I've had a Canon powershot digital camera for several years. When I got
it, I read the basic instructions in the beginning of the thick manual in detail and then skimmed the rest of the manual. Evidently I missed p.141 which
suggests you format each new memory card you install.
I've only used the starter Canon memory card which evidently comes already properly formatted and a PNY 2 GB SD card which I, in my ignorance, did not format at all. To my knowledge, everything seems to working ok ........
but perhaps it is not.
Is it really necessary to format each card? Do some brands work and some don't w/o formatting? Does it matter if you switch from SD to SDHC or some other types? How do I know if there is a problem? If I stick to 2 GB SD
(which is what the PNY in the camera now is), but switch brands , do I need to worry about formatting? Does the answer depend on what brand of camera you use?
In the ancient days of PCs, you used to have to format floppies. Later , AFAIK, they came already formatted and you didn't need to do it regardless of what floppy or PC you used. Is the camera/memory card story the same or different.
it, I read the basic instructions in the beginning of the thick manual in detail and then skimmed the rest of the manual. Evidently I missed p.141 which
suggests you format each new memory card you install.
I've only used the starter Canon memory card which evidently comes already properly formatted and a PNY 2 GB SD card which I, in my ignorance, did not format at all. To my knowledge, everything seems to working ok ........
but perhaps it is not.
Is it really necessary to format each card? Do some brands work and some don't w/o formatting? Does it matter if you switch from SD to SDHC or some other types? How do I know if there is a problem? If I stick to 2 GB SD
(which is what the PNY in the camera now is), but switch brands , do I need to worry about formatting? Does the answer depend on what brand of camera you use?
In the ancient days of PCs, you used to have to format floppies. Later , AFAIK, they came already formatted and you didn't need to do it regardless of what floppy or PC you used. Is the camera/memory card story the same or different.