According to the various articles I read, it's suggested to never format your card in the computer, only in the camera in which it will be used. Amongst all the articles and comments that I read, someone - I forget who - suggested formatting twice. This was someone whose work and expertise I generally respect - of course, I can no longer recall who - maybe Bruce Fraser? - and so I just got in the habit of formatting twice. NBD, especially with a fast card matched to the capabilitiy of the istDS. Do I need to do it? Perhaps not, but it makes me feel good and secure, so I do it. And maybe it does help, and maybe some day it will save an image or two, so for the expenditure of an additional 1.5 seconds per day, I'll format twice.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've read a number of opinions on this, and have decided, based on those > opinions, that the cards shall be formatted twice in succession in the > camera each time I'm done with the images on them. > > Shel (A belt and suspenders guy) > ======== > Twice? I format in camera because I trust it to format for that specific > camera. Not so sure about the computer format. And I format rather than erase, > because with a computer erasure can leave holes, while a format gives a clean > start. But twice??? > > Marnie aka Doe :-) > > -- > 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
