Well - just ordered up 2 new cards [ Lexar 4GB ] and a new Card reader [ also Lexar ] coming from 7Day Shop.

That should keep me going for a year or two

What the blazes are you watching CBEEBIES for - the cooking tips ?

We were never really into Disney with our kids - but

Oh I can remember the excitement of seeing Snow White in the cinema as a child and then afterwards I got some sort of cut out figures of the characters in a type of plastic , which slotted into stands and let me move them around and 'play ' Snow White that way

OH DEAR - really giving my age away with that memory

Yes - re the K-x - I had discovered that one

I think - but not sure I could do that with the P70 as well - but at present I've just got the card not the camera

It's just that I know that on both cameras cards there are images that haven't been downloaded as they , on first sight , were not giving me what I wanted . So really for my peace of mind I need to get all these off and make a final decision re keepers / binners and then delete the card.

If I stick them into iPhoto it will be a 2 stage process really - download all then tell it not to download those already in iPhoto then tell it to delete from card - so I really do need to pay attention while I do it

OK - I see a few hours of fun ahead then

Still think I'm a tad short on cards - so will do a hunt for some [ that always takes time

thanks all

Re downloading - yes I do it ASAP though next month I'm not taking the lappy with me so I can't .

I've just heard from SRS - the new P70 will be sent as soon as they have received the white one - so it looks as if it will be here tomorrow .

i-Berg and Weldingblues since you swap cards from camera to camera do I deduce that you wipe them each time ? I have always just left the pics on the card .

BUT - and I do take on board what you have said re storage / corruption etc

should I be using a new card in the new camera ? Certainly I know one friend that never re-uses a card - but he's kind of super fussy

OK this might possibly get a bit heated as I know there's more than one view .

Here goes

1) I got the K-x and with it came a nice big 8GB card - so used that for it

Then started my College course - removed the 8GB card and put a 2GB one in [ was brand new ]. Filled that card and put in another new one [ 4GB PNY card which is still in the camera ] Now once the present card is full I'll take it out and return to the 8GB card .

2) Got the Optio P70 and put in a new 4GB card - now this is not full by any manner of means BUT since I have terminated that camera I now have a problem .

In my card case the only split new card I have is a Lexar Professional 4GB 133x speed card . I need some more cards methinks .

So if the new red [ ] Optio P70 arrives this morning - do I

a) put in the partially used 4GB PNY card [ from the white P70 ] and use it without re-formatting

b) hastily take everything off the 4GB white P70 card , re format it and use it in the red P70

c) put in this 4GB high class Lexar card

My plan had always been to use a card till it was full and then archive it . Not being a 'pro' I didn't reckon I'd be filling cards up very often so reckoned this was was as good as any to ensure that cards didn't get corrupted by being swapped from camera to camera.

OK so now - what do I do re card for my new red P70 ? New or used ?? Answers and easily understood reasons please.

Tomorrow I'll obviously need to get some more cards [ well 2 should do me for now I think ]

Hmmm I wonder how he gets away with that

Gwyn

I know what you mean I was 400 hundred miles away - but one year had to rush back from France when elder daughter's husband was taken ill and admitted to Coronary Care . That was a nightmare drive - we reached Calais at breakfast time got the first crossing and headed to London - to find he'd been discharged and we had not been told .

Occasionally you do have to remind them you have your own life and should not be taken for granted