Learned something new yesterday---after a little bit of a scare

Last night I turned on the computer and then noticed that there was an SD card in the card reader slot. It was from the D7100 where I had transferred shots from the day before. OH NO! I had quite a few shots that I had taken during the day only to discover the SD card was still in the computer. My 366 just went down the tubes. Ah, maybe not, because I have two cards. Slot 1 RAW, slot 2 jpeg. Well I should have some jpeg shots for the 366. Put the card into the reader on the computer expecting to see .jpg files. Another surprise, they were all RAW files. I am guessing when slot 1 is empty and you have RAW & jpg selected for slot 1 & 2 it will default to RAW for which ever slot still has a card.

I had read somewhere a few days ago that there was a setting in the D7100 to not allow you to take a shot if a card slot was empty. At that time I thought that that will never happen to me. I was wrong and have since gone into change my settings. I haven't tried it to see if it worked, but I thought others might have something similar in info they could share. Ha!

I have my camera set so you can't shoot if there isn't a card.
I wish there was a setting to sound an alarm if you walk out your house with a dead battery.

Dawg Pics said:

I wish there was a setting to sound an alarm if you walk out your house with a dead battery.

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There is, but the alarm only sounds when the battery is charged.

i have a checklist I follow every time I I come in from shooting and then again before I go shooting. The first thing is to pull the battery out and put it on charge. The camera is left upside down with the battery door open till a fresh battery is put back in and checked to make sure it if fully charged. The SD card is then pulled and put in the computer. The camera is left on its side with the SD card door left open. IT will stay open till it is put back in. I then transfer the photo via lightroom to the computer. once I go through the photos and make sure they are all good and on the computer I then eject the card and put it back in the camera.

Before I leave to go shoot I check to make sure I have a full charge in the battery. I Pull any batteries I have on charge and put the plastic caps on them and put them in the case. The plastic caps is important since when I pull a battery in the field to put a fresh one in, the dead one does not get the plastic cap put back on so that I know it needs to be charged. I then format the cards and then I am ready to go. I have spare SD cards and batteries in the case so I always have spares.

Did similar shooting once,it was rapid fire with a 17 shot precharched air rifle,my mate passed me my rifle and i rattled of the twelve pellets at twelve targets,as it was rapid fire no time to check why i missed each one just had to move on to the next,after finishing every one was laughing,there stood my ex mate with the full magazine in his hand,he had loaded a empty one into my rifle.

cwgrizz said:

There is, but the alarm only sounds when the battery is charged.

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Haaaaaa....I didn't' think before I typed. Not thinking is what causes me to leave the house with a dead battery.
[MENTION=6277]Don Kuykendall[/MENTION].
I like your system. I need to do the same.

Dawg Pics said:

Haaaaaa....I didn't' think before I typed. Not thinking is what causes me to leave the house with a dead battery.
@Don Kuykendall.
I like your system. I need to do the same.

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I came up with it after leaving home with a battery that was only good for 5 more photos and I was 15 miles from home. That is also the reason I have 5 batteries for my 2 cameras. I won't get caught out again. Same goes for the SD card. Although with the D7100 and D750 since they both have dual slots.

My real problem though is with my drone. It uses a single micro SD card and it is almost impossible to see when it is in the camera. I have gotten to where I planed to shoot and set the drone up and even get it up in the air and start to shoot only to then figure out there is no card in the camera.

I have a battery holder and extra battery on the camera strap. Usually saves me from a dead or forgotten battery.

I have a ridiculous number of SD cards and batteries in my camera bag. I do this because I am quite forgetful, but I at least always remember to bring the camera bag. I mean, the camera is in it, after all...

I hope.

2 sundays ago I went out to San Jacinto, fired my first shot and this flashing thing was in my viewfinder, I am thinking my battery is full, took it out and put in my spare, same thing.

I had left both SD cards on the computer table, DUH. Luckily I had a spare one in ryans camera bag, saved my day.

I had one a while ago.
I started taking shots of a bird I have not seen around before, And low and behold ~25 shots later I have a full SD card.
I had to do some quick deleting of the old stuff because I forgot to format the card.

So I now format the SD card (unless it is on a holiday or something where I don't/can't copy the contents to my HDD ) when I remember (Thats the problem, Sometimes I don't remember

cwgrizz said:

Last night I turned on the computer and then noticed that there was an SD card in the card reader slot. It was from the D7100 where I had transferred shots from the day before. OH NO! I had quite a few shots that I had taken during the day only to discover the SD card was still in the computer. My 366 just went down the tubes. Ah, maybe not, because I have two cards. Slot 1 RAW, slot 2 jpeg. Well I should have some jpeg shots for the 366. Put the card into the reader on the computer expecting to see .jpg files. Another surprise, they were all RAW files. I am guessing when slot 1 is empty and you have RAW & jpg selected for slot 1 & 2 it will default to RAW for which ever slot still has a card.

I had read somewhere a few days ago that there was a setting in the D7100 to not allow you to take a shot if a card slot was empty. At that time I thought that that will never happen to me. I was wrong and have since gone into change my settings. I haven't tried it to see if it worked, but I thought others might have something similar in info they could share. Ha!

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Man, I did that yesterday, but I just assumed that the second card had only jpegs. I wish I had tried the card like you did. I will the next time the dain bramage kicks in... it is only a matter of time.

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After I realised that I could not shoot as I had left the battery charging at home, I switch the camera on when ever I pick it up to go out and check if the card is there (even though I never take the card out - I use USB for data transfer). Better still when I go for a critical shoot, I take a few snaps at home to check the battery, flash, card space and camera settings, so that there are no surprises at the site.

I have moved to the Peak Design bag and in the front they give you a nice little stitched green and red pockets so it has a new and used section for batteries and cards etc. I have moved to 4x 8GB cards for shooting on and a 32GB card sitting in slot 2, this means I have a constant card full of RAW files and then 4x 8GB cards also full of the same files, if something were to go wrong with either one I still have those files

I need to get some more batteries, I currently have 2 batteries but that is more than enough for me as it stands with one in the camera and one in the grip

cwgrizz said:

Last night I turned on the computer and then noticed that there was an SD card in the card reader slot. It was from the D7100 where I had transferred shots from the day before. OH NO! I had quite a few shots that I had taken during the day only to discover the SD card was still in the computer. My 366 just went down the tubes. Ah, maybe not, because I have two cards. Slot 1 RAW, slot 2 jpeg. Well I should have some jpeg shots for the 366. Put the card into the reader on the computer expecting to see .jpg files. Another surprise, they were all RAW files. I am guessing when slot 1 is empty and you have RAW & jpg selected for slot 1 & 2 it will default to RAW for which ever slot still has a card.

I had read somewhere a few days ago that there was a setting in the D7100 to not allow you to take a shot if a card slot was empty. At that time I thought that that will never happen to me. I was wrong and have since gone into change my settings. I haven't tried it to see if it worked, but I thought others might have something similar in info they could share. Ha!

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Well @cwgrizz, I owe you a big thank you! This morning before sunrise I took some moonlight shots and uploaded them to LR. Couple hours later the sun was coming up so I trudged out in the snow to get the shot. I came in an flipped open the door to pull the card only to see the top slot of the D7200 was empty. Yep, it was in the pc. Than I remembered this post. So I pulled the second card and put it in the PC. And there were NEF files. I was really glad I did not have to put my boots back on. My Walmart pants are only good for short trips out in the 20s. And no I do not really wear them to Walmart... Thanks for your post. I am warmer for it

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So guys how do i set my camera not to shoot without a card?

bikeit said:

So guys how do i set my camera not to shoot without a card?

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Custom Menu f7 Empty slot "Locked"

I have only tested it to lock the shutter with BOTH slots empty and the shutter will not activate. I don't know if it will lock with only one slot empty. I did not test that.

cwgrizz said:

Custom Menu f7 Empty slot "Locked"

I have only tested it to lock the shutter with BOTH slots empty and the shutter will not activate. I don't know if it will lock with only one slot empty. I did not test that.

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On the D7200 it only locks if both are empty....