Saving raw photos

[Steigy4827]

I have a eos m100 and only shoot in raw. I transfer all of my photos to my iPhone with the canon camera connect app and it appears to only save in jpg format at a resolution of 2400x1600 and 3.8 mp. I have been saving this way for months not realizing this, then deleting them off my memory card which is frustrating because I have lost all my raw photos. Is there any way to export them in raw besides saving them to my computer? Or a way to recover the full image size? Even when I download them from my iCloud onto my computer they are jpg

[Steigy4827]

Just as a hobby mostly but I do sell prints as well so only having a 4mp image really restricts the quality and size I can print. And I’ve shot tons of astrophotography in raw so I can stack and edit so that really sucks. I just bought an external hd so I can free my computers memory and start transferring that way. Just sucks that the camera connect doesn’t transfer raw because it is so quick and easy

[Steigy4827]

Could just be an iPhone issue though

[Steigy4827]

My wd hd just came in. Since I’m going to have to tranfer all my files from my computer and then delete them, any recommendations on tests I can do to make sure the hd is all good to go or like a time period I should use it and be sure it’s solid before deleting the files off the pc?

[wq9nsc]

I really hate relying upon a single storage source for any important files.  When I was finishing my doctoral dissertation back in floppy disc days I had three sets each for the dissertation itself and the data and they were stored in different physical locations.  Some things you really don't want to have to recreate and I will never forget the accounting doc student who stopped to pick up a pizza on the way home and her single set of dissertation data tapes was stolen from her locked vehicle during that 5 minute stop.  They got all of her audio cassettes also and probably thought those big IBM tapes were studio masters 😞

I would give your new drive at least 2 weeks but my risk management side says factor in the price of a second drive versus the value you place on the images and I think you will be back online with Amazon soon!

Rodger

[coachboz68]

I would agree strongly with Rodger.  It's not just a HD failure to consider, but all sorts of other bad things that can happen.  Fire damage, theft, accidental misplacement in the trash by one of my kids... 🙂   Lots of stuff can happen.  I keep galleries on SmugMug of exported files, and RAW files on two HDs, one that I keep at home and one that I keep at work in my desk.  Maybe a little overkill, but after a bad experience losing a year's worth of pics one time, it's worth the little extra hassle.  

billy