camera question: changing CF card

[Menno van der Haven]

In the manual of my Canon camera it is written that once my CF card reaches 9999 pictures, I have to change it for a new CF card.
However, the manual also states that it is possible to format a CF card.
Question: is it possible to format my CF card and use it again?

 

[Greg Campbell]

Simply use your camera's 'format' or 'delete all' function. I'll bet camera just starts over at 0000 when it reaches 9999. There's absolutely no reason the CF card will stop working.

 

[Jay Cazel]

I went to a Nikon school last year and what the guy was saying about formating CF cards is to format often after you are done shooting. Say you have a card that holds 300 or 400 pics, even if you take 150 or so and download the pictures to you computer, delate the pics then use Windows to format the CF card once you put it back in the camera (well for Nikons) it is ready to go. Formating a CF card will not hurt it at all.

 

[Stuart Robinson]

Just be aware that the Image filename count will reset to Zero - don't overwright all your images when you copy them to your laptop.

Actually, I would not trust keeping 9999 images on ANY flash card - best back them up to your laptop / pc / server /DVD sharpish!

 

[Jason Foster]

I'm scared to admit going over the 9999 mark a few times with cameras....and no big deal. Never any issues other than what Stuart mentioned. I have a system down to avoid that, so just be aware of it.