Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:50 PM 3/16/2003 -0500, Austin Franklin wrote: >Robert, > > > One of the rules to digitals is to always format the card only > > using the in > > camera format utility. > >I'm not saying that this doesn't work, but the reason it would make a >difference is because there is a problem somewhere. The electrical >specifications and formatting of the FLASH card are very well documented, >and I'm stunned that people accept this poor level of engineering from the >manufacturers. > >Could this possibly be urban myth that as simply propagated from earlier >compatibility issues that have long since been alleviated? It is mostly from people formatting them through their computer. It is a FAT file system used by the cameras and some cameras put a proprietary format on the card. My D2000 does such a thing and thus allows a recover of deleted images through a camera menu. And for others, it is just a software glitch between the card manufacturer and the camera manufacturer. For example, the Lexar WA (write accelerated) cards can have corruption problems with some cameras. They include a recovery program with the cards. It is not always the cards problem. Some problems can be related to the environment and handling. For example, flash memory only has a lower working limit of 32 degrees Fahrenheit. This in itself could have caused Marc's problem. Shooting outside in the winter we have been having, it is not hard to get the camera to a temperature below the cards specifications. Regards, Robert >I have three consumer level digicams, and have not had this problem at all, >and I swap cards between them and my notebook computer (using a PCMCIA >adapter) quite frequently. > >Regards, > >Austin > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html