Hello Frits,

Not having tried it, I was under the impression that the camera would
format FAT16 on cards < 2gb for maximum compatiblity.  But if the card
was over 2gb then the camera would format for FAT32.

-- 
Best regards,
Bruce



Friday, January 9, 2004, 10:41:29 AM, you wrote:

FW> After upgrading to firmware v1.10, I let my *ist D format my 512MB CF
FW> card. I checked the CF card on my WinXP machine, and it was reported as
FW> FAT. So that is FAT16.
FW> I then did a format of the CF card with my CF, and changed it to FAT32.
FW> Then I put it back in the *ist D. The camera could read it without any
FW> problem, and write a PEF file to it.

FW> Earlier it was stated operating systems don't support FAT16 over 2GB
FW> size due to too big cluster sizes. So I would conclude from this, that
the *ist D can use >>2GB cards if you format them first on a PC using
FW> FAT32.

FW> Is this correct?


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