To test the memory card. You don't want to lose pictures because of a bad memory card. Of course, there are other ways to test a memory card.
Even though it takes battery, I tend to download pictures from the camera, and not remove the picture card from the camera (and put it into a card reader). The less the card is handled, the less likely it is to fail. And there is a socket on my camera for plugging in a 6-volt DC "wall wart" to run the download process without consuming battery. One just has to find the wall wart. <g> I have a 500 MB card in my camera, which, at the resolution I use, is good for 500 pictures. It's really difficult to take 500 pictures before you have an opportunity to move them to a computer. It's a "High Speed" card that I got at Wal Mart (but a brand name one, I forget which brand) for $40. Fred Holmes At 12:15 PM 9/18/2007, Judy Cosler wrote: >why? > >chad evans wyatt wrote: >>To paraphrase Ken Rockwell, ALWAYS reformat memory >>once you have downloaded or even viewed a memory >>card's images on your computer. If the latter, >>download, then reformat. An unsuccessful reformat, as >>Tom says, is an automatic red flag. >> >> >>Chad ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
