10-24-2024 06:36 PM - last edited on 10-24-2024 08:40 PM by Tiffany
Hey! Does anyone know if the PowerShot SX60 has a failsafe mechanism/software that keeps it from turning off until all images have been written to the card (even if you push the power button before it’s done writing)? I know some of the more advanced Canons do but not sure about the SX series.
thanks!
Noah
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10-24-2024 08:35 PM
Greetings,
There is no feature that does this on any camera (any brand). The time it takes to write images to a card is low, including video. You don't want to shut the camera off while the card is being written to or read from.
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10-26-2024 01:50 AM - edited 10-26-2024 01:51 AM
Your camera's manual shows a green indicator light, to the right of the viewfinder, that flashes when the memory card is being written-to. See pages 3 and 174. Wait for it to stop flashing before turning off the camera.
https://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/3/0300016133/01/pssx60hs-cu-en.pdf
10-26-2024 03:23 AM - edited 10-26-2024 03:26 AM
Hi Noah and welcome to the forum:
Your situation is unfortunate. The 'failsafe' you refer to is the flashing light that tells a user that the card is being written to. I am not familiar with any camera that has a further failsafe against ignoring that warning. That would require a pre-emptive and continuous writing to the card, which is not possible.
Any camera from any camera maker, and for other devices such as computers cannot protect a user against themselves by prematurely turning off the camera. I'm afraid you need to take this as a cautionary lesson to watch what is happening with the camera.
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