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I don’t have the book you’re referring to. I just don’t understand why automatically switch is over to that card and you can’t switch it back. I was able to get the video off the card as well as the images but it’s still stuck on card two on the camera
Ahhh well it is a great read and I highly recommend it. I skimmed it when I bought it but than finally yesterday I set a few hours aside and went into reading all 270 pages and tweaking my a1's. It doesn't automatically switch preview which I agree is stupid. Suggestion is add that menu item to your quick menu so you can switch which card to read. This is why Steve suggest doing video and still onto one card.
Yeah I might try changing the settings but I agree this is really stupid to design something like this. You would think it would automatically go back to slot one since there’s space left. So you’re saying do video and images to both cards and still use auto switch media if I’m understanding you correct?
Steve recommends it. I haven't shot video on the a1 but from what he says Sony puts videos and stills in different folders even if on the same card so not much of a need to split them for most users.
That’s what I noticed today. You have to go into a separate location on the card to retrieve the videos. I still can’t understand how in the world you just toggle between the cards even when reviewing images.
I tried adding it to my menu but it doesn't give the option for the playback menu. Also not sure if you do much video with the A1 but if you do, Is it best to use 10bit or 8bit in your opinion?
I'm not sure if this is any help...I don't have my camera with me so can't check what the My Menu item is called.
That's where I had to change it but foe some reason I can't add a playback menu option to my menu. I currently have 3 pages of items in My menu for quick access but perhaps I'm doing something wrong.
Okay, I appreciate that. I've tried for a while and can't seem to be able to add it. Not sure if you saw my question but, do you normally shoot 10bit with the A1?
I rarely shoot video and I'm not sure what settings I'm using the few times I have tried. I often just use S&Q mode so I have slo-mo footage without any work in post. I'm not sure what bit rate that is.
Yes that is what I had in the My Menu but then I realized that the OP was more asking about changing the Playback card. If you change it in Rec/Med setting then you still need to fire off one shot and then it should change to playback on its own. I'm not sure if there is a My Menu option for going into the Playback select menu directly.
Yeah I knew how to go into the menu to do it but thought there was a shortcut I was missing. Also, once I did a few videos it just keep putting the stills images on card 2 instead of one. Anyhow I've changed it to write both to both. Seems they made this more cumbersome of a process than it needs to be.
