Do you have a specific reason you keep using this phrase to answer questions?
Remember, you’re not unique here as many of us are hobbyists. I wonder if it has to do more with the resolution you shoot, the length of time you've been pursuing your hobby and the frequency you take pictures?
We do know, somewhere between not long enough and plenty long enough. There are three estimates of lifespan on an SD card. It is the same as cars and home appliances. Depending on individual use, while we don't expect them to break, they do but different components fail at different times. Consider that you and your neighbour both buy identical brand new cars on the same day. Then you go about your daily lives. At some point something will break on the cars but it is highly likely it will be different parts at different times. Same with SD cards.
That’s interesting. I know a lot of hobbyists with many terabytes of data. I’m on the lower end myself in the hundreds of gigabytes over 10 years, but I ruthlessly cull my images and mostly shoot landscape. I don’t get out as often as I would like either. I maybe shoot 2000 images per year, way down from what I used to do when I shot more wildlife, and keep less than half of that.
35GB is about 10 2-hour ish HD movies worth of storage. This makes me want to tell you to go grab your camera and GO SHOOT go take some pictures, go play with your camera explore, make some magic!
Completely false statement. I was wanting to know how long my SD cards will last.
Did I read you correctly? 10 years you say? Well thats plenty of time. SD cards are so cheap these days and even the 64GB cards (which were more expensive in 2018) have dropped drastically in price.
I don't just take pictures of anything, but I need things to shoot. But I will get it in February when I visit Alaska again. But before then I cant think of much use for my Canons. Hmm...
My mom has 20,000-40,000 photos. I only have 7518 as the rest of the data is movies.
Yes, it does work, but for many past users, the cloud has eliminated their use of Time Machine. There are plusses and minuses for both. And the merits of each are topics of several articles on the web.
I’d be scared of the card getting corrupted due to multiple improper unmounts. MacOS seems to have issues keeping external drives mounted for extended periods. Not really sure what the problem is but it always removes them after a few days.
Maybe part of the routine weekly maintenance script? Were it me I would remove the card before shutting down or putting the computer to sleep in the evenings.
Magnetic storage media typically gives warning of impending death and also can usually be recovered enough to get the data off.
With floppies and Zip disks I think the bigger issue was the drive itself failing. The media is usually fine.
Yep. Way too small. Aside from that, IMHO not everyone who posts on the internet could actually be considered "a photographer," or even "a hobbyist." Some people just snap off photos a few times a year at family gatherings, on holidays and when vacationing in new areas. The rest of the time the gear lives in a drawer or cabinet. Or in a pocket.... Even those who quickly snap off cell phone photos of their breakfast, their lunch or their dinner to share on Instagram may be more interested in the social aspects of that action than in the fact that they're taking a photograph.
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