Shel, thanks for posting this (I'm about to buy some cards for my vacations)
Take care Fernando On 4/27/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A week or so back I asked about the compatibility of the istDS (and, the > DS2 and DL as well) with 4GB SD cards. A few responses suggested the > camera "should" be able to handle them. I decided to look further for an > answer, and contacted Pentax directly. This afternoon I received a > response: > > ================================ > > Currently, the *ist DS camera with firmware version 2.0 > supports 2 GB SD cards (SD Association version 1.1). > When newer SD cards with the designation "SDHC" > (SD Association version 2.0) of capacities of 4GB > become available Pentax will support this new SD > card standard with a firmware update for our *ist DS > camera. > > There are 4 GB SD cards not carrying the "SDHC" > designation available now, but these were released prior > to the definition of the SD Association version 2.0 standard > (SDHC) and could well be incompatible with our cameras. > > In summary, Pentax plans to support the new SDHC > standard (and higher capacity SD cards) as it comes on > line in the very near future but our *ist DS, *ist DS2 and > *ist DL camera are currently compatible with SD cards > 2 GB and less. > > ================================ > > The way I read it, some 4GB cards may work with these cameras now, but > Pentax does not officially support them. IOW, you're on your own if you > decide to use such cards before the next firmware upgrade. > > Shel > > > >
