steve harley wrote: >on 2013-12-18 7:08 Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote >> I would be most curious to find out what exactly this formatter >> does. > >yeah, there is far too much voodoo and FUD on subjects such as these; i've >done >generic FAT format (on OS X) as well as in camera and the only surprise i've >had is that sometimes a volume name set on the computer doesn't stick > >the only hint in the note on the website is that their special formatter >maintains the "protected area" for the security features that no one uses (in >fact the website almost never mentions the "Secure Digital" name)
Agreed. I occasionally format cards on my computer. Never had an issue. Hever heard of anyone else having an issue either. FUD is the word. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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.

