Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not sure why you need to format an SD after just 60 images. It will hold far more than that. In fact, since 4 gig HD cards have gone so inexpensive, I'm just filling them nearly up, backing them up, and putting them on the shelf as a backup. My experience with recycling digital media is not good after several formatings. SD cards are far cheaper to save than negatives, and they are nearly bulletproof from physical damage, but electrical damage can be accomplished pretty easily. Let the write finish before you turn off the camera. Don't format it many times. Don't run it through the washing machine too many times. If it separates into two parts, use only high quality scotch tape to put it back together. (Really) On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Oliver Bryk <oliverbryk at comcast.net> wrote: > I would like to understand what might have caused one of my SD cards - a > SanDisk 4GB SDHC card - to malfunction. I have used it without problems in > my M8 for several months and formatted it in the camera after every 50 or > so > exposures. When I attempted to format it today, the formatting process ran > much longer than I was accustomed to, and would not quit until I removed > the > battery from the camera. I put the card and the battery back and tried > again > with the same result. I put in a fully charged battery; as soon as I turned > the camera on the display read "SD card full". When I tried to format it > the > process wouldn't quit. I took the battery and the card out, put both back, > and turned on the camera; the message on the display read "no SD card". In > each of the cases described above the battery status/remaining exposures > display read Zero. > > I tried a different card (SanDisk 8GB SDHC) which formatted quickly (there > was nothing on it) and gave the correct number of remaining exposures. > > The 4GB card has apparently failed. What might have caused it to fail? > > Oliver > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA