Take the card out and put it back in again, it might not be seated correctly. happens to my old olympus piece of shit all the time.

 

Take the card out and put it back in again, it might not be seated correctly. happens to my old olympus piece of shit all the time.

Did that Tony....error message still appears

 

Have you tried using the camera to format the card, or possibly using a cardreader to wipe the card, so its empty?

Just a few thoughts...

Jake

 

Well, to find out if it's the camera or the card you'll need a card reader to see if ya can format it on the puter. The readers are really cheap nowadays, here is one for $10 that covers just about every kind of cards:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1339374&CatId=962

If ya can't access/format card using the card reader on the puter, the card is f'd up.

 

Maybe you can ask someone else with a MP3 player or camera that uses that type of card, if they can format for you before you buy something.

 

You can go to wallgreens or walmart photo section and see if the card is readable.... you might even be able to delete the huge file,

Does the small capacity memory card that came with the camera still work ?
might be that the camera doesn't understand the larger capacity memory card or has a limit on file size.

card readers are cheap like bwa said,
If you are near the city I can try and read it for you.

 

do you have a pda? try sticking the SD card in your pda to format it and then put it back in your camera afterwards if successful

 

Rick try using your camera to reinitialize/format the card. The manual should show how to do this. I had to do it once on my old Olympus camera. If that doesn't work, try cleaning off the exposed gold/copper contacts.

As for your original inquiry, your camera can shoot videos up to 26 seconds in large format 640x480 and up to 216 seconds in small format 160x120. Reason being is the internal buffer is 12Megs and the camera just can't keep up. Once the buffer is filled, it has to be flushed to secondary storage.

 

Have you tried using the camera to format the card, or possibly using a cardreader to wipe the card, so its empty?

Just a few thoughts...

Jake

JAke...I have tried that, it will not allow me to select that option. I don't have a card reader.

 

Rick try using your camera to reinitialize/format the card. The manual should show how to do this. I had to do it once on my old Olympus camera. If that doesn't work, try cleaning off the exposed gold/copper contacts.

As for your original inquiry, your camera can shoot videos up to 26 seconds in large format 640x480 and up to 216 seconds in small format 160x120. Reason being is the internal buffer is 12Megs and the camera just can't keep up. Once the buffer is filled, it has to be flushed to secondary storage.

I cannot format the card with camera...it will not allow to select that feature. I can re-format my older smaller 256mb card, but not the 1 GB card.

 

do you have a pda? try sticking the SD card in your pda to format it and then put it back in your camera afterwards if successful

Your kidding right? Me with a PDA:laughing At least you made me laugh:bow

 

You can go to wallgreens or walmart photo section and see if the card is readable.... you might even be able to delete the huge file,

Does the small capacity memory card that came with the camera still work ?
might be that the camera doesn't understand the larger capacity memory card or has a limit on file size.

card readers are cheap like bwa said,
If you are near the city I can try and read it for you.

I'm going to Wolf Camera, where the camera was purchased, maybe they can read and delete the card.

The small card that came with the card still works

 

Has this guy been by this week yet? If not, you still have time

 

Your kidding right? Me with a PDA:laughing At least you made me laugh:bow

:rofl


They're actually very helpful. Especially if you are absent minded or have a bad memory.

 

Has this guy been by this week yet? If not, you still have time

:laughing Thats what I was thinking also

 

Update.....I was ripped off by the ebayer seller. Card marked SanDisk 1.0 GB SD, what it actually is a 512MB card, a counterfeit! SanDisk tech support, very helpful, the CSR knew what it was the moment I read him the serial number on the back. Getting a full refund! For all those who had suggestions, your help was appreciated!