Jørn Dahl-Stamnes added these comments in the current discussion
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> Well... how do you store them?
>
> I'm asking because I want to find a good solution. I know
> there is some wallets of different types. I got one, but is
> not that happy with it.
>
in one of my side pants pockets works fine for my CF cards. there's
no exposed pins or conductor so no danger from loose change or
keys. never had a problem in 2 years. when I buy a new one, it
comes with a snap-on cover, which I sometimes leave home so it
doesn't get lost in the field.
btw, what problem are you trying to solve with such an apparently
elaborate solution? physical or electrical damage?
In article <47407bae@news.broadpark.no>,
Jørn Dahl-Stamnes <newsmanDELETE@REMOVEdahl-stamnes.net> wrote:
> Well... how do you store them?
>
> I'm asking because I want to find a good solution. I know there is some
> wallets of different types. I got one, but is not that happy with it.
What's the problem? I have a couple of memory card wallets that I keep
in my camera bag. They work fine.
Jørn Dahl-Stamnes wrote:
> Well... how do you store them?
>
> I'm asking because I want to find a good solution. I know there is
> some wallets of different types. I got one, but is not that happy
> with it.
What's the problem. I just keep them in those plastic sleeves they come in
and then put them into a pocket in the camera bag.
Jørn Dahl-Stamnes wrote:
> HEMI-Powered wrote:
>> btw, what problem are you trying to solve with such an apparently
>> elaborate solution? physical or electrical damage?
>
> If you got 10 cards (or more) how do you keep track of which one are
> used and which one are not used.
My camera bag has different pockets with red flags which you can fold in or
out. Those flags are meant to identify pockets used for clean cards versus
used cards.
However just wrapping a rubber band around the clean cards works even
better, because you cannot forget to take that rubber band off when using
the card.
Jørn Dahl-Stamnes added these comments in the current discussion
du jour ...
> HEMI-Powered wrote:
>> btw, what problem are you trying to solve with such an
>> apparently elaborate solution? physical or electrical damage?
>
> If you got 10 cards (or more) how do you keep track of which
> one are used and which one are not used.
>
the simplest method I could think of: I wrote a number with a red
Sharpie pen on the back. then, I used up all my available
brainpower, which at best is quite feeble <grin> and mentally keep
track of what's on each. but, if my personal memory banks fail me,
as they often do <grin again> I just pop in the suspect CF card and
take a look. works for me!
Jørn Dahl-Stamnes wrote:
> HEMI-Powered wrote:
>> btw, what problem are you trying to solve with such an apparently
>> elaborate solution? physical or electrical damage?
>
> If you got 10 cards (or more) how do you keep track of which one are
> used and which one are not used.
Actually, coming to think of it, why do you need 10 cards or more? Maybe you
just need one or two larger cards?
With 8-16GB (depending on your system) readily available and 2-4GB being
standard nowadays that's an awful lot of photos that you can store on a
single card.
Assuming worst case, i.e. shooting RAW+JPEG fine, my D80 gets about 60
photos per GB. On a 16GB card that would be almost 1000 photos. With 10
cards do you really shoot 10000 photos in one single session?
Jürgen Exner wrote:
> Jørn Dahl-Stamnes wrote:
>> If you got 10 cards (or more) how do you keep track of which one are
>> used and which one are not used.
>
> However just wrapping a rubber band around the clean cards works even
> better, because you cannot forget to take that rubber band off when
> using the card.
Another way is to mark blank cards with a color dot from a white board
erasable marker. Disadvantage is that it requires a concious action to wipe
of that color mark before putting the card into your camera.
>> btw, what problem are you trying to solve with such an apparently
>> elaborate solution? physical or electrical damage?
>
> If you got 10 cards (or more) how do you keep track of which one are
> used and which one are not used.
The best solution is to keep it as simple as possible. I have a card wallet
and when the card if full I put it in there with the backside showing on
top. There's no way to confuse the filled ones from the empty ones with the
tops showing.
How do you store your memory cards? 
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