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inthegarden
18th of June 2003 (Wed), 00:32
New G3 owner here. I just stuck the cf card in the camera and started shooting. Then I noticed in some forum questions/comments something about formatting first. Being a 32 the card filled up quickly. In the meatime I had picked up a 128 card. I did click on "format" for that . . . but since I didn't format the 32 card, what will happen when I go to (try) to download the images???
I hope this made some sort of sense.
You all are great, and I've seen some great G3 shots since I've been going through past posts.
I'm very encouraged and looking forward to what I can do with my new camera.
Donna J

onehotrx7
18th of June 2003 (Wed), 00:44
It'll probably be fine... most CF cards are already 'formatted' - for some the Canon format will work better, but the standard format will work OK... make sure you format the card once in a while to solve some issues with filespace fragmentation that causes some cards to fail, or appear to fail, prematurely...

Cheers,
Stuart