When it’s hardly a great strain to keep a couple of other cards about yourself while shooting, I can’t see what is the push to stuff in the largest cards that are reported as apparently workable by other amateur users… If canon found that their design was RELIABLY able to handle, say, a total of 128gb capacity split between two card slots, why take chances with possibly unrepeatable lifetime-best images by exceeding factory spec? Why not just stick to the spec issued by the maker but keep extra cards in your bag, your pocket?
Additionally - It’s often my experience that those who report data loss with devices like Cf and sd cards that their practice is to merely erase images, then reuse the card. Best practice is to reformat the card in the camera before reusing for photography. But people tend to think that because it’s been ok up till now, that means it’ll continue to be so. (False logic…) Cards ought to be reformatted after each time you take files off them. It refreshes the FAT, reorders the sectors where the data gets stored, Old logic? Yes. But also sound logic!
Plus. There’s some users happy to write a hefty cheque for the latest body or lens, but who hunt out the cheapest cards from ebay sellers. Like the guy with a £50,000 fishing boat but uses cheap hooks and line then moans when some hefty beast straightens out those cheap hooks or snaps that bargain basement line. There’s places where economy is a fine idea, and others where it’s anything but.
That’s why I happily spring for quality brands for these vital components. Off topic? Maybe a bit. But not altogether.
