1ds mk3 not reading all cf cards

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Hi, just got hold of a 1ds mk3, but not all my cf cards are working in it. they work fine 1dx mk2

Anyone any ideas
 
My old 1D3 wouldn't read Lexar cards, never got to the bottom of it.

Perfect otherwise
 
Yeah interesting, there extreme 3's it would read.
 
Are they genuine?
 
yeah they work in my other camera a 1dx mk2.
 
Just a random thought!

Perhaps format using a reader on PC.....and then format in camera! Why, maybe I think just swapped across from the other body there could be a body specific file that inhibits use on the other body?
 
yep, thought the same, don't that in many different format styles the different format styles won't on both Mac and 1dxmk2 but not the 1ds mk3. I do have other scan disk cards that do work so the slot works.
 
There a mix of 1 or 4gd cards it doesn’t like.

Reads the 64gd newer extreme cards I have.
 
Russdaz1 said:
There a mix of 1 or 4gd cards it doesn’t like.

Reads the 64gd newer extreme cards I have.
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So it's not an issue then at all. Small cards are pretty useless one way or another.
 
LongLensPhotography said:
So it's not an issue then at all. Small cards are pretty useless one way or another.
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It’s not a big a deal no got plenty of space, just more cards come handy for some day long sports shoots I am getting ready for that have different classes.
 
I seem to remember a little twist with the MkIII's (both versions) in that if the SD card was formatted as FAT32 then they wouldn't read a CF formatted as exFAT whilst the SD card was installed.
 
Now that's an interesting one to remember, I haven't tried the SD card reader yet, as I have missed placed them since getting the 1Dx that uses cf and fast cards
 
Just food for thought? A friend of mine used to have a 1D3 (in many ways a similar camera electronically) and the best cards for his were the Sandisk Extreme 3 8GB SD cards - significantly faster (in the camera) than any CF card we tried. In the 1D3 CF was noticeably slower than SD - the only camera I have yet found this to be the case.

Worth a try?
 
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