Another CF problem

[V6GTO]

A friend of mine has bought a Scandisk Extreme 3, 4 gig CF card. The problem he has is the camera only thinks it's a 2 gig card. Any ideas anyone?

Martin.

>> Edited by V6GTO on Wednesday 28th September 19:37

[simpo two]

Well if it's a Canon he's lucky it sees 2Gb

NB You had that coming

>> Edited by simpo two on Wednesday 28th September 20:01

[beano500]

Well, there was a (well-known) software issue with the D70 originally. In raw mode the software couldn't do the Maths properly and always undersetimated the remaining capacity and number of shots. Obviously, there can be all sorts of glitches from the camera end

Is it this type of problem?

Alternatively, has a 2Gb card been accidently badged incorrectly as a 4Gb - I suppose that's not impossible.

[V6GTO]

simpo two said:

NB You had that coming

What...sweet little innocent me? :angelsmilie:

It's a Canon 1DmkIIs.

Martin.

[simpo two]

V6GTO said:

It's a Canon 1DmkIIs.

And Martin's battleships sinks slowly in the West
Tell him to try Lexar instead; from what I hear it's a SanDisk thing.

Maybe Canon will do a recall.... And then the Clud will be singing:

'It's all gone quiet over there...
'It's all gone quiet over there...
'It's all gone quiet, all gone quiet
All gone quiet over there!'

[V6GTO]

John,
You really should stop hanging around with 406, you're starting to sound like him now

Martin.

[simpo two]

V6GTO said:

You really should stop hanging around with 406, you're starting to sound like him now Martin.

I try to rise above it but each time you just drag me straight back down
To summarise, it's not the name on your camera that counts but what pictures you get with it. Some of my gallery shots were taken with a 3.2Mp compact.

[ehasler]

simpo two said:

Tell him to try Lexar instead; from what I hear it's a SanDisk thing.

Actually, it was Lexar who suffered problems with some of their cards on certain Canon models. I've not had any problems at all with my Sandisk Extreme III cards, and I'm not aware of anyone else who has either.

[zhastaph]

How's it formatted, and what is shown on a computer?

FAT16 has a 2gb limit, if it's shown on the computer as FAT16 {FAT} and only 2gb then reformat as FAT32.

[ehasler]

Yep - probably a formatting issue.

Lots more info here

[Ian_H]

It may have a little switch on it limiting it to 2gb, you need to set it to 4gb





Cheers
Ian

[406]

V6GTO said:

John, You really should stop hanging around with 406, you're starting to sound like him now. Pity your nat as good looking. Martin.

Oy stop it, I cant help being a Nikonphile. You wait till I come over to Spain with the D70 and D100. It will be 80-400 Vr's at 10 paces, and a shoot out of your favourite "FLOWERS"

Dave

406

[mikef]

V6GTO said:

A friend of mine has bought a Scandisk Extreme 3, 4 gig CF card. The problem he has is the camera only thinks it's a 2 gig card. Any ideas anyone?

Some older cameras (like my Canon D30) only support FAT16 and will only see 2GB on a 4GB card. More recent models can access the full 4GB. Something to check before you buy...

[simpo two]

406 said:

and a shoot out of your favourite "FLOWERS"

If that's a pint of Flowers count me in