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SD Cards
I often get problems with my Lumix 10 and SD cards. I use various cards
including Panasonic and SanDisk, and in various sizes - mainly 512MB. Two times out of ten my card reader reports that there are no files on the card. File recovery software finds them and allows me to recover the files, but this is really tedious.. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone have an answer to it? Bill |
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Bill Again wrote:
I often get problems with my Lumix 10 and SD cards. I use various cards including Panasonic and SanDisk, and in various sizes - mainly 512MB. Two times out of ten my card reader reports that there are no files on the card. File recovery software finds them and allows me to recover the files, but this is really tedious.. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone have an answer to it? Our experience with the Panasonic FZ20 and FZ5 has shown no problems with 512MB Kingmax, 1GB Kingmax and 1GB SanDisk Ultra II SD cards. Do the cards read back in the camera OK - if so I would suspect your card reader, its software, or hardware connection. If not, do you ever remove the cards with the power on in the camera, or does your camera perhaps have a bad SD card connection or unreliable battery? David |
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David J Taylor wrote:
Bill Again wrote: I often get problems with my Lumix 10 and SD cards. I use various cards including Panasonic and SanDisk, and in various sizes - mainly 512MB. Two times out of ten my card reader reports that there are no files on the card. File recovery software finds them and allows me to recover the files, but this is really tedious.. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone have an answer to it? Our experience with the Panasonic FZ20 and FZ5 has shown no problems with 512MB Kingmax, 1GB Kingmax and 1GB SanDisk Ultra II SD cards. Do the cards read back in the camera OK - if so I would suspect your card reader, its software, or hardware connection. If not, do you ever remove the cards with the power on in the camera, or does your camera perhaps have a bad SD card connection or unreliable battery? I'm using a Sandisk 512MB Ultra II SD card and never had problems. I always read it through the camera. HTH robert |
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Try formatting the card in the camera - may eliminate some variable...
MB "Bill Again" wrote in message ... I often get problems with my Lumix 10 and SD cards. I use various cards including Panasonic and SanDisk, and in various sizes - mainly 512MB. Two times out of ten my card reader reports that there are no files on the card. File recovery software finds them and allows me to recover the files, but this is really tedious.. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone have an answer to it? Bill |
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"David J Taylor" wrote in message . uk... Bill Again wrote: I often get problems with my Lumix 10 and SD cards. I use various cards including Panasonic and SanDisk, and in various sizes - mainly 512MB. Two times out of ten my card reader reports that there are no files on the card. File recovery software finds them and allows me to recover the files, but this is really tedious.. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone have an answer to it? Our experience with the Panasonic FZ20 and FZ5 has shown no problems with 512MB Kingmax, 1GB Kingmax and 1GB SanDisk Ultra II SD cards. Do the cards read back in the camera OK - if so I would suspect your card reader, its software, or hardware connection. If not, do you ever remove the cards with the power on in the camera, or does your camera perhaps have a bad SD card connection or unreliable battery? David Thanks for this. Over here in Germany I don't recognise the Kingmax names, there are various "no name" cards which I stay away from despite their give away prices. This is my 7th digi and I have experience with many types of cards, it is only the SD cards that I have ever had problems with. Naturally enough I take care when removing the cards, and in general use them correctly. Why they occasionally freeze up is a mystery to me. You mention the 1gb Ultra II. Does anyone know if they are compatible with the FZ10? Best regards, Bill |
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Bill Again wrote:
[] Thanks for this. Over here in Germany I don't recognise the Kingmax names, there are various "no name" cards which I stay away from despite their give away prices. Kingmax are high-performance cards - not no-name ones: http://www.kingmaxdigi.com/news/news..._p20040303.htm Cheers, David |
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"David J Taylor" wrote in message . uk... Bill Again wrote: [] Thanks for this. Over here in Germany I don't recognise the Kingmax names, there are various "no name" cards which I stay away from despite their give away prices. Kingmax are high-performance cards - not no-name ones: http://www.kingmaxdigi.com/news/news..._p20040303.htm Cheers, David Misunderstanding. I didn't mean to imply that Kingmax were no name cards, merely that I didn't recognise them BUT that there are lots of others here, mainly rubbish. Thanks, Bill |
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Bill Again wrote:
"David J Taylor" wrote in message . uk... Bill Again wrote: [] Thanks for this. Over here in Germany I don't recognise the Kingmax names, there are various "no name" cards which I stay away from despite their give away prices. Kingmax are high-performance cards - not no-name ones: http://www.kingmaxdigi.com/news/news..._p20040303.htm Cheers, David Misunderstanding. I didn't mean to imply that Kingmax were no name cards, merely that I didn't recognise them BUT that there are lots of others here, mainly rubbish. Thanks, Bill Fine, Bill. I havdn't heard of Kingmax before, either. I just read about an SD card which was too thck for a card reader as it was literally re-badged, and the reseller's stick-on label was thick enough to intefere with the card fitting in the reader! Cheers, David |
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