CF questions

i have a lexar 133x 1gig card. when in raw mode it says i cant take about 111 pictures. i recently bought the same card but a 2 gig. and it say i can take about 157 photos. now my thinking was that a 2 gig card could take twice that of the one gig. apparently not. is this normal? or is my 2 gig card bad or something?

Did you change your ISO setting inbetween looking at the figures? That can have a large impact on what your camera reckons it can fit on a card.

Jim G wrote in post #5574738
Did you change your ISO setting inbetween looking at the figures? That can have a large impact on what your camera reckons it can fit on a card.

no i just stuck the one card in. pulled it out and stuck the other card in.

If the read-out is anything like the 20D's try going into your menu and going to the format screen... that'll give you a figure as to how much of the card is available.

My 4G can hold twice as much as my 2G...

Jim G wrote in post #5574769
If the read-out is anything like the 20D's try going into your menu and going to the format screen... that'll give you a figure as to how much of the card is available.

My 4G can hold twice as much as my 2G...

i did that and it says 592mb used and at the right it says 1.9gb

i figured it out i think. you cant delete raw files with your camera can you. i just pluged card back into computor and it still had the raw files in there.

is there a way to delete raw files with your camera?

Just format it. It's cleaner than deleting the images.

Did you format the card before using it? Some cards (including Lexar, I think) have some photo recovery software on it that you need to copy to your PC and delete before using the card.

mrbass111 wrote in post #5574807
i did that and it says 592mb used and at the right it says 1.9gb

i figured it out i think. you cant delete raw files with your camera can you. i just pluged card back into computor and it still had the raw files in there.

is there a way to delete raw files with your camera?

You can delete raw files in the camera - they come up just the same as jpegs.

Jim G wrote in post #5575063
You can delete raw files in the camera - they come up just the same as jpegs.

the odd thing is i tried to do that and it said no image. so i assumed i deleted them in PP. but when i put the card back into the computors the raw files were still there. but after i removed the files from the card i took some test photos and was able to delete them???????

Then the files were either from a different camera using a different RAW format or they were in an unexpected directory structure location for the camera to actually see.