D-50 - 2 g SD card?

The documentation for the camera says the D-50 will only support up to 1 gig
for the SD card. Has anyone tried to use a larger card?

"Rudy Benner" wrote in message
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The documentation for the camera says the D-50 will only support up to 1
gig
for the SD card. Has anyone tried to use a larger card?



Yup.
I use a 2Gig with my d50 all the time.
No probs (so far!)

--
Jeff R.

"Jeff R" wrote in message ...

"Rudy Benner" wrote in message
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The documentation for the camera says the D-50 will only support up to 1
gig
for the SD card. Has anyone tried to use a larger card?



Yup.
I use a 2Gig with my d50 all the time.
No probs (so far!)

--
Jeff R.



I have received information from another source which states that the D-50 will handle up to 2 gig if the card is formated to FAT16 and higher if formated to FAT32. The trick is to not format the card in the camera.

Perhaps the next firmware upgrade will address this.

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From Nikon Europe support site:

"The maximum memory card storage capacity can depend on the way data is
organised on the memory card, which is known as the 'format'.
Formatting a memory card completely re-organises the storage space of
the memory card, during this process all pictures on the card are
deleted.

All Nikon digital cameras are compatible with the most popular and
common formatting method for memory cards - FAT16 (file allocation
table), this limits the cameras maximum usable capacity of a memory
card to 2GB. If memory cards with a capacity larger than 2GB are
formatted as FAT16 then only 2GB will be available for use.

A newer version of the FAT file format standard is available called
FAT32 (which is also backwards compatible with FAT16), allowing the use
of larger memory cards with capacities larger than 2GB. Only the
following Nikon cameras support FAT32 allowing the used of memory cards
with capacities over 2GB;
- D2 series, D200, D100, D70, D70s, COOLPIX 8800, COOLPIX 8700 and
COOLPIX 8400.

Using a memory card formatted as FAT32 in a camera that only supports
FAT16, will result in the camera displaying an error message such as
'CHA' or 'This card cannot be used'.

Memory cards supplied with Nikon digital cameras should be formatted in
camera before they are used for the first time, to ensure they are
formatted in the correct file format before use."

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From Nikon Europe support site:

"The maximum memory card storage capacity can depend on the way data is
organised on the memory card, which is known as the 'format'.
Formatting a memory card completely re-organises the storage space of
the memory card, during this process all pictures on the card are
deleted.

All Nikon digital cameras are compatible with the most popular and
common formatting method for memory cards - FAT16 (file allocation
table), this limits the cameras maximum usable capacity of a memory
card to 2GB. If memory cards with a capacity larger than 2GB are
formatted as FAT16 then only 2GB will be available for use.

A newer version of the FAT file format standard is available called
FAT32 (which is also backwards compatible with FAT16), allowing the use
of larger memory cards with capacities larger than 2GB. Only the
following Nikon cameras support FAT32 allowing the used of memory cards
with capacities over 2GB;
- D2 series, D200, D100, D70, D70s, COOLPIX 8800, COOLPIX 8700 and
COOLPIX 8400.

Using a memory card formatted as FAT32 in a camera that only supports
FAT16, will result in the camera displaying an error message such as
'CHA' or 'This card cannot be used'.

Memory cards supplied with Nikon digital cameras should be formatted in
camera before they are used for the first time, to ensure they are
formatted in the correct file format before use."


Have you tried it?

I do not have a SD card bigger than 2 gig, however, if you format the card
to FAT 32, the camera will recognise it. I tried it. Others say that a 4 gig
will work if formatted to FAT32 on the PC.