SD Card Question

[DavieW]

My father bought a SanDisk Ultra SDHC I 8GB card for his Samsung compact. With the card in the camera won't switch on. To confirm it was the card at fault I tried it in my Samsung compact (different model) and it says the memory is full. In my 450D it works perfectly.
Would it be because it's a HC card that's causing the problem in the compacts? On the plus side I've now got a new 8GB card

 

[Brian_of_Bozeat]

It might be too "big" in terms of memory, we have a Nikon compact here that will only take cards up to 1GB. Have you checked the specs on the compacts?

 

[wontolla]

Some will not accept sdhc cards at all. Try a normal (ordinary) sd card to make sure it's not the camera.

 

[MartynK]

As above. Some cameras can't use HC cards, or any card above a certain size. Check the camera specifications, they should tell you what cards it's designed for, or try it with an ordinary card and see if makes any difference.

 

[Nod]

Thanks for the reminder! I have an oldish Canon selphy printer that won't read SDHC cards. Must mention that in the thread that I offered advice on.

 

[DavieW]

Some will not accept sdhc cards at all. Try a normal (ordinary) sd card to make sure it's not the camera.

Thanks for the replies.

Both compact cameras work with the normal SD cards we already had in them.

 

[wontolla]

Thanks for the replies.

Both compact cameras work with the normal SD cards we already had in them.

You're welcome. Glad you sorted it!

 

[Nod]

When I wanted a couple of extra plain SD cards, I found some 2GB ones in Boots. I dare say I could have found them cheaper online but I needed them immediately (we were off on holiday the next day) so needs musted!