tennfan1125 Member  161 posts Likes: 4 Joined May 2007 Location: lexington,ky More info | Sep 26, 2014 11:16 | #1 So I have a Lexar Professional 800X 16gb card that my camera says need to be formatted. How am I supposed to do this. In camera going through the format process it says, Format Card, ALL data will be lost! but when I hit ok it says, "Cannot Format Change Card". canon 30d, canon 1d mkIII, 50mm 1.8, 18-55mm, canon 1.4 extender, canon 400mm f2.8 IS, canon 70-200 f2.8 IS II, Canon 16-35mm f2.8,Pocket Wizards,430 ex II, 580 ex II, Canon 430 EX, sigma SA-9, 70-300 5.6, 28-80mm(which I NEVER use)
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shocolite Senior Member  More info | Sep 26, 2014 13:15 | #2 Have you tried formatting the card on a PC/Mac? Or perhaps the card is locked? Canon 80D, 700D & G7 X; EF-S 10-18/18-135 STM, EF-S 18-135 IS USM, 50 F1.4, 100 F2.8L Macro, 16-35 F4L, 70-200 F4L IS; 100-400 L II, Speedlite 430EX II
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JohnfromPA Cream of the Crop 11,256 posts Likes: 1526 Joined May 2003 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania More info | Sep 26, 2014 14:04 | #3 shocolite wrote in post #17179072  Have you tried formatting the card on a PC/Mac? Or perhaps the card is locked? In addition to answering these questions, I see by your profile that you have a 30d and a canon 1d mkIII. Which camera is givng you issues and what type card? As I recall the 1DMKIIIcan use SD or CF but the canon 30D is strictly CF.
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CanonCameraFan Goldmember 1,694 posts Likes: 142 Joined Sep 2011 Location: Annapolis Maryland More info | Sep 26, 2014 21:46 | #4 30D uses CF only: EOS 7D w/BG-E7 (3), 550EX (3), 430EX II, Vivitar 285HV, Opteka 6.5mm/3.5, Canon EF-S 10-18/4.5-5.6 IS STM, Canon EF-S 24/2.8 STM, Canon EF 40/2.8 STM, Canon EF 100mm/2.0 USM, Canon EF 70-300mm/4-5.6 L IS USM, Canon 77mm 500D Macro, Tamrac 614 Bag & 787 Backpack, Crumpler 8 MDH, 7 MDH, 6 MDH
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Sep 26, 2014 22:54 | #5 If you can connect it to a computer I would suggest deleting any partition. Place it in the camera and try allowing the camera to format it.
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JohnfromPA Cream of the Crop 11,256 posts Likes: 1526 Joined May 2003 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania More info | Sep 27, 2014 09:07 | #6 Interesting that the OP also has a current thread in which he feels a Lexar 3.0 card reader is giving him an issue. See https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php?t=1399578.
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110yd Senior Member 790 posts Likes: 35 Joined Jan 2005 More info | Sep 27, 2014 11:10 | #7 tennfan1125 wrote in post #17178871 So I have a Lexar Professional 800X 16gb card that my camera says need to be formatted. How am I supposed to do this. In camera going through the format process it says, Format Card, ALL data will be lost! but when I hit ok it says, "Cannot Format Change Card". So what am I to do...? The Canon 30D can not format the 16 GB card...The max CF card size for the 30 D is 8 GB.
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Sep 28, 2014 00:37 | #8 I just dont understand why my camera would say "Cannot Format, Change Card1". canon 30d, canon 1d mkIII, 50mm 1.8, 18-55mm, canon 1.4 extender, canon 400mm f2.8 IS, canon 70-200 f2.8 IS II, Canon 16-35mm f2.8,Pocket Wizards,430 ex II, 580 ex II, Canon 430 EX, sigma SA-9, 70-300 5.6, 28-80mm(which I NEVER use)
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CanonCameraFan Goldmember 1,694 posts Likes: 142 Joined Sep 2011 Location: Annapolis Maryland More info | Sep 28, 2014 21:42 | #9 It cannot format a 16GB card and knows it, thus it says to change the card. There are many generations of controllers and cards, and is apparently aware of the mismatch as noted in post just previous to your last one. EOS 7D w/BG-E7 (3), 550EX (3), 430EX II, Vivitar 285HV, Opteka 6.5mm/3.5, Canon EF-S 10-18/4.5-5.6 IS STM, Canon EF-S 24/2.8 STM, Canon EF 40/2.8 STM, Canon EF 100mm/2.0 USM, Canon EF 70-300mm/4-5.6 L IS USM, Canon 77mm 500D Macro, Tamrac 614 Bag & 787 Backpack, Crumpler 8 MDH, 7 MDH, 6 MDH
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Jimil Senior Member 427 posts Likes: 23 Joined Sep 2009 Location: SF Bay Area, CA More info | Sep 28, 2014 22:19 | #10 John from PA wrote in post #17179154 As I recall the 30D can use SD or CF but the canon 1D MKIII is strictly CF. FYI, you have this reversed. The 1DMKIII had both SD and CF, while the 30D only has CF.
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JohnfromPA Cream of the Crop 11,256 posts Likes: 1526 Joined May 2003 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania More info | Sep 29, 2014 08:43 | #11 Jimil wrote in post #17183054 FYI, you have this reversed. The 1DMKIII had both SD and CF, while the 30D only has CF. Good catch and I fixed my original comment.
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Ok, so the 30d cannot format the card... I got that but what about a 1d mark III? Can it not format the card either? canon 30d, canon 1d mkIII, 50mm 1.8, 18-55mm, canon 1.4 extender, canon 400mm f2.8 IS, canon 70-200 f2.8 IS II, Canon 16-35mm f2.8,Pocket Wizards,430 ex II, 580 ex II, Canon 430 EX, sigma SA-9, 70-300 5.6, 28-80mm(which I NEVER use)
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whiteflyer Goldmember  More info | Sep 30, 2014 04:10 | #13 110yd wrote in post #17180385 The Canon 30D can not format the 16 GB card...The max CF card size for the 30 D is 8 GB. Regards, 110yd
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JohnfromPA Cream of the Crop 11,256 posts Likes: 1526 Joined May 2003 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania More info | Oct 02, 2014 09:56 | #14 whiteflyer wrote in post #17185509 Sorry but that's incorrect The 30D removed the 8GB limit of the 20D and can support card up to at least 32GB and I'm 99% sure up to the CF spec's maximum size of 137GB. Is that perhaps just part of the issue; the other being what file system does the 30D support? Even a later camera, the 40D for instance only supports FAT32 which only supports a maximum partition of only 32GB.
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whiteflyer Goldmember More info | Oct 02, 2014 13:41 | #15 John from PA wrote in post #17189888 Keep in mind as well that the OP has a separate thread elsewhere where he suspects issues with a Lexar USB 3.0 card reader so I can't help but think the two issues aren't related.
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