On Jul 9, 2005, at 12:07 PM, Pat Kong wrote:
So from the responses, it seems as if I can delete files from
either the camera
or the PC. When/if I format the card, I should do it in the camera.
This then poses the question of when should I re-format the card?
As I mentioned, I usually use the format command as a quick way to do
a complete card erasure. With flash media, it generally doesn't
matter whether you do a format or a delete all, in practical terms,
for normal erasure, and format is faster.
I take it as a given that one should always format a card once when
you begin using it with a particular camera, just to be sure that the
card file system is properly formed for that camera's use.
(None of this mattered with film...)
You couldn't re-use film either. Film management is determining
whether a particular roll is exposed, transporting it without damage,
processing it, and archiving it. To me, that's a lot more work than
creating images on a storage card and then erasing them once I've
retrieved them for use.
Godfrey
