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Is there any reason to save my raw AVCHD cards after transferring into Pro Res?

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I do documentary film. I always save the raw cards after I transfer them into Pro Res. Is that redundant? I kind of figured it might be worth doing in case, for whatever reason, AVCHD transferring somehow in the future can be done at a higher rate and my footage therefore might look different/better than the Pro Res I have now.

That said, that's a hypothetical based on nothing.

Is it silly to save my raw cards in addition to the exported footage?
 
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I don't. I move all raw footage off the cards to a folder named for the footage and store it on my Synology NAS. I format and reuse the cards for the next shoot.

And I tell myself that after a period of time I will delete the footage off the NAS. Still waiting on that period of time to arrive. ;D I am always worried I might need it again so I keep adding storage.

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