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Mike Cawood, HND BIT - 16 Jul 2007 11:04 GMT

Transcend 1GB SD card. died months ago in my old camera (Kodak Z650), would
not reformat in camera or PC.
Other cards work ok so no problem apart from a few lost photos which I
retook.
Faulty memory card put in draw for 3 months.
Bought new camera (Fuji Finepix S5700).
Tried faulty card in new camera and it formatted & now appears to work,
although I won't be using that card as it's been replaced (I've bought a 1GB
card and a 2GB card not the same brand).
I just can't understand how the card can die and then seem to work ok.
Regards Mike.

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harrogate3 - 16 Jul 2007 21:03 GMT

> Transcend 1GB SD card. died months ago in my old camera (Kodak Z650), would
> not reformat in camera or PC.
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> I just can't understand how the card can die and then seem to work ok.
> Regards Mike.

Try this one. I have a Ricoh Caplio RR30 3Mb compact. Worked perfectly
for ages then developed an idiosyncratic fault. Whenever I take a
picture it says the card is full - but it is actually empty. Doesn't
matter what card - always the same, but the card works perfectly in
any other camera including an identical Ricoh owned by my son.

Here's the good bit. If I take the card (any card) out of the camera
and put it back in before I switch the camera on it works perfectly.

As for cards, from bitter experience I would suggest to anyone that
they use the best card they can afford - Sandisk Ultra or Extreme,
Fuji, Kodak - but avoid any of the cheap makes. Having said that I
needed some cards whilst on holiday in France last month I bought a
three pack of 1Gb cards under the Danelec name at E. Leclerc ("it is
I, Leclerc!") for €28.95 (about twenty quid) and when I turned them
over I found they were Toshiba!

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Trev - 16 Jul 2007 21:34 GMT

> Transcend 1GB SD card. died months ago in my old camera (Kodak Z650),
> would not reformat in camera or PC.
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> I just can't understand how the card can die and then seem to work ok.
> Regards Mike.

Dont Fiji's use XD and not SD

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harrogate3 - 16 Jul 2007 22:41 GMT

> > Transcend 1GB SD card. died months ago in my old camera (Kodak Z650),
> > would not reformat in camera or PC.
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> >
> Dont Fiji's use XD and not SD

Cameras do, but they make all types of card.

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Trev - 16 Jul 2007 22:54 GMT

>> > Transcend 1GB SD card. died months ago in my old camera (Kodak
> Z650),
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>
> Cameras do, but they make all types of card.

As You noted I meant Fuji, I also meant how do you format a SD Card in a
camera that uses XD

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John Bean - 16 Jul 2007 22:54 GMT

>> Transcend 1GB SD card. died months ago in my old camera (Kodak Z650),
>> would not reformat in camera or PC.
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>>
> Dont Fiji's use XD and not SD

Is that some sort of grass skirt?

Oh... maybe you meant *Fuji* ;-)

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Mike Cawood, HND BIT - 18 Jul 2007 23:45 GMT

>> Transcend 1GB SD card. died months ago in my old camera (Kodak Z650),
>> would not reformat in camera or PC.
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>>
> Dont Fiji's use XD and not SD

The S5700 will take XD or SD cards, I use SD cards as they're cheaper and
I've had some from previous cameras.
I'd always wanted a Fuji but previous models only taking XD cards put me off
but now this new model takes SD cards as well - I am chuffed.
See http://www.fujifilm.co.uk/technical/folder.pl?id=282
Regards Mike.

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