Importing raw and jpeg from 2 different cards

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May 8, 2017
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Hello,

I shoot with a 5D Mark4 with two memory cards, one in raw and the other one in jpeg.

At the end of the day, I have around 1,500 photos. So one version in raw on the cf card and one in jpeg on the sd card.

I regulary take photos in a quick succession and will have more than one photo taken at the same second (burst shooting).

I want to import all the photos from both cards in Lightroom and I would like Lightroom to know that both photos are the same. So when I delete one, both files are deleted and when I export them, both files are exported and renamed identically (apart from the extension).

I hope that I make sense...

Does anyone know how to do that?

Thank you.

raw + jpeg import

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cmgap

Community Expert

Do you need to generate jpgs of every image? Lr makes it easy to create/export/publish jpgs on demand wondering if not shooting everything in jpg and RAW will work for you?

FlorentVAuthor

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Hi mate,

Thanks for your reply.

I use to shoot everything in raw and I'm just trying to improve my workflow. The idea was to:

- Do my selection (deleting unwanted and marking my top favourite). Rename all the files.

- Edit the top favourite's raw files (the ones that will be printed) in Photoshop.

- Keep all the rest in jpeg direct form camera without having to edit it.

So, I know how to export a jpeg from a raw in Lr but that file will need a bit of work on it unlike a jpeg created by the camera.

Thanks for your help.

cmgap

Community Expert

Hi Florentv,

I'm still not clear on how or why you are using jpgs in your workflow? The jpgs that you can create in Lightroom don't necessarily require any more editing than the jpgs you download stratight from your camera. For all intents and purposes you could import your RAW files, then select all and export them straight away as jpgs to a backup drive if you need them. Why is the question. Wouldn't you want a second copy of the RAW files for backup so that if you had to start over you would have the highest quality image?

If your workflow is that you want to immediately share low-res jpgs for social media purposes while you're on location for example and you're handing your 'jpg' card to an assistant to post that could make sense. I don't know to many shooters (myself included) that are still shooting both RAW and jpgs anymore hence the reason for my question.