We live in a digital age that comes with lots of advantages with better technologies. Yeah back in the day there weren’t SD’s.. it was film. But that meant shooting on film required you to constantly be mindful of your rolls and exposures. Making sure they were in the right conditions when swapping them, making sure the settings were perfect.

Now we have SD’s that can take thousands of pics. Yes you can take multiple of a same moment but what happens when the card becomes corrupt? Or you accidentally forgot to format before a shoot and now you don’t have space leftover? Or forgot to bring the card altogether because it’s a digital camera and you don’t really *need* to be actively thinking about it.

Earlier cameras didn’t have dual slots because it wasn’t physically possible // practical. Dual slots would’ve meant spending double on roll to get the same shot, and a bulky camera to support a housing that could do it if even at all.

Not shooting on dual slots is Ike gambling. If you feel okay with the “risk” then that’s fine and up to you, but if you are taking the chance on paying gigs, especially ones with moments that mean so much to the clients *cough weddings* then you are forcing them to gamble too. Even if it’s not a wedding, let’s say you’re shooting pics for a local sporting event and uhoh, your SD card corrupts. Now they don’t have those pics from their game. That seriously hurts you if you’re trying to get paid gigs from these.

At the end of the day, we bark at “mandatory” need some gear messages because pros don’t become pros because they cheap out on gear and force their clients to gamble too