What size card does the 50D recognize?

Just got my new-to-me 50D, and the manual doesn't say what size CF card it will recognize up to. I have a 16gb, and my 350D doesn't recognize more then 8gb, so I would format on the laptop, and still be able to use all 16gb. Will the 50D see it as 16gb and format it to 16gb? The manual (yes, I checked) doesn't mention a size for the card. Thanks!

16 gb is a good size to stick with. You can go to 32 and the camera will work fine, but that is putting allyour eggs in one basket. If you have any issue, you lose everything. Some people don't like the 32 gb card because it can hold more than 1000 images but the camaera counter only goes to 999. Don't forget to do an in camera low level format.

On another note, make sure you download and install the latest and greatest firmware.

pop it in and see. Way easier than asking the forum and more accurate as well.

16GB will be fine. I used 8GB and 16GB with 50D. I used mostly 8GB, 250-300 RAW shots per card is all the eggs I want in any single basket... I mostly use the 16GB with 5DII.

+1 on gjl711

I use a 16GB and an 8GB CF Card in my 50D, both containing ML.
Never had any problem with them.

16Gb worked fine with my old 50D.

Yeah, it recognizes the 16gb no problem. Still wondering what the max card size it will recognize is though. Surprised this wasn't in the manual.

i use a 32gb in mine
works fine

KirkS518 wrote in post #15508068
Yeah, it recognizes the 16gb no problem. Still wondering what the max card size it will recognize is though. Surprised this wasn't in the manual.

It wasn't in the manual because when the manual was writ the largest available card was probably 16GB. But Canon knew that larger cards would become available during the lifetime of the camera. So it had three choices -

• Say that the limit was 16GB, because that's all that it had tested, and suffer the wrath of users who thought, wrongly, that larger cards wouldn't work.
  
• Say that the lmit was 2TB and risk a change in the CF format that made them incompatible.
  
• Ignore it.

Use a 32 in mine.

I have and have used a 32mb card in my 50D while on a cruise last Summer. But, I've decided to drop down to a 8mb, or 16mb cards. Why, because a friend of mine had a failure with over 400 shots on his 32mb card, and he lost every one of his pictures. So, I now shoot with a 8mb card, and download them as often as I can. Presently, I download all my pictures daily when I shoot them. I don't like a PP log jam with a 1000 photos to view, and process. Don't under cut your 50d, it's a great camera and will last you many a year. Oh, yes, format your card IN THE CAMERA!

I use a 16 all the time, tried the 32 once and it had to be formatted with a special program and my camera never did recognize it.