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11/24/2002 02:47:19 PM · #1 |
Until it's all used up, I always use my 128 MB compact Flash card. With my camera set up for taking 3.1 mp pictures I have consistently gotten 131 pictures on the card. A few weeks ago I noticed a slight decrease in the number of images, down to 127. Yesterday it suddenly dropped to 116.
Has anyone else noticed anything similar? Well, I decided, on a lark, to just try reformatting my card. Lo and behold, I now have full capacity again! So you may want to try the same if you have found your capacity getting slimmer.
****WORD OF CAUTION**** Be certain to do this when the card is empty or you will erase your pictures.
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11/24/2002 03:38:45 PM · #2 |
Excellent observation...thanks! Is this because it is recording file folders on the card too, and not just images? Just curious.
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11/24/2002 03:46:56 PM · #3 |
Another note of interest is that the photos you take will vary in size. Darker images are naturally smaller as JPG files than brighter images with more color variations. On my F707, I have taked 5 megapixel images in the fine JPG mode that will vary anywhere between 1.2mb and 2.5mb, based on the particular image. I also use 128mb memory sticks and I usually get anywhere between 50 and 70 images on the stick, depending on the subjects I shoot...
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11/24/2002 07:15:32 PM · #4 |
| the space for each picture depends on the 'density' of the picture. i find that my night time pictures (i.e., darker) take up less space than the daytime pics. this has held true for my sony dcs70 and nikon d100 |
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11/24/2002 10:26:35 PM · #5 |
| Off the track here but I accidentally ran my compact flash cards through the washer and dryer and they still work…...lol I have a bad habit of sticking them in my back pocket after filling the card. Just thought I would pass on my observation :) |
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11/24/2002 11:19:36 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by connie:
Off the track here but I accidentally ran my compact flash cards through the washer and dryer and they still work…...lol I have a bad habit of sticking them in my back pocket after filling the card. Just thought I would pass on my observation :)
LOL!! As someone who recently washed his wallet, I can sympathize. I had to tell a friend of mine that her red business card turned currency a lovely shade of pink when run through a warm/cold cycle.
-- Rob 8)
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01/03/2003 04:21:14 PM · #7 |
How old is the card?
Compact flash memory 'cells' have a limited write life. I don't know about the specs for some of the new cards, but ones from a year or so ago typically allowed around 100,000 write cycles per cell. To keep the memory the same, cards come with more cells than they need to allow them to replace cells as they fail. I guess if you are heavily using the card, this may be the problem.
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01/03/2003 04:29:35 PM · #8 |
I've found with my camera here at work that this typically happens when I don't go through the "proper" USB shut down process for disengaging the card as a temp drive in Windows. If I follow the procedure, no worries. Otherwise, I'll often have "ghost" information that doesn't go away until I reformat the card.
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01/03/2003 04:38:12 PM · #9 |
just reformat the compact flash card in while its in the camera and it will get its full capacity back...if you look at the flash card in windows explorer, you will see some left over files that did not get deleted properly by windows (if thats how you deleted your pics)
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01/08/2003 09:04:47 AM · #10 |
| You need to treat your cards like computer drives. You should always format your card in the camera as often as you can. Some pros say "Every time you put it in the camera" someday a simple reformatting will not fix it. In that case, put it in the card reader (If you have one) on the computer and run windows scan-disc and then defrag the card just as if it was a drive. What happens is some areas on the card get corrupted and cannot be wrote to. Reformatting in the camera or running scan-disc will fix those areas most of the time. But not every time. if you want to get the most out of your cards. Reformat as often as you can, and you might never have this problem. Formatting should not only be used as a method of fixing the card. It should be used as "preventive maintenance" so the card never has to be fixed. |
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01/08/2003 09:07:38 AM · #11 |
Thanks for the advice Ken :)
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