On Dec 17, 2013, at 4:28 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > I've never had any problem formatting my SD cards in camera but the SD > Association (they maintain the SD Card standards) suggest that you can get > better performance using the SD Formatter 4.0 software for SD/SDHC/SDXC cards. > > It's a free download for Windows & Mac. > > https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/ > > > -- > Cheers > > Brian >
Brian, as I read their note, it recommends using their formatter in lieu of the computers' generic formatting process designed for a variety of storage media. And that makes sense. But it doesn't speak to in-camera formatting since presumably the camera manufacturers are using formatting procedures specifically tuned for the SD media. My takeaway is that I should use their utility on my computer if/when I format an SD card on the computer, but it doesn't resolve the in-camera vs. in-computer card formatting "controversy." stan -- 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.
