Just curious to see if anyone’s ever had a catastrophic card failure that either cost them a job, or perhaps have been saved by that dual-SD card slot that so many cameras have these days.
Thinking about upgrading from an a57 (2012) to an a6700 (2023), but I’m seeing a lot of people complain about the lack of a dual-SD card slot. My a57 has never given me any kind of SD trouble and so I’m debating if I actually should listen to the complaints about the a6700.
Has new technology increased the frequency of card failures perhaps?
I have had a card failure only once. About 2 years ago so both camera and card were pretty new. Not talking old tech.
After a shoot and before transferring to my computer the card reformatted. Completely wiped.
I knew that the photos were there somewhere. I just had to somehow un-reformat it.
After going in to a few computer repair and camera shops for advice, I was able to run a data recovery which indiscriminately recovered every photo on that card. Including the ones I needed. It took hours but it worked.
After that experience I became a dual card shooter.