Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Since it takes far less effort to use the camera's format than to format a card in a computer, and since in practice, you may get better performance from doing it in-camera, and you should do that especially if some weird problems pop up; isn't "Never" a better practice than any that work "in theory"? ;-) On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > Never is too strong a word. In theory, there must be no problem and no > difference where you format the drives. In practice, you may get better > performance from doing it in-camera, and you should do that especially if > some weird problems pop up. > > On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > No offense, but it is my understanding that you should NEVER format > camera > > cards in a computer. Always format them in the camera you plan to shoot > > them in. > > > > On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Meino de Graaf < > meino at innerside.demon.nl> > > wrote: > > > > > Kyle > > > > > > try to reformat the cards in a computer with an exFAT filesystem. > > > > > > regards > > > > > > Meino de Graaf > > > > > > > > > > > > On 5/17/2016 5:50 PM, kyle cassidy on the lug wrote: > > > > > >> Hola ? > > >> > > >> So, I got an M. And the startup time on it is SEVEN SECONDS. "Flip > > >> switch, mash button, mash button, mash button, mash button, miss > photo, > > >> swear, turn off camera.? Someone said on like that this was related to > > the > > >> file system used on the SD card ? the camera apparently polls the card > > for > > >> some reason before you can take a photo. So I tried switching cards. > > >> > > >> 32GB 90/mbs/second card ? 7 second startup time > > >> > > >> 64GB 45/mbs/second card ? 4 second startup time > > >> > > >> So there is some progress, but it?s not intuitive ? the slower card > > >> starts up faster. > > >> > > >> Anybody know if there?s a card that will get the camera?s startup time > > to > > >> ?somewhere faster than nearly useless?? > > >> > > >> > > >> Kyle > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >> > > >> ----- > > >> No virus found in this message. > > >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > >> Version: 2016.0.7597 / Virus Database: 4568/12247 - Release Date: > > 05/17/16 > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Sonny > > http://sonc.com/look/ > > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > 1714 > > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > > > USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // On Facebook: http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > // On Instagram: https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA