Transcend 16GB Compact Flash Only Formatting as 8GB
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Like any self-respecting photog, the first thing I do prior to leaving on a shoot is format my compact flash card in camera. It's something I don't even think about anymore, it's just automatic. So, naturally the first thing I did upon receiving a new Transcend 16GB compact flash card from Amazon last night, I popped it in my Canon 20D to format it. The 20D showed it as a 7.4GB card, with space for 770 RAW images on the card. Uggg.
When I got to work this morning, I tried it in a 5D, and 1Ds Mark II. Even though it showed in both as a 7.4GB card, after formatting in both, it shows as 14.9GB. OK, so it's an issue with my 20D with firmware v2.0.3 unable to format cards larger than 8GB. Freegin Canon.
Luckly, thanks to the Googles and David Naylor's blog, I found a software tool, USB Disk Storage Format, that will also allow USB card readers to easily format the full 16GB in Windows. It's so handy, I've mirrored it on my website in case the host goes offline or moves it.
C'mon Canon, step it up. I still use my 20D as my family shooter or situations where I'd rather not subject a 5D (beach, drunk hippies).
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I have also had difficulty
I have also had difficulty formatting it. It does not really format the full 16 GB
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I eventually had to format
I eventually had to format the card via my laptop rather than the camera but had another problem - only 7.3 GB was formatted. I downloaded and ran the USB Disk Storage utility mentioned here hoping that it would format the full card, but like Windows, it only formatted 7.3GB... Does anyone know what the trick is to format the entire card?
I just bought a Transcend
I just bought a Transcend 16GB CF card for my Sony DLSR-A300 and had the same problem where only 7.36 GB was being formatted. The camera users guide recommended you use the camera to format the card but after doing that and taking a few photos I was unable to download any of the pics to my laptop - Windows said the disk was unformatted. I eventually had to format the card via my laptop rather than the camera but had another problem - only 7.3 GB was formatted. I downloaded and ran the USB Disk Storage utility mentioned here hoping that it would format the full card, but like Windows, it only formatted 7.3GB... Does anyone know what the trick is to format the entire card?
Thanks
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