* Heiko Bauke <heiko.ba...@mail.de> [07-24-23 19:28]: > Hi, > > Am 18.07.23 um 22:18 schrieb Bruce Williams: > > First up, this is a question more for the darktable-user list, not the > > dev list. > > But now that we're here... > > No, dt does not offer the ability to remove files from the memory card. > > And conventional wisdom says you really shouldn't wipe your memory card > > with your computer either. Ideally, you would wipe it from your camera. > > Also, it's not a good idea to ever partially wipe a card (not sure if > > you were doing that or not) either, as that leaves a fragmented storage > > unit which will mean at some point, your camera is having to split an > > image up across multiple areas of the card. > > just want to add an aspect that has not yet been mentioned here: > > Deleting images from the SD card using a file manager or similar tool can > bring the SD card into an inconstant state. Some cameras (e.g. Sony > cameras) maintain some database files in parallel to the image files, which > get corrupted when images are erased by other means than deleting the images > in-camera. > > Therefore, I always delete images in-camera only. When I am running out of > storage, the oldest images are deleted in-camera via a bulk delete. Keeping > images a while on the SD card (and not formatting the card) gives me kind of > a backup of my most recent images.
I can configure my nikons to backup to the second card but it slows the system storage writes due to bulk and that spped is necessary for my shootings. so I do not dup images. but for ~20 years I have deleted images from many memory cards w/o ever sustaning a loss or corruption. just lucky or my Irish is showing :) my current library contains >300k images. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet oftc ___________________________________________________________________________ darktable developer mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
