delete all (NO)

[graham catley]

after 3 years with various DSLR's today I did the dreaded delete all while trying to get rid of a few Short-eared Owl shots in a cramped car; first question why is this facility on any DSLR? it is profoundly dangerous and of no actual use; if you want to delete all then just format the card which needs a menu access and therefore produces much less room for accidental clicking of the delete all switch.

I must admit I thought all was lost but by chance I received a 4GB Sandisk Extereme III card yesterday from 7Dayshop with a Rescue Pro disk included; not knowing that they actually work I popped it in and rescued the disk and all of my deleted pics from today were there BUT it also rescued over 200 pictures which I had deleted (and formatted the card several times) going back to August which is probably when I bought the card! The technology baffles me but if you do delete all don't give up hope!

[Taxboy]

Graham

Glad the technology worked for you

Andrew

[Saphire]

Graham that function has been removed from the 40d, you have to go into the menu to delete all, the same as format. At first it was a pain having to go to the menu to delete all, I then realised once you come out of the menu it keeps what you last did. Now pressing menu I am straight into delete all. I have deleted them all a few time on my earlier canons so this is a welcome addition.

[ColD]

I deleted a whole afternoons shots, 250 odd from a trip to India earlier this year after mistakenly thinking I had downloaded to my laptop.
Having used the card on numerous occasions I wonder how far back the Rescue Pro disk will retrieve ?
Anyone any experience, I would love to get them back if possible

Cheers
ColD

[GYRob]

I deleted a whole afternoons shots, 250 odd from a trip to India earlier this year after mistakenly thinking I had downloaded to my laptop.
Having used the card on numerous occasions I wonder how far back the Rescue Pro disk will retrieve ?
Anyone any experience, I would love to get them back if possible

Cheers
ColD

TIME is not a factor its how the camera has overwriten the files and if they can be un scrambled by the retreve software ,well worth a try .
Rob.

[claire78]

I too have done the "delete all" on my Fuji. However, when I plugged the camera into the USB cable I could access the apparently deleted shots by going into the camera files via "My Computer" on the computer. Phew! I was a very happy person when I found this completely by accident!
Claire

[ColD]

Thanks B (:for the info will order one of these right now I received a 4GB Sandisk Extereme III card yesterday from 7Dayshop with a Rescue Pro disk included;
Cheers
ColD

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[Markulous]

What does "Delete" mean? :)

I never delete in-camera (cards are cheap, plentiful and I back up to Archos image bank anyway).

I rarely delete in-PC as I never know when I might need another copy of a pic or, more likely, find a good result from my quick view at the time (hard disks are cheap, plentiful and I back up to an external disk)

[postcardcv]

What does "Delete" mean? :)

I never delete in-camera (cards are cheap, plentiful and I back up to Archos image bank anyway).

I rarely delete in-PC as I never know when I might need another copy of a pic or, more likely, find a good result from my quick view at the time (hard disks are cheap, plentiful and I back up to an external disk)

I agree about deleting in camera, with the low price of memory it does seem sensible to just load up and look at every shot on the PC.

As for rarely deleting on your PC, you must be a good deal better at this photography game than me. Even one a really good day with perfect light I'd expect to bin a fair few shots. I think ~75% keepers is the best I've ever managed (and it's normally a good deal lower), I see no point in keeping out of focus shots.

[Markulous]

........I see no point in keeping out of focus shots.

You get OOF shots? :eek!:

Strangely, I don't get too many outright failures but then I employ two simple rules:
No machine gunning
Manual focus
Works for me! :t:

[postcardcv]

You get OOF shots? :eek!:

Strangely, I don't get too many outright failures but then I employ two simple rules:
No machine gunning
Manual focus
Works for me! :t:

I get plenty of shots that are OOF, if I can get a keeper rate of anything like 50% I'm very happy. I take my hat of to those who use manual focus, I do try on occassions but always struggle, especially with moving subjects. Personally I only 'machine gun' for action shots, it gives me the best chance of getting the shot.

[jdj]

'Format' removes the data from the card, whereas 'delete all' leaves the data on there but gives permission for the camera to overwrite the files on an as you go basis. It is much easier to rescue lost images after 'delete all' than it is after 'format'.

If ever you delete all my mistake, just leave the card alone until you have access to recovery software and you will most likely not lose anything.

[nick the grief]

....I rarely delete in-PC as I never know when I might need another copy of a pic ...

If you use Paintshop Pro X2 it automatically backs up the original file so you only ever work on a copy :t::smoke: