On 3/3/2014 1:57 PM, Alan C wrote:
I use only 4GB cards & store them when full as an extra backup so I
actually don't need to erase and/or re-format.
Is there really any difference between pre-formatted, computer formatted
or camera formatted cards?
Alan C
I don't know if there's any difference. I did once have a problem where
the camera wouldn't read/write a card that was formatted on the computer
until I reformatted it in the camera.
I use 4GB cards for my K10D and 8GB cards for my K20D. I have 10 of each
so that I don't have to erase images while traveling (although I do back
them up to a laptop & an external drive), but if I never erased the
photos from the cards I would eventually be overwhelmed with keeping
track of the cards.
Since I do erase from the cards, I've found formatting cards in the
camera to be the most convenient workflow for me. When I'm shooting
around town, I have one card in the battery grip & one in the camera. I
can swap them if I fill one of them up.
When I get home, I download the photos and then reformat the cards in
the camera.
-----Original Message----- From: John
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 5:18 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: K3 card failure
I don't know if you NEED to reformat, but it's the quickest surest way
I've found for erasing old images from cards & getting them ready for
next use.
On 3/3/2014 7:17 AM, Alan C wrote:
I had a problem with a 4GB SanDisk SDHC card in the K7. I could see the
images just fine in camera (in the K110D too) but couldn't download via
USB or a card reader. I eventually recovered the 93 images with a Win7
recovery routine but it took over an hour and the files were renumbered
from 001 to 093. I could not reformat the card so I binned it. Does one
really need to reformat cards in-camera? I have never done that - I just
use them as purchased.
Alan C
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Studdert
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 1:56 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: K3 card failure
I should add that I have subsequently deep formatted all my cards in a
computer then formatted them in camera, hopefully I won't get a
re-run, crossing fingers.
On 3 March 2014 22:53, Rob Studdert <distudio.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
After analyzing all the cards fairly thoroughly it appears that the
card in slot 1 wasn't written to at all in that session and the card
in slot 2 was written to but became corrupt through the shoot. The
spare card in the grip was already previously formatted (in the same
camera but earlier) and worked fine.
I don't check much during a shoot, just a little chimping at the
outset to ensure that I'm not clipping highlights. I have the rear
screen turned off and the top screen illumination controlled by the
RAW button, so I don't keep an eagle eye on the top panel, I did just
expect it to work stupidly.
It was dire lighting last night too, I shot the whole show at ISO8000
with the lenses open to f2.8 and barely made 1/100s for the most part,
reasonable results IMO considering the lighting but as good as perfect
for what was needed by the producers. So all good in the end, had me
more than a little stressed though as it was a cornerstone shoot.
Thanks for the feedback.
Cheers,
On 3 March 2014 13:31, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com>
wrote:
On 02/03/2014 7:39 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
I only had a single brand new SanDisk 32Gig 45mb/s Extreme (like
Rob's) to start with, which is the one that experienced this problem.
I bought a second identical one, formatted both in camera, and have
been using them together without a hitch since. I wasn't about to
toss
the card considering the price and that it was likely only a soft
formatting issue of some kind. But by enabling dual-write I figured I
was safe to continue going to see what would happen.
The other dumb question, of course, is can the files be transferred by
plugging the camera directly into a computer?
I tried that. The Mac saw the exact same bad format and did the same
unmount fail. To the computer, the K-3 on a USB cable is simply a card
reader. Sadly.
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