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[OM] Re: E-500 firmware update needed for file delete and copy

Subject: [OM] Re: E-500 firmware update needed for file delete and copy
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:22:05 -0400
Probably more easily fixed by buying lots of spare CF cards and forget 
about the copy operation.

Chuck Norcutt

Don Shedrick wrote:
> I have come up with a couple of complaints about the current firmware
> in the E-500 relative to file copying to another card, and with file
> deleting.  Has anyone else noticed this, or am I missing something?
> 
> Having two cards is a neat feature and opens up the possibility of
> creating a second collection of images on the spare card, useful when
> on a long trip and I would like to keep a small file version (HQ) of
> some of my best shots to review during the trip and show to others. 
> The RAW and corresponding HQ jpg on the main card I will download to
> a portable cardreader/hard drive.  The annoying thing is you cannot
> select to just copy to the spare card just the jpg or the RAW of the
> selected files - you have to copy both.  Then I have to manually
> delete just the RAW file from the spare card to keep enough space to
> hold a week or two of the best shots.
> 
> That is where the second annoyance comes in.  You thankfully can
> select to delete just the RAW or just the jpg, but only if you delete
> one file at a time, not when you select a series of files and try to
> delete one type of all the selected files at once.  In that case you
> would delete both the RAW and jpg.  Also annoying is when you select
> to delete just one of the file types, which you must do one file at a
> time, after deleting the file, you are scrolled back to the last file
> on the card.  So if you are trying to delete a long series of files
> of just one file type, you have to keep scrolling back to where your
> next file to delete is. 
> 
> All very annoying, when it could be made so much easier.  It is a
> great feature that is made very annoying by poor execution.  It does
> work - just annoying and more time consuming than it should be.  It
> seems to me this could be easily fixed by a firmware update.
> 
> 
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