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Formatting the memory card
I have the digital Rebel with the CF card. After taking a number of shots,
I place the card in a card reader and download to the computer. I place the card back in the camera, and format the card. I wonder: since I never fill up the card, and always format in the camera, is this wearing out the card prematurely? |
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On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:49:50 GMT, "Toomanyputters"
wrote: I have the digital Rebel with the CF card. After taking a number of shots, I place the card in a card reader and download to the computer. I place the card back in the camera, and format the card. I wonder: since I never fill up the card, and always format in the camera, is this wearing out the card prematurely? Why are you formatting the card every time you use it? You won't wear it out. Why can't you cut and paste the pics in the card reader instead of using copy and paste? |
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safer to copy files from the flash card to the computer, and after safely making a CD or DVD copy, delete/format the card in the camera. Or delete them in the card reader if you wish. But if any formatting is done it should be done in the camera. Then after a successfully copy and paste just delete the files with the memory card reader. Formatting should only be done by the camera as you say, but formatting every time with a battery operated camera is not needed or wise. |
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wrote in message ... It's safer to copy files from the flash card to the computer, and after safely making a CD or DVD copy, delete/format the card in the camera. Or delete them in the card reader if you wish. But if any formatting is done it should be done in the camera. Then after a successfully copy and paste just delete the files with the memory card reader. Formatting should only be done by the camera as you say, but formatting every time with a battery operated camera is not needed or wise. Explain the not wise part. Dave Cohen |
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"tomm42" wrote in message oups.com... CF cards are extremely durable and transfering data, formating won't hurt it. I do this at work all the time, work in a medical setting so any data on unprotected sources has to be destroyed. We use a 4 year old Fuji S1 and reformat all the time, two of the cards are as old as the camera. Destroying the data won't be achieved by formatting alone. You can do a better job using either a good hammer or download cw103.zip from PhotoRescue site. The latter will permit re-use of the card. Dave Cohen |
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Dave Cohen wrote:
wrote in message ... It's safer to copy files from the flash card to the computer, and after safely making a CD or DVD copy, delete/format the card in the camera. Or delete them in the card reader if you wish. But if any formatting is done it should be done in the camera. Then after a successfully copy and paste just delete the files with the memory card reader. Formatting should only be done by the camera as you say, but formatting every time with a battery operated camera is not needed or wise. Explain the not wise part. Dave Cohen In case the battery isn't fully charged, and the camera fails half-way through the format. I would have no hesitation formatting in-camera /providing/ the batteries are well charged. David |
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In article , Toomanyputters
wrote: I have the digital Rebel with the CF card. After taking a number of shots, I place the card in a card reader and download to the computer. I place the card back in the camera, and format the card. I wonder: since I never fill up the card, and always format in the camera, is this wearing out the card prematurely? Only if you live to about a million years old. |
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In article ,
wrote: Then after a successfully copy and paste just delete the files with the memory card reader. Formatting should only be done by the camera as you say, but formatting every time with a battery operated camera is not needed or wise. Oh? And why is that? I work with a guy who would copy the pics from his 20D and then delete them from the card, not knowing that Canon makes a new folder every 100 shots. It got to a point where he couldn't find his new pics on the card. Formatting in the camera after copying out each session is a safe way to know that you're always starting fresh. |
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In article , David J
Taylor wrote: In case the battery isn't fully charged, and the camera fails half-way through the format. It takes my 10D about a half second to format a 512MB card. I don't think the batteries are going to die in that short of a time. |
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