Hi,

after installing both memory cards (CF and XQD in D4 and CF and SDXC UHS-1 in D800 respectively) and setting both cameras to use the secondary memory card as "overflow" I see that both cameras show just the number of images available to be taken on the primary card only. Is there any way to change that to see the total number of images remaining on both installed cards?


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I believe that remaining images show only for the card that you are currently
writing to and when your primary card is full and switches then that card shows remaining images.
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Assign one card as the predominate card and see how many images it will produce.

Then assign the other card as predominate card and see how many it has.
Add the two totals for your answer.
Perry

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Peter,

As you shoot images with Secondary set to overflow the number of images available will decrease to 0, then on the next shot will pop back to whatever a full card holds, as the camera switches to the overflow card. The camera only shows the image capacity available for one card.

Also, the number will not be accurate and you will see that, as you take pictures, the number will decrease less than one for each picture. The camera estimates the image capacity based on the most complex image you can shoot. If you are using lossless compressed NEF or JPEG, the file size is often smaller for a bland image than for one with more detail since the compression routines can compress a bland image more than a detailed one.

Card capacity is quite variable and your actual capacity will probably be as much as 20-40% more than reported, per card!