Don't Let This Happen To You!

I just spent a couple of days at Colorado Bend State Park here in Texas.

When I got home and downloaded my images (~300) from my 2GB card, I noticed
the download time seemed rather fast compared with other download times for
a comparable amount of images.

It wasn't until later that I came back to the PC to find that the images
were all JPEG. Worse than that, JPEG Normal...<2MB per image. I've shot
NEF since about a week after buying the camera a couple of years ago.

How or why it got changed from NEF to JPEG Normal I don't know. I must have
changed it, but can't imagine why I'd even mess with that particular menu
item...there's no reason to change to JPEG..I shoot nothing but NEF. But,
there it is..the camera was, indeed, on JPEG Normal.

I thought the images remaining counter seemed a little high (>500 when it
should have been >300), but it just didn't register in my brain.

So, I'm adding another step in the checkout process when taking the camera
out of the bag for a shoot: Verify the format is set on NEF.

Lesson learned...

Regards,

Dale

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--- In Nikon-D70%40yahoogroups.com">Nikon-D70yahoogroups.com, "Dale Martin&quot; <kg5u...> wrote:
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> So, I'm adding another step in the checkout process when taking the
camera
> out of the bag for a shoot: Verify the format is set on NEF.
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> Lesson learned...
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> Regards,
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> Dale
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Dale, I'm sorry to hear about this unfortunate situation, and I feel
your pain - it's happened to me.

Your message gives me the opportunity to repeat a suggestion that I've
mentioned here before, that I got from Mike Hagen
(http://www.outthereimages.com/) during one of the Nikonian workshops
that I took with him.

He suggests that when starting a shooting session, to check every
button or switch that is WHITE on the camera. These all pertain to
shooting settings, and/or can affect image capture.

Doing this from memory, I seem to recall my D70 has about 10 such
&quot;places&quot; to check for proper settings. I might have missed something.
Of course this can't guarantee all settings are correct, but this
procedure can catch some of the major things.

Mike even suggests doing this when changing shooting situations, such
as at a party where you might go from outside to inside a building.
Doing this would catch possible adjustments needed in ISO, WB, EV
comp, metering, and so forth.

BTW, the "gold markings&quot; on some of the D70 buttons apply to image
playback or something that affects the file, after the image has been
captured.

Hope this helps!
T.J.

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