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Subject: [Leica] Please Help: SD Full
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:06:25 +0530
References: <C604EDA5.8333%eric.calderwood@btinternet.com> <4EA177D7-894B-48A3-9CAE-7278EEB2EFDE@telefonica.net> <A31B5F3A-9DDB-4BB6-BD4D-F117395EE191@mac.com> <206C418B-33AC-42E7-A678-68356FE21FF5@charter.net> <1F3715B1-55CD-4005-B61F-7C1CBDB8C9C5@mac.com>

I download, backup and then reformat (in that order) after every use -
whether it is 10 shots or 500 shots.
Cheers
Jayanand


On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 7:54 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at 
mac.com>wrote:

> For the sake of clarity:
> I always format the card
> "before" professional gigs and events
> where I expect to shoot hundreds of images.
> Just as I charge all batteries
> purchase fresh batteries (for strobes, etc.)
> clean lenses and sensors
> make sure I have two of all cords
> etc.
>
> Day to day I don't do all that.
> So far I've not had a problem
> with the Canons, DMR or M8 card reading
> by following the procedure.
> However, I'm listening
> not recommending
> simply reporting.
>
> I may very well begin to reformat more often.
> ;~)
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
> On Apr 10, 2009, at 9:09 AM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:
>
>  It's kinda like a jack-in-the-box surprise.
>> When you're full of certitude, at one of the most important events of your
>> life, never to be replicated again, then it will kick you in the pants,
>> S.d.
>>
>> On Apr 10, 2009, at 6:35 AM, George Lottermoser wrote:
>>
>>  I do not format the card after each transfer to the computer.
>>> I do not, normally, have any problems by not doing so.
>>> I do reformat the card occasionally just to clean things up.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> George Lottermoser
>>> george at imagist.com
>>> http://www.imagist.com
>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>>
>>> On Apr 10, 2009, at 6:45 AM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hello Eric,
>>>>
>>>> O.K., I've just do it and it works, the SD Card is able to shot 740
>>>> pictures at DNG.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much, I can't imagine that every time you should format
>>>> the card!
>>>>
>>>> Saludos cordiales
>>>> Lluis
>>>>
>>>> El 10/04/2009, a las 13:35, Eric Calderwood escribi?:
>>>>
>>>>  Hello Lluis,
>>>>>
>>>>> I always format the SD card in my M8 after copying any files from the
>>>>> SD
>>>>> card onto my computer via a card reader. I have never just deleted the
>>>>> images on any card whether SD or Compact Flash (in other digital
>>>>> cameras)
>>>>> and have never had a problem, always formatting the cards in camera.
>>>>>
>>>>> All the Best
>>>>> Eric
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/04/2009 12:22, "Lluis Ripoll" <luisripoll at telefonica.net> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Yesterday I was to Verges, a small village on the north of Catalonia,
>>>>>> the only place where they do the meieval "Dansa de la mort" (Death
>>>>>> dance). Suddenly my M8 was stopped with the warning "SD Full", I've
>>>>>> take another one I had with me, but I can't understand why. I
>>>>>> discharge and delete all the pictures every day.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At home when I've discharged the full SD card with only 62 pictures
>>>>>> and deleted, the counter shows me again as available 62 pictures....,
>>>>>> and the SD card is empty.....What I'm missing?.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can format the card of course, but what I'm doing wrong every
>>>>>> discharge?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for your help
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Saludos cordiales
>>>>>> Lluis
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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