SDHC Card worries - and not-worries
May. 8th, 2012 01:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pathology_docBecause I thought (a) I might like to try shooting RAW format and (b) I wanted plenty of shots available in that format (or any other), I went off a short while ago and bought myself a 4GB SDHC card for my faithful Pentax *ist-DL.
PROBLEM: The camera chokes on the card and refuses to recognise or even re-format it.
MISTAKE: Go back to the store and, swearing under my breath, buy a 2GB SD card (without the HC). Still gives me a little over 666 shots in full JPEG mode, so shouldn't be a problem.
SOLUTION (found accidentally when browsing the Pentax site looking for new lenses and accessories to buy): find that there is a firmware update for the *ist-DL which specifically solves my problem. Follow instructions - all seems well. Go home, dig the SDHC card out of its new home in the camcorder. Fit it. Turn camera on.
Shots remaining: 999.
Beautiful.
PROBLEM: The camera chokes on the card and refuses to recognise or even re-format it.
MISTAKE: Go back to the store and, swearing under my breath, buy a 2GB SD card (without the HC). Still gives me a little over 666 shots in full JPEG mode, so shouldn't be a problem.
SOLUTION (found accidentally when browsing the Pentax site looking for new lenses and accessories to buy): find that there is a firmware update for the *ist-DL which specifically solves my problem. Follow instructions - all seems well. Go home, dig the SDHC card out of its new home in the camcorder. Fit it. Turn camera on.
Shots remaining: 999.
Beautiful.