[Leica] OT: Nikon D1x

[jbm at jbm.org (Jeff Moore)]

2009-07-06-20:38:19 Frank Filippone:
> I have been trying to find the largest memory casrd ( Compact Flash) that
> will work in a Nikon D1x camera...

I thought (based on my experiences with Canon DSLRs) that I might find
your answer in a camera firmware update which taught the D1X to use
larger cards, something I've seen several times for Canons and indeed
the Leica M8...  what I found was just kind of confusing, but this,
here:

  http://www.nikonusa.com/fileuploads/firmware_upgrades/d1xandh.html

whence I came from here:

  http://support.nikontech.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/13783#Anchor-DSLR-3800

was, I fear, less illuminating than I'd hoped.  For one thing, it looks
as if they expect the camera to be sent in for service if a firmware
update is needed...  I looked at later models to make sure this wasn't a
Nikon oddity of which I'd been unaware, but I guess it's just because of
the D1x's vintage -- in 2001, they were probably still figuring this
whole "digital camera" thing out.

I finally found this:

  
http://support.nikontech.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5101/kw/D1x/p/19/r_id/116678

where (among mentions of 8MB(!) cards), the largest CF card I see
explicitly shown as supported is:

  Lexar Media 40x WA USB 2 GB (For cameras with Firmware updated to
  1.10)*

...but note that asterisk.  I assume the camera can be convinced to tell
you its current firmware revision, somewhere in a menu?

Note that 2GB seems a likely cutoff, as (somebody correct me if my
memory is faulty) cards need to be formatted with a different filesystem
to hold more than 2G, so numerous cameras stopped there, either as
originally released or until firmware caught up.

Type "D1x" in the search field at

  http://support.nikontech.com/app/answers/list/p/19

to see other D1x-related notes.

On the bright side, can't you fit fairly many 5-megapixel images on a
1GB or 2GB card?

 :-)   -Jeff