CompactFlash memory cards

[peter.m]

Any advice, Ive got a 128MB memory card. When the pics are dumped onto the computer and the card formatted everything seems fine. Put the card into the camera and it says card contains no images. The trouble is when you dump the new pictures it still dumps copies of an old set at the same time. Anyone know why this is? It seems that it is taking up some of the space on the card.

 

[TC]

The \"old set\" may be stored on the cameras own internal memory, Peter and not on the card itself.

I\'ve had people come to me at work thinking they\'ve lost all the photos they\'d just taken, as they didn\'t show up on the card. When I\'ve looked, they\'ve been on the internal memory of the camera.

It could be that when you are downloading you \"new\" photos, the camera downloads the \"old\" set aswell......but because they haven\'t been deleted, they are still in the cameras memory. Cosequently, next time you download a set of \"new\" photos, you get the \"old\" set again.

[Edited on 12/2/2006 by TC]

 

[peter.m]

Thanks for the quick reply. I don\'t know if it makes a difference but I\'m not downloading straight from the camera. Was using an external port for the old computer but got an internal card drive on the new one.

Will have a look at the camera.

 

[peter.m]

Checked the camera without a card and can\'t find any memory (don\'t have instruction booklet as bought second hand). Also it only seems to happen with one card and not the others. No great deal as just don\'t store them but thought there might be something I could do. Thanks

 

[TC]

Lol.....oh well, it was worth a try.

I\'m not really that well up on digital cameras - still a bit of a dinosaur and use predominently 35mm film.

There probably IS something you can do Peter, but I don\'t know what that might be.

 

[sless]

have you got sorted peter
i have a 128 mb compact flash card you can have if you want it
also a 32 mb card
the camera took a swim in vodka and is knackered but the cards are ok

 

[peter.m]

Cheers for that Sless. I\'ve got a few spare cards but just thought there might be something I could do with this one. It still works but just a bit extra sorting when dumping the pictures, thanks anyway.

 

[sless]

no problem mate

 

[Charlton]

Peter after downloading images are you clearing the card or actually formatting it. If you are just clearing the card try formatting it.

 

[peter.m]

Thanks for the conversation this afternoon Alan. Seems to have done the trick. Had to format it on the computer and again on the camera but it worked.

Tried it with new pictures which were OK.

I don\'t know if this is relevant but when the offending pictures were coming up they showed as a copy of a previous file.