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sony saved the day

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i forgot to put my cf card back in the camera, went to take a pic and got the dread message, dejected i started to use my ricoh gx200 after about 10 minutes i remembered that when i got the camera i had put in a sony duo card , switched over to that and hey presto , a happy man. pity sony never made it auto changeover
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I always emphasized that. Glad to hear it gio67.
As for the automatic option, that too should be optional not mandatory.
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hi dr, do you think this could be done with and upgrade firmware, not an essential thing but would make life Infinitesimally a bit easier
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Logically, it should. If you can change the destination within the menu, than it can be automated, with priority to CF or MS and automatically or manually changed.
I have a hunch that Sony will do that with an updated software, but as default giving the automatic priority to MS... I could definitely be wrong, but something tells me... :roll:
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I asked this question to the Japanese designer at the 900 launch (twin card slot firmware). He was really emphatic - shook his head, said 'no!' - we can not do that. He either said 'not possible' or 'impossible', can't remember which.

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What might be impossible is to write a raw to one card and the jpg to the other in parallel - would need parallel hardware somehow.

All the rest is possible, whatever they say.
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bossel wrote:What might be impossible is to write a raw to one card and the jpg to the other in parallel - would need parallel hardware somehow.

All the rest is possible, whatever they say.
Nice portrait Thomas, way better than the previous. :D
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My Sony V3 has a switch on the back to select which card (CF or MS). No copying or crossover as far as I know. Oh well.

I'm not a fan of MS cards, but I wouldn't mind a backup slot.
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Yeah the designer was probably the same one who stuck the card write light exactly where you put your thumb on the A200 ;-)

Of course it's possible, else how would Nikon manage it??
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