You know, if all things technical always worked exactly the way they should, I'd agree about not needing to format a card.
As it is, the safest way to increase the reliability of your cards is to always format them in the camera in which they will be used. It may be superstion. But after working with computers for 30 years, I've found that "what should be" and "what makes common sense" often don't. See you later, gs <http://georgesphotos.net> On 12/3/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Between formatting and "delete all" with the DS there doesn't seem to > be much of a difference in speed. Delete all will honor protect bits > if you set them. > > G > > On Dec 3, 2006, at 2:44 AM, Thibouille wrote: > > > Formating a card is way faster than deleting every pix. > > Formating in a PC is less reliable than on the camera, so a format in > > camera is a necessity. > > > > 2006/12/3, David Bliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> William Robb wrote: > >> > >>> The format command is a bit deeper in than I like. I would prefer > >>> it on > >>> the Fn menu somewhere. > >> > >> Why would you ever need to use the format command? Every new > >> flash card > >> I've ever seen comes pre-formatted. And even if not that's only > >> once per > >> card, ever. > >> > >> If (as I guess) you just want to delete all the images on the card, > >> just press Delete twice while in playback. Should be fast enough? > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
