topic Duplication of photos when transferring to laptop in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Duplication of photos when transferring to laptop

Greyhoundman — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 05:55:02 GMT

Can someone explain please why when we transfer photos onto laptop they duplicate, I can't find a subject anywhere in the manual- I'm sure it must be there somewhere.
Thanks

Re: Duplication of photos when transferring to laptop

Skirball — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 14:43:08 GMT

I'm not sure what you mean. Transferring from Camera to Laptop? Using specific program? Duplicate as in there are two copies on the laptop, or one on the camera and one on the laptop?

Re: Duplication of photos when transferring to laptop

Greyhoundman — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:15:28 GMT

Two on laptop. I use USB to transfer photos from camera onto laptop via iphoto

Re: Duplication of photos when transferring to laptop

Skirball — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 16:09:23 GMT

I can't speak to iPhoto, never used it.

Are the files identical, or is one perhaps a RAW and the other a JPG? If they really are just copies of each other there must be some setting in iPhoto that is doing it, because it's not normal to duplicate files upon transfer. There might be some option that allows for making backup files and it just happens to put the backup files in the same folder.

Just something to consider: if you're using SD cards and your laptop has a card reader, I recommend using the card reader over USB connection. I find it much easier to manage. So much so that I'd even recommend using a card reader for CF.