I can't give the technical answer that others here can, but... it's's supposed to be the most reliable way to delete all of one's photos and avoid corruption that could result in lost photos in the future.
"Delete all" is an alternative that doesn't rewrite the card's directory. In the K10D one could do that by pressing the trash can button twice. On the K7 it's buried in some menu. Sheesh. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 6/27/10, Leon Altoff <[email protected]> wrote: > I've never formatted a memory card in > my life. Is there something I'm > missing out on? Why do people format their memory > cards? > > Leon > > On 27 June 2010 03:51, Rick Womer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Does anyone know a way to format the memory card in a > K7 with fewer than 16 button pushes? > > > > Does anyone know who the bozo was who made formatting > take 3 times as many button pushes as getting to the custom > focus adjustment? > > > > There are things about the K10 I miss... > > > > Rick > > > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
