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01/06/2008 05:42:49 PM · #26 |
wont let me, the card is already 'full of nothing'
i brought my file size down as low as it could go and took a few pictures and then in-camera format, just erased the little files that were that, that i just shot and left it 998mb full of nothing...
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01/06/2008 05:55:46 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by chris48083:
wont let me, the card is already 'full of nothing'
i brought my file size down as low as it could go and took a few pictures and then in-camera format, just erased the little files that were that, that i just shot and left it 998mb full of nothing...
-cw |
Ahhh, you've been taking pics of popcorn again, haven't you? ;-)
Sounds like the card may need a "full" format. The camera does a "quick" format. Try reformatting it on a PC if you have access to one, and make sure "quick format" is unchecked. That may recover the space. If it doesn't, it may be time to try running diagnostic software on it. |
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01/06/2008 06:02:00 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Ahhh, you've been taking pics of popcorn again, haven't you? ;-)
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aahh you cought me kirbic, you know me and popcorn..
ill give that a try when i get home on a real computer (im stuck in an airport right now)...thanks
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01/06/2008 06:03:09 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by Mr_Pants:
Originally posted by Man_Called_Horse:
Originally posted by idnic:
I get about 400 large RAW files on a 4g card. Your images are larger, so you'll get less, but not THAT much less. Did you reformat the card with the camera? |
I shoot RAW all the time.
The differance this time round was I had my EYE-FI sd card in the other slot, along with the 4 Gig cf card.
I had to use duel processing on both cards ie., RAW/Large.
Is this the answer?
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How big is the Eye-Fi card? If you're using one that's smaller in capacity than the CF card and using backup, the camera will calculate capacity according to the smaller card of the two. |
The Eye-Fi dosn't store the info, it send the info wirelessly to a computer.
I think I found my problem.
The Eye-Fi puts the jpeg's onto the CF card.
All the RAW and Jpegs were there.
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01/06/2008 07:13:18 PM · #30 |
My eye-fi is to arrive tomorrow.
From all i've read it's a pretty slick device, certainly a lot cheaper than canon's $1000 solution!
How do you like your eye fi? Any thing to warn us newbi's about?
If you have a wirelss capable laptop, do you need to have a wirelrss router for the card and laptop to communicate?
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01/06/2008 08:30:49 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by chris48083:
speaking of card errors....
i have this SD card right now taht one gig and everytime i put it in a camera it says its full, but you go to view whats on there, no images. when you look at it witha computer it says its 998mb full...of nothing. i tried reformating but im on a mac so thats a bit of a joke...any thoughts?
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If you are still on your Mac, look in Finder, Utilities, and find Disc Utility, open that, then insert the card with a card reader, it may show up there. From there you can see what's in it and repair or reformat it.
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01/07/2008 08:29:17 AM · #32 |
Originally posted by Man_Called_Horse:
Originally posted by Mr_Pants:
Originally posted by Man_Called_Horse:
Originally posted by idnic:
I get about 400 large RAW files on a 4g card. Your images are larger, so you'll get less, but not THAT much less. Did you reformat the card with the camera? |
I shoot RAW all the time.
The differance this time round was I had my EYE-FI sd card in the other slot, along with the 4 Gig cf card.
I had to use duel processing on both cards ie., RAW/Large.
Is this the answer?
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How big is the Eye-Fi card? If you're using one that's smaller in capacity than the CF card and using backup, the camera will calculate capacity according to the smaller card of the two. |
The Eye-Fi dosn't store the info, it send the info wirelessly to a computer.
I think I found my problem.
The Eye-Fi puts the jpeg's onto the CF card.
All the RAW and Jpegs were there. |
According to their website, it has a 2Gb capacity, exactly half of the capacity of the CF card you are using. If you are writing files to both cards ('backup' turned on in the camera menu), then the number of available shots indicated by the camera will be limited by the 2Gb capacity, not the 4Gb.
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01/07/2008 08:34:06 AM · #33 |
| I swear...I learn something new on this site everyday! I never knew that I should be reformatting my CF card so often. |
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01/07/2008 09:54:15 AM · #34 |
Additionally, the Eye-FI might allocate a certain amount of those 2GB specifically for buffer space.
Why you might want to use format instead of delete:
Remember that flash longevity is based on writes rather than reads.
If you have a large number of pics, then start swiss-cheesing it by deleting a shot here and there, you can inadvertently create a few high-use areas. Each chunk of information is also split up into blocks, which allows the device to throw bits of information into 'cubby holes' as needed. This also means though that you could cause small corruptions earlier that lead to faults.
The 'quick' format done by the camera does not by itself write info, however, since it starts everything with a clean slate, you will spread the usage of the card around.
The good news is that with huge numbers of writes, cards are usually good for a long time. The other good news is that professionals and heavy shooters are more likely to see issues arise, and they are the ones that usually fill a card, then wipe it, fill, then wipe... This is the best for longevity. Cards in casual use are less likely to suffer from this issue.
It's more important with something like a PDA to regularly clean your card, since it does a lot more fragmentation intensive writing.
Incidentally, I noticed that the CHDK firmware hack for the S2 IS allows a choice between a quick format and a low level format.
Horse. Getting close to time to pick up a 16GB CF card hey? I saw one for around 150 US the other day. I forget the speed. It wasn't 288x, maybe 120 - 150x range... Transcend |
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01/07/2008 09:54:26 AM · #35 |
What ISO are you shooting at? I've got a Canon 40D with a 4 gig cf card. Shooting in RAW, I get 313 shots at ISO 100. I've noticed that as I raise the ISO, the camera gives me a smaller number of shots.
I use Windows Explorer to copy the shots from the card to the computer using either a card reader or the slot in my computer. Every once in awhile I'll notice that there's some "stuff" taking up space on the card even though the camera says there's no image. At that point, I reformat the card, using the camera, and I'm back to 313 shots at ISO 100. |
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01/07/2008 10:45:49 AM · #36 |
similar to what most people do, I format every time in camera, before I start using a new card. I don't format it on a PC, hardly ever delete images, either in camera or on PC and just have that routine/ ritual down of formating it in camera when I put it in, ready to go.
Sometimes if I know I'll be shooting fast, I'll go through and pre-format all the cards in camera, but usually I just do it when I put the card in to use it. I store the cards in the wallet in a particular way - face up if ready to be used, face down if they have images still to download - makes it easy to keep track of which cards are ready to go. |
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