LBGuil
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I am new to the forum and a very amateur photgrapher.SO the ? : How can I know when my XQD card is full? I have a D500. does this prove how much of a novice I am?
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Read the manual? What is this strange concept you speak of.....lolThanks Marty and Hut...
I just read the manual - something I should probably do more often! It says that once a card is full (or locked), its icon on the display panel will flash. Page 36 for those with a D500 manual.
Yeah, it was a weird experience - took me a while to find it as wellRead the manual? What is this strange concept you speak of.....lol
Read the manual? What is this strange concept you speak of.....lol
I am new to the forum and a very amateur photgrapher.SO the ? : How can I know when my XQD card is full? I have a D500. does this prove how much of a novice I am?
I have a 32 and 120 xqd card would like to find some cheaper prices. Could you suggest where to find some cheaper prices on 32gb xqd. MY thinking was to use the 120gb on videoWhile I can't answer your question it is good practice not to fill up any memory device, whether it be a hard drive, USB drive or any memory card. I've seen leave 10-20% free to ensure that access by any system is reliable, and maybe more importantly, to cover yourself against card failure/corruption. I'd rather change the card than use a bigger one, then you will have at least some images. I've had 2 or 3 cards fail on me so learnt the hard way. Consequenty I never fill cards up and now they are cheap as chips for all but the highest end cards there is no need to squeeze the most images you can onto them. When I was using CF and SD cards I used to carry about 420GB of storage space in a small card wallet.
That is sort of what I am doing now .I have a 32gb and 120gb xqd . I thought I may need the 120 for video but have not gotten into trying video yet. One thing at a Time. I fully appreciate your and everyone's help.First up @LBGuil, welcome to the forum. As a novice you have certainly found the right way to getting help. @Steve is why we are all here. His fantastic tutorials, both free and paid are second to none. The members here range from novice, through amateur and professional and doing what you have just done is the best first step. Asking questions will get you answers. Taking note of those answers and getting out and putting them in practise will help you improve quickly. And remember, there is usually more than one answer to a question and you have to take into equation, your own personal considerations and apply the answer that suits you best.
Full XQD - I use the D500 with a 32GB XQD and a 64GB SD card. I have never worried about it as any extras immediately go to the SD card. I also always carry spare SD cards just in case but have never had to change on the fly. If I was shooting professionally that may be different, but I am just a hobbyist. I am also in the habit of transferring all images to a PC at the end of the day so always starting with empty cards. This website gives a bit of a breakdown for you with the different formats you can use and roughly how many shots will fill your card.
Memory Card Capacity
onlinemanual.nikonimglib.com
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Thanks, I have 2 of Steve's books and a d500 manual ( when all else fails READ the manual) Lots of reading one of my hangupsWelcome to the site!
I have a 32 and 120 xqd card would like to find some cheaper prices. Could you suggest where to find some cheaper prices on 32gb xqd. MY thinking was to use the 120gb on video
thanks for the infoThat depends on where you are. In the UK XQD cards are not cheap and it is unlikely that anyone will join the market now CF Express is here. The more makers there are, the cheaper the products they make get.
The place I got the cheapest I could find no longer list XQD cards.
You might find that fast SD cards will suffice for you and they can be got at reasonable prices in comparison, but are not as fast as the last versions of XQD.
My thoughts also but what happens if xqd are no longer available?All I've been able to find in Canada are Sony XQD cards, which are fine, but expensive. There's no other manufacturer as far as I can see, unfortunately. I think that I should buy a spare sooner rather than later in case they become extinct.
In a word, trouble!My thoughts also but what happens if xqd are no longer available?
My thinking too. Looking now on Amazon 32gb Sony G -$88.96 oh wellIn a word, trouble!
I have 2 slots in my D500, one of which takes a SD card and I have a 128GB SDXC card in it, so I could always use that...but, it is not nearly the speed of my XQD card and I would fill up the camera's buffer pretty quickly if I did a long burst, so not the best solution. Or, I could buy a new camera with a different card format that is fast and looks likely to persist for a while, but this is a costly solution.
So what I'm going to do for now is purchase a spare XQD card.
hth,
Alex