Nikon D70s camera

I recently bought a Nikon D70s camera from a online auction.
It came with everything I need except a memory card.
I have a 64 MB CF card which is enough to test it.
I have plenty of microSD cards so I bought an adapter.
I tried a 16 GB, a 8 GB, and a 2 GB. Each time I used the camera
format function. Only the 2 GB card worked properly.
I then tried a 4 GB CF card. That showed I had 79 shots left.
Looking at the card through the USB showed the camera
had formatted it to 266 MB. Windows disk manager showed
it had 4 partitions. I used disk manager to format it with 1
partition of 3.7 GB to FAT format. Now the camera shows
1.1 K shots remaining at the highest JPEG setting.

It's the D70s so there is no firmware update.
It's there a known bug with the D70s formatting cards
over 2 GB?

In article , Lucifer
wrote:

I recently bought a Nikon D70s camera from a online auction.
It came with everything I need except a memory card.
I have a 64 MB CF card which is enough to test it.
I have plenty of microSD cards so I bought an adapter.
I tried a 16 GB, a 8 GB, and a 2 GB. Each time I used the camera
format function. Only the 2 GB card worked properly.
I then tried a 4 GB CF card. That showed I had 79 shots left.
Looking at the card through the USB showed the camera
had formatted it to 266 MB. Windows disk manager showed
it had 4 partitions. I used disk manager to format it with 1
partition of 3.7 GB to FAT format. Now the camera shows
1.1 K shots remaining at the highest JPEG setting.

It's the D70s so there is no firmware update.
It's there a known bug with the D70s formatting cards
over 2 GB?

it's not a bug.

the d70s is 15 years old and only supports sd cards, which have a
maximum capacity of 2 gb.

higher capacity cards are sdhc, sdxc or sduc, none of which existed
when the camera was released, and it does not support them.

nospam wrote:
In article , Lucifer
wrote:

I recently bought a Nikon D70s camera from a online auction.
It came with everything I need except a memory card.
I have a 64 MB CF card which is enough to test it.
I have plenty of microSD cards so I bought an adapter.
I tried a 16 GB, a 8 GB, and a 2 GB. Each time I used the camera
format function. Only the 2 GB card worked properly.
I then tried a 4 GB CF card. That showed I had 79 shots left.
Looking at the card through the USB showed the camera
had formatted it to 266 MB. Windows disk manager showed
it had 4 partitions. I used disk manager to format it with 1
partition of 3.7 GB to FAT format. Now the camera shows
1.1 K shots remaining at the highest JPEG setting.

It's the D70s so there is no firmware update.
It's there a known bug with the D70s formatting cards
over 2 GB?

it's not a bug.

the d70s is 15 years old and only supports sd cards, which have a
maximum capacity of 2 gb.

higher capacity cards are sdhc, sdxc or sduc, none of which existed
when the camera was released, and it does not support them.


The D70S doesn’t support any SD cards as it only has a single CF card slot.
However, you are correct in that the maximum capacity recognized is 2GB.
The first of the Nikon “prosumer� cameras to have multiple memory card
slots was the D300S which had a CF & an SD card slot. Before that the D300
had a single CF card slot.

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Regards,
Savageduck

In article , Savageduck
wrote:

I recently bought a Nikon D70s camera from a online auction.
It came with everything I need except a memory card.
I have a 64 MB CF card which is enough to test it.
I have plenty of microSD cards so I bought an adapter.
I tried a 16 GB, a 8 GB, and a 2 GB. Each time I used the camera
format function. Only the 2 GB card worked properly.
I then tried a 4 GB CF card. That showed I had 79 shots left.
Looking at the card through the USB showed the camera
had formatted it to 266 MB. Windows disk manager showed
it had 4 partitions. I used disk manager to format it with 1
partition of 3.7 GB to FAT format. Now the camera shows
1.1 K shots remaining at the highest JPEG setting.

It's the D70s so there is no firmware update.
It's there a known bug with the D70s formatting cards
over 2 GB?

it's not a bug.

the d70s is 15 years old and only supports sd cards, which have a
maximum capacity of 2 gb.

higher capacity cards are sdhc, sdxc or sduc, none of which existed
when the camera was released, and it does not support them.


The D70S doesn¹t support any SD cards as it only has a single CF card slot.

that's an even bigger problem.

i was thinking of the d50, which was sd.

However, you are correct in that the maximum capacity recognized is 2GB.
The first of the Nikon ³prosumer² cameras to have multiple memory card
slots was the D300S which had a CF & an SD card slot. Before that the D300
had a single CF card slot.

the other problem is that the d70 doesn't support fat32.

On Thu, 05 Mar 2020 07:05:43 -0600, Savageduck
wrote:

nospam wrote:
In article , Lucifer
wrote:

I recently bought a Nikon D70s camera from a online auction.
It came with everything I need except a memory card.
I have a 64 MB CF card which is enough to test it.
I have plenty of microSD cards so I bought an adapter.
I tried a 16 GB, a 8 GB, and a 2 GB. Each time I used the camera
format function. Only the 2 GB card worked properly.
I then tried a 4 GB CF card. That showed I had 79 shots left.
Looking at the card through the USB showed the camera
had formatted it to 266 MB. Windows disk manager showed
it had 4 partitions. I used disk manager to format it with 1
partition of 3.7 GB to FAT format. Now the camera shows
1.1 K shots remaining at the highest JPEG setting.

It's the D70s so there is no firmware update.
It's there a known bug with the D70s formatting cards
over 2 GB?

it's not a bug.

the d70s is 15 years old and only supports sd cards, which have a
maximum capacity of 2 gb.

higher capacity cards are sdhc, sdxc or sduc, none of which existed
when the camera was released, and it does not support them.


The D70S doesn’t support any SD cards as it only has a single CF card slot.
However, you are correct in that the maximum capacity recognized is 2GB.

The D70s is supposed to recognise up to 137 GB.
Mine recognises a 4 GB CF card but only if I format it outside the
camera.

The first of the Nikon “prosumer” cameras to have multiple memory card
slots was the D300S which had a CF & an SD card slot. Before that the D300
had a single CF card slot.

On Fri, 06 Mar 2020 05:25:08 +1100, Lucifer ct in that the maximum
capacity recognized is 2GB.

The D70s is supposed to recognise up to 137 GB.
Mine recognises a 4 GB CF card but only if I format it outside the
camera.

Not sure where you got that info.

https://www.nikonimgsupport.com/ni/N...leNo=000001781

Article ID 000001781 Date Published 01/30/2017 Date Last Updated
01/30/2017

Approved CF Cards - D70 / D70S
Approved CF Cards - D70 / D70S
Nikon has tested the following cards and approved their use in the D70
/ D70S Digital SLR:

SanDisk SDCFB series 16 MB, 32MB, 48 MB, 80 MB, 96 MB, 128 MB, 160 MB,
192 MB,
256 MB, 300 MB, 384 MB, 512 MB and 1 GB
SanDisk SDCFB (Type II) 192 MB and 300 MB
Sandisk SDCF2B (Type II) 256 MB
Sandisk SDCFH (Ultra) 128 MB, 192 MB, 256 MB, 384 MB, 512 MB and 1 GB
Sandisk SDCFH (Ultra II) 256 MB, 512 MB, and 1 GB
Sandisk SDCFX (Extreme) 512 MB and 1 GB
Sandisk SDCFX (Extreme III) 1GB, 2GB

Lexar Media 4x USB series 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB, 80 MB, 128 MB, 256 MB
and 512 MB
Lexar Media 8x USB series 16 MB, 32 MB, 48 MB, 64 MB, and 80 MB
Lexar Media 10x USB series 160 MB
Lexar Media 12x USB series 64 MB, 128 MB, 192 MB, 256 MB, 320 MB and
512 MB
Lexar Media 16x USB series 192 MB, 256 MB, 320 MB, 512 MB, 640 MB and
1 GB
Lexar Media 16x WA* USB Series 128 MB, 192 MB, 256 MB and 512 MB
Lexar Media 24x USB series 256 MB and 512 MB
Lexar Media 24x WA* USB series 256 MB and 512 MB
Lexar Media 32x WA* USB series 1GB
Lexar Media 40x WA* USB series 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB and 4 GB
Lexar Media 80x WA* USB Series 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB and 4 GB

Renesas Technology (Hitachi) Compact Flash HB28C8x 16 MB and 32 MB

Microdrive DSCM 512 MB and 1 GB
Microdrive 3K4 2 GB and 4 GB

Other brands and capacities of cards may work, but Nikon cannot
guarantee their operation. Check with the manufacturer of the
third-party card for compatibility information. Nikon recommends
keeping one of the approved cards available for troubleshooting.

*Lexar Media Write Acceleration (WA) Compact Flash cards are supported
in Standard Write Mode only.