[bookport] Re: Compact Flash question
- From: "Rick Alfaro" <rick.alfaro@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 18:27:15 -0400
True, in the case of digital cameras, some of the manufacturers want to
format the media themselves. I know Olympus and Sony do that, but they use
SD cards and CF as far as I know.
--Best regards,
--Rick Alfaro
--rick.alfaro@xxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Sandy Licht
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:53 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Compact Flash question
When we bought our digital camera, the manual suggested we format the memory
before taking pictures.
At 04:49 PM 7/8/2005, you wrote:
>Actually, I have purchased various CF cards, and I have never gotten
>one that was unformatted. So far they have all been formatted as FAT
>and not
>FAT32 and that is the way most of these devices like it, or at least
>that has been my experience.
>
>
>
>
>--Best regards,
>
>--Rick Alfaro
>--rick.alfaro@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of Bruce Toews
>Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 4:46 PM
>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bookport] Re: Compact Flash question
>
>Offhand, I'm guessing that it's like the situation used to be, back in
>the dark ages, with floppies: some wil come preformatted, others will
>not, but in all cases you're just beter off doing it yourself anyway.
>That's my guess.
>
>Bruce
>
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>On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Alan Schlank wrote:
>
> > Is it necessary to format a new compact flash card before using it
> > with the Book Port?
> >
> > Alan Schlank
> >
> >
> >
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