Happy Friday, friends!! I’m pumped to start a new series on our blog today for photographers! It’s been on my heart to start sharing and teaching tips and tricks to people wanting to wholeheartedly pursue photography! A little over 5 years ago, I started my business as a high schooler and it’s been a crazy ride of learning + growing ever since! This business is such a joy and an absolute blessing from the Lord, but it’s not easy! Over the years I have spent many late nights and long days in the office hustling to build a business that would best serve my clients for years to come! So today I am thrilled to share one HUGE tip that has brought so much peace of mind in my business, shooting with dual card slots!
As a wedding photographer, you hold a huge responsibility of capturing a once in a lifetime day and there are no re-dos! If you have have a memory card corrupt, the chances of getting the images back is slim! Caleb and I shoot with Canon 5D Mark IIIs and a 5D Mark IV. Both of these camera bodies allow you to shoot with a Compact Flash (CF) card and a Secure Digital (SD) card. This is such an amazing feature because you can record to both cards at the same time and have a consistent back up of your images! I highly recommend anyone going into the photography industry to get camera bodies with this feature!
Caleb and I love shooting with our SanDisk Extreme PRO cards!
We buy them off Amazon or B&H.
Clink the links below to view the cards we use:
Step-by-Step Instructions for Shooting Dual Card Slots
STEP 1: Go to the Setup Menu (yellow), section 1 and select “record func+card/folder sel.)
STEP 2: Click “Record function” and select “Rec. Separately”
STEP 3: Select your playback folder
I personally prefer to have this set to the SD card option. On a wedding day I do not switch out my SD card, so this enables me to easily view everything I have photographed on the camera that day.
STEP 4: Go to the Record Menu (red), section 1 and select “Image Quality”
In this section you can set what type of images you want recorded to each memory card slot. I prefer to shoot RAW on both the CF and SD cards. It’s totally a personal preference, but I feel so much more comfortable at the end of a wedding day knowing that if either of my cards corrupted I would be totally fine! I know a lot of photographers that shoot RAW on one card and JPEG on the other and have not had any issues! Choose what makes you the most comfortable!
STEP 5: Confirm on your shooting on both cards in your chosen format on the main screen
Double check before you start shooting that your cards are recording the file type you have chosen to the correct card!
If you have any questions, feel free to leave them in the comments below or email brittney@brittneyandcaleb.com! Happy shooting!
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