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sGu
8th of November 2005 (Tue), 17:11
I've recently upgraded firmware on my MK II, only till yesterday that I found out it only gives 129 frames from a 2GB CF card(Sandisk Ultra II), I've tried formatting the cards countless times, set different file size and still no change, I've also tested all my 2GB cards and problem remains.

Has anyone experienced the same problem? Or is there anyway to get it fixed?

Many thanks!
robertwgross
8th of November 2005 (Tue), 17:15
I've tried formatting the cards countless times,...

Are you doing a quick format in the camera, or a complete format in the computer?

After a format, are you seeing the reported available capacity that you expect in terms of gigabytes?

---Bob Gross---
primoz
9th of November 2005 (Wed), 01:19
It's fine... your frame counter is probably at 9870 right? I had this "problem" once too and I tried everything but nothing changed. I don't have frame counter displayed since I have ISO and left images counter so on first place I didn't notice this. After few formats of card I finally switched custom function back to show frame counter and it was close to 9999. If you reset frame counter it will show normal amount of photos left for card. Or just wait till it comes to 9999 and it will auto reset :)
sGu
9th of November 2005 (Wed), 04:01
It's fine... your frame counter is probably at 9870 right? I had this "problem" once too and I tried everything but nothing changed. I don't have frame counter displayed since I have ISO and left images counter so on first place I didn't notice this. After few formats of card I finally switched custom function back to show frame counter and it was close to 9999. If you reset frame counter it will show normal amount of photos left for card. Or just wait till it comes to 9999 and it will auto reset :)

AAAhhhh.... now that makes so much sense! Thanks a lot!!! :D
blackviolet
15th of November 2005 (Tue), 20:11
the first two times this happened to me i thought i was going crazy. and it's more of a semi-auto reset - it requires input. if you are taking shots where you might be bursting and you are relatively close to 9999, it's best to simply reset it before you start shooting.