Canon 450d Memory Card Help?????????????

[dixy]

Just Purchased A 450d And Can You Only View The Pics You Have Taken With A Memory Card In It??? Because Without I Cannot Or Am I Doing Somehthing Wrong????

[Vectis Birder]

Yes, you can only see the pictures you have taken if there is a memory card in the camera. If there's no card then it stands to reason that you can't see the pictures.

[dixy]

Cheers mate i was not sure if it had any internal memory

[Vectis Birder]

No problem. Enjoy the camera!

[simon]

I suggest turn shoot without card on in the menu, You don't want to accidently forget to replace your card and fail to get that elusive shot. It has happened i promise!!!!

[dixy]

cheers Simon will do

[GYRob]

I suggest turn shoot without card on in the menu, You don't want to accidently forget to replace your card and fail to get that elusive shot. It has happened i promise!!!!

iv never done that ----------------- ok i did it once lol
Rob

[Tannin]

I have no idea why shoot without card is ON by default. Seems quite daft to me.

[hollis_f]

I have no idea why shoot without card is ON by default. Seems quite daft to me.Because that mode allows shop assistants in Dixons, etc. to demo the camera without putting a card in it. Inserting cards is normally beyond their capabilities.

[Vectis Birder]

I have no idea why shoot without card is ON by default. Seems quite daft to me.

I totally agree, and it caught me out when I bought my 20D. It was ON (funny as the camera was secondhand) and I took some good shots, only to find when I went to review them there was...nothing! I soon rectified it by switching that option to OFF and it was the first thing I did when I got my 40D.

[Clive Watson]

Thanks Frank, I was struggling to think of a reason. The best I was able to come up with was 'to keep you on your toes'.

[simon]

I have no idea why shoot without card is ON by default. Seems quite daft to me.

So you loose your rag and throw the flippin camera and get an expensive repair bill :-O

[gochasco]

I have no idea why shoot without card is ON by default. Seems quite daft to me.
I'm confused. Does this mean that if you have shoot without a card switched on then you cannot store pics on a card. If not wouldn't this be the sensible option?|=\|

Just read the manual and I now understand. It prevents you taking shots without a card in. All's clear now. It's something I had never even considered but now I've got it switched OFF. Or is it ON?

[simon]

In the menu you need to switch Shoot without card to OFF Thus preventing you from accidently going on a shoot without a card in your camera ( I know i got it the wrong way round in my first post and now cannot edit it) With it ON and a card in you can still use your camera and it will still write to the CF card as usual but will also allow you to take pictures without a card in but not store them anyware

[mike from ebbw]

Thanks Frank, I was struggling to think of a reason. The best I was able to come up with was 'to keep you on your toes'.

LMAO!