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Problem with SanDisk 4GB Ultra II compact flash card
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I bought a Lexar Ultra II 4 GBytes compact flash card, and put it in my Canon 1D Mark II camera. It showed only 2 GB. I put it in my flash card reader on my PC. It showed only 2 GBytes. I reformatted it in the camera and it still showed only 2 GBytes. I have several Lexar 40 and 80x 4 GByte cards and have never had this problem. Documentation with the card says nothing. On the card it says: [left half circle symbol] 3. - 2GB for fat 16 SLRs [right half circle symbol] 2. - 2GB for fat 16 SLRs [full circle symbol] 4. - 4GB for fat 32 SLRs The 1D Mark II does fat 32 on the lexar cards. Does anyone know how I can get beyond the 2 GB limit? Roger |
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Roger N. Clark (change username to rnclark) wrote:
Hi, I bought a Lexar Ultra II 4 GBytes compact flash card, and put it in my Canon 1D Mark II camera. It showed only 2 GB. I put it in my flash card reader on my PC. It showed only 2 GBytes. I reformatted it in the camera and it still showed only 2 GBytes. I have several Lexar 40 and 80x 4 GByte cards and have never had this problem. Documentation with the card says nothing. On the card it says: [left half circle symbol] 3. - 2GB for fat 16 SLRs [right half circle symbol] 2. - 2GB for fat 16 SLRs [full circle symbol] 4. - 4GB for fat 32 SLRs The 1D Mark II does fat 32 on the lexar cards. Does anyone know how I can get beyond the 2 GB limit? Roger Try formatting it while it's in the card reader. It's hard to believe a 1D formats to Fat16, but you never know. |
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Roger N. Clark (change username to rnclark) wrote:
Hi, I bought a Lexar Ultra II 4 GBytes compact flash card, and put it in my Canon 1D Mark II camera. It showed only 2 GB. I put it in my flash card reader on my PC. It showed only 2 GBytes. I reformatted it in the camera and it still showed only 2 GBytes. I have several Lexar 40 and 80x 4 GByte cards and have never had this problem. Documentation with the card says nothing. On the card it says: [left half circle symbol] 3. - 2GB for fat 16 SLRs [right half circle symbol] 2. - 2GB for fat 16 SLRs [full circle symbol] 4. - 4GB for fat 32 SLRs typo error: the full circle position is 1 not 4. The 1D Mark II does fat 32 on the lexar cards. Does anyone know how I can get beyond the 2 GB limit? Roger I figured it out. There is a switch on the side of the card to select the 3 positions noted above. This information should have been shipped with the card. It took a while digging on the sandisk web site to find this information. I finally found a pdf describing the switch. A big red flag is that if you change the switch position, to use 4 GB (from the sandisk pdf): "When you switch to position #1 all data on the card may be lost. Even if the data is not deleted, it will not be viewable in position #1. Please save data to a PC before switching to position # 1 (4 GB)." So what happens if in the field you accidentally switch from position 1 to 2 or 3? Do you lose all your images? Has anyone had a problem with this switch? The flimsy feel of the switch to me means this is the last one of these cards I buy. Roger |
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I figured it out.
There is a switch on the side of the card to select the 3 positions noted above. This information should have been shipped with the card. It took a while digging on the sandisk web site to find this information. I finally found a pdf describing the switch. A big red flag is that if you change the switch position, to use 4 GB (from the sandisk pdf): "When you switch to position #1 all data on the card may be lost. Even if the data is not deleted, it will not be viewable in position #1. Please save data to a PC before switching to position # 1 (4 GB)." So what happens if in the field you accidentally switch from position 1 to 2 or 3? Do you lose all your images? Has anyone had a problem with this switch? The flimsy feel of the switch to me means this is the last one of these cards I buy. Roger That does sound rather weak, but at least you will only use it once. For the record, I've been using a (switchless) Ultra II 2 gig for about six months and have zero complaints. |
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"Roger N. Clark (change username to rnclark)" wrote: Hi, I bought a Lexar Ultra II 4 GBytes compact flash card, and put it in my Canon 1D Mark II camera. It showed only 2 GB. I put it in my flash card reader on my PC. It showed only 2 GBytes. I reformatted it in the camera and it still showed only 2 GBytes. I have several Lexar 40 and 80x 4 GByte cards and have never had this problem. Documentation with the card says nothing. On the card it says: [left half circle symbol] 3. - 2GB for fat 16 SLRs [right half circle symbol] 2. - 2GB for fat 16 SLRs [full circle symbol] 4. - 4GB for fat 32 SLRs The 1D Mark II does fat 32 on the lexar cards. Does anyone know how I can get beyond the 2 GB limit? Roger Just in case it's news, 2GB is the limit for fat16. There is probably a way to get the camera to format in fat 32, and the format utility in Win should allow you to specify fat32. Colin |
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"Roger N. Clark (change username to rnclark)" wrote: Hi, I bought a Lexar Ultra II 4 GBytes compact flash card, and put it in my Canon 1D Mark II camera. It showed only 2 GB. I put it in my flash card reader on my PC. It showed only 2 GBytes. I reformatted it in the camera and it still showed only 2 GBytes. I have several Lexar 40 and 80x 4 GByte cards and have never had this problem. Documentation with the card says nothing. On the card it says: [left half circle symbol] 3. - 2GB for fat 16 SLRs [right half circle symbol] 2. - 2GB for fat 16 SLRs [full circle symbol] 4. - 4GB for fat 32 SLRs The 1D Mark II does fat 32 on the lexar cards. Does anyone know how I can get beyond the 2 GB limit? Roger Just in case it's news, 2GB is the limit for fat16. There is probably a way to get the camera to format in fat 32, and the format utility in Win should allow you to specify fat32. Colin |
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:15:06 -0700, "Roger N. Clark (change username to
rnclark)" wrote: So what happens if in the field you accidentally switch from position 1 to 2 or 3? Do you lose all your images? Has anyone had a problem with this switch? It's only an (educated) guess, but I'd be very surprised if you lost anything just by flicking the switch (unless there's a battery inside, there's nothing in the CF able to change the data). Provided you noticed (that might be the hard bit!) and returned it to the correct setting before putting the card in the camera or reader, I would think you'd be OK. I'd even hazard a guess that trying to _read_ the card while the switch is in the wrong position won't lose anything (but probably won't show what's on the card). Providing you don't try WRITING to the card (i.e. take a shot or format the card) there's a strong chance that you'll see your files if you change the switch back to the correct setting. Regards, Graham Holden (g-holden AT dircon DOT co DOT uk) -- There are 10 types of people in the world; those that understand binary and those that don't. |
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