Cant fire with one card missing?

[photobob]

Lately I've been forgetting to replace my SD card that I use for JPEG capture. I had done this occasionally when I first got the camera and could reset the recording sequence to slot #1 then 2 and was able to continue to shoot. However I notice there is a setting that allows you to shoot without a card ( setup, button dial, page 2 ) that when set to on implies that I should be able to shoot if "No Card" is set to on. But it does not work . Am I misunderstanding the function?

[Greybeard]

It allows you to shoot without any card at all.

I guess their thinking is that if you have chosen to shoot raw plus jpeg then you obviously need both cards. If you want to take a card out you could switch to sequential.

[photobob]

Switching to sequential has been my way of saving the shoot. When I would switch to sequential it would still save Raw & JPEG on the card in slot 1.

I guess you are right ,except I cant se any value of being able to shoot without a card. 

By the way. that setting of "shoot without card" is not in the manual, it must have been included with a firmware update.

I never mentioned I use a XT-2

Thanks for the comment.......Bob

[Greybeard]

I hadn't realised it had been added with a firmware update - but I just checked and it arrived with firmware version 2.0.

There is a more recent pdf version of the manual online which includes this function.

It actually implies that the update allowed you to prevent shooting without a card:

"Addition of "Shoot Without Card" mode
With the update, you can have the “Shoot Without Card” mode turned OFF so that the camera cannot shoot when there is no SD card inserted."