Re: [tlug] Tip of the Day: Repairing a corrupted DCIM card

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 16/07/07, Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com> wrote:

> Actually, you can just stick it in your camera and use the camera's menu
> option to format it.

I should have mentioned that this did not work, at least in finite
time. I let the camera churn for 30 minutes (and right through one set
of rechargeable batteries!) before it shut itself off with the card in
the same unusable state.

> My understanding is that (and keep in mind I'm rather new to the digital
> camera world myself, at least at the level at which I use film cameras)
> after you've dumped all your pics onto a PC or whatever, it's best always
> to reformat the card in your camera before going out to your next shoot.
> This goes for any kind of card.

I've never once done this, in the five-plus years I've been playing
with digital cameras.

Lyle, you are pretty trigger-happy (in the sense that photography pays
most of your bills, I suppose you'd better be); where do you stand on
this issue?

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Cheers,
Josh