Monday, 12 March 2018

Why would you want to take pictures without a memory card in your camera?


Canon DSLRs have an option to shoot pictures when there is no card installed in the camera. This option is enabled by default, and it got me too many times before I realized it can be disabled in the menu.


I was wondering what is the use of such mode. The only one I could think of is when you shoot tethered. Are there any other cases where it would make sense to shoot without a card?



Answer



The main reason for this option is commercial - it allows the camera to be tried out in a shop and see the result of their test. Without this, you wouldn't be able to properly try out cameras. Normally, cameras allow just a small number of test shots to be stored.


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