aperture do both during import).</li> <li>Put the CF back in the camera.</li> <li>Format the CF in the camera.</li> </ol> <p>By doing this, I know that there's nothing odd leftover on the CF cards. They're formatted in the camera that's going to be using them, so I don't need to worry if the computer did the right thing or not. Also, reformatting the CF in the camera is a lot faster than deleting individual images!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kari_oinonen Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 <p>Thank you for the advise.<br> I think that at least some of the pictures that were left behind in the CF card were not transferred but they stayed on the card. I had to transfer those manually. I have tested the image locking function once, but never uset that function. So that is not a good explanation.<br> If I start formatting memory cards in camera before using, I am just afraid that I will mix full and stored with full and not strored as I have 4-5 cards. Formatting in camera after each transfer increases the risk of messing things up, as it is another manual step to take care of.<br> I agree, with one or two cards, no problem.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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