I'll add a fly to the ointment.
A while back, I bought a couple used CF cards. Popped one into my 20D
and pressed the review button. Hey! Some pix from the previous owner
were still on it. I made some test shots then put the card into the
reader on my computer.
According to EXIF, the pix shot by the previous owner were shot with a
Fuji S2. My test shots were in a C@non folder and came out just fine.
I was puzzled and had read enough about formatting problems with cards
that I just reformatted them in my camera and haven't had a problem
since then.
FWIW/ScottGee1
On 7/12/06, Geilfuss Charles <Charles.Geilfuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> What's puzzling about this whole thread (or at least revealing
> my ignorance of high-tech modern electronics) is that I've ever
> formatted a memory card of any type. When purchasing all three of the
> digital cameras in our household (Oly 700uz, Kodak Easyshare Something
> and Oly E-500), the cards were all bought separately. I have never used
> the "format" function in any camera; simply plugged the card in and away
> I go shooting. A few times I have used the "erase all" function but I
> don't think this is the same as reformatting. I have always assumed that
> these cards were like pre-formatted diskettes but this thread seems to
> indicate that camera makers put their own "juju" on the card. We have a
> Nik*n C**lpix we use at work and we routinely use the CF card to carry
> non-photo data from work to home computers via Sandisk card readers.
> We've had no problems using the card in the Nik*n and I even used it in
> an E-300 store model when I was checking it out. Again, no problem. I'm
> so confused.
>
> Charlie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Winsor Crosby
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 10:34 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: formatting
>
>
> I have noticed that my C-7000Z takes a long time, at least a minute
> or two to reformat its card. Is that typical of the other Olympus
> digital cameras? It is not much of a problem since I even reformat
> the spare before putting it away. The several Coolpixes and Nikons I
> have used take just a couple of seconds.
>
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 12, 2006, at 6:29 AM, Walt Wayman wrote:
>
> > I have always put the card back in the camera to erase it. I've
> > wondered if I was being unnecessarily, and uncharacteristically,
> > over-cautious. Glad to know that I have been doing something right,
> > even if I was too dumb to know why. Two 1GB and three 2GB cards and
> > nary a problem -- at least, not yet. :-)
> >
> > Walt
> >
> > --
> > "Anything more than 500 yards from
> > the car just isn't photogenic." --
> > Edward Weston
> >
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To be on the safe side never allow the computer to write anything
> >> to the
> >> CF card by either formatting or even erasing images. There's no
> >> valid
> >> reason to do so. It can only lead to trouble.
> >>
> >> Chuck Norcutt
> >>
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