I have to say that I am similarly puzzled. I use a similar process, except
that I don't erase the card until I have a backup, and then only in the camera.
Chris
On 18 May 14, at 05:55, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't understand any of this, Mike. Here is a bullet-proof version of
> getting RAW files from my camera into my computer:
>
> 1) Turn camera off.
> 2) Take out the SD card.
> 3) Put SD card into card reader connected to computer.
> 4) Copy the RAW files from the card to a suitable directory on the computer
> using the OS copy...paste command.
> 5) Verify that the RAW files are in the destination directory.
> 6) Erase the SD card.
> 7) Remove the SD card from the card reader.
> 8) Insert the SD card back into the camera.
> 9) Turn camera on.
> 10) Reformat the SD card.
>
> Repeat as necessary.
>
> It has been 10 years since I switched from film to digital. In those 10
> years, I have had cameras from Canon, Panasonic, Olympus, Leica and Fuji. The
> above procedure works with any camera brand, does not require any special
> software (obviously, the RAW files are processed in Lightroom in subsequent
> steps, but no special software is used for the actual transfer to the
> computer), and has not failed me once in those 10 years.
>
> Why complicate your life with software provided by the camera maker (usually
> junk) or Downloader Pro or PIE (whatever that is)?
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