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I ordered a new 4GB CF card for the Nikon D200 I ordered. I am keeping
my Coolpix 4500 as a 'vacation' camera - no need to lug around the SLR
for holiday snaps.

I popped the 4gb CF into the 4500, allowed the camera to format it,
and now I get an "out of memory" error whenever I insert the CF card
into the camera.

Is there an upper limit to the size of CF card a Coolpix 4500 can
accept? I figured maybe the camera's software or firmware might not
know how to handle such a large capacity CF card, which did not exist
at the time the camera came out.

thx in advance

On 12 Feb 2007 06:55:37 -0800, in rec.photo.digital
wrote:

>I ordered a new 4GB CF card for the Nikon D200 I ordered. I am keeping
>my Coolpix 4500 as a 'vacation' camera - no need to lug around the SLR
>for holiday snaps.
>
>I popped the 4gb CF into the 4500, allowed the camera to format it,
>and now I get an "out of memory" error whenever I insert the CF card
>into the camera.
>
>Is there an upper limit to the size of CF card a Coolpix 4500 can
>accept? I figured maybe the camera's software or firmware might not
>know how to handle such a large capacity CF card, which did not exist
>at the time the camera came out.

Probably a FAT16 2GB limit. My Sandisk Extreme III 4GB cards have a
switch that lets one set either of two Fat16 2GB ranges or 1 FAT32 4GB
range for the cards.
-
Ed Ruf ()
http://edwardgruf.com/Digital_Photog...ral/index.html

In article <. com>,
<> wrote:

> Is there an upper limit to the size of CF card a Coolpix 4500 can
> accept? I figured maybe the camera's software or firmware might not
> know how to handle such a large capacity CF card, which did not exist
> at the time the camera came out.

I never would have though to try it. The largest approved CF card for
that camera is 160MB; on mine I start getting some funny errors when I
try a 256MB (though it DOES seem to work.)

Ed is probably right that you'll have FAT errors, though I wouldn't
rule out other incompatibilities.

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:55:37 -0800, rynato wrote:

> I ordered a new 4GB CF card for the Nikon D200 I ordered. I am keeping
> my Coolpix 4500 as a 'vacation' camera - no need to lug around the SLR
> for holiday snaps.
>
> I popped the 4gb CF into the 4500, allowed the camera to format it,
> and now I get an "out of memory" error whenever I insert the CF card
> into the camera.
>
> Is there an upper limit to the size of CF card a Coolpix 4500 can
> accept? I figured maybe the camera's software or firmware might not
> know how to handle such a large capacity CF card, which did not exist
> at the time the camera came out.
>
> thx in advance

Wikipedia tells us that the Fat16 limit is 2gb as it is normally
implemented (can be done with 4gb, but usually isn't). So I would guess it
is formatted Fat32 and the camera doesn't understand Fat32.

"ray" <> wrote in message
news...
> On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:55:37 -0800, rynato wrote:
>
>> I ordered a new 4GB CF card for the Nikon D200 I ordered. I am keeping
>> my Coolpix 4500 as a 'vacation' camera - no need to lug around the SLR
>> for holiday snaps.
>>
>> I popped the 4gb CF into the 4500, allowed the camera to format it,
>> and now I get an "out of memory" error whenever I insert the CF card
>> into the camera.
>>
>> Is there an upper limit to the size of CF card a Coolpix 4500 can
>> accept? I figured maybe the camera's software or firmware might not
>> know how to handle such a large capacity CF card, which did not exist
>> at the time the camera came out.
>>
>> thx in advance
>
> Wikipedia tells us that the Fat16 limit is 2gb as it is normally
> implemented (can be done with 4gb, but usually isn't). So I would guess it
> is formatted Fat32 and the camera doesn't understand Fat32.

Wilkopedia! Never believe what you read there

When the CP4500 was introduced FAT32 was the norm. Considering the CP4500 is
out of production why would the they consider upgrading the software to
accommodate a 2GB card?

For snapshots a 2GB seems way over the top to me!

CRF

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:25:38 +0000, Chris Fishwick wrote:

>
> "ray" <> wrote in message
> news...
>> On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:55:37 -0800, rynato wrote:
>>
>>> I ordered a new 4GB CF card for the Nikon D200 I ordered. I am keeping
>>> my Coolpix 4500 as a 'vacation' camera - no need to lug around the SLR
>>> for holiday snaps.
>>>
>>> I popped the 4gb CF into the 4500, allowed the camera to format it,
>>> and now I get an "out of memory" error whenever I insert the CF card
>>> into the camera.
>>>
>>> Is there an upper limit to the size of CF card a Coolpix 4500 can
>>> accept? I figured maybe the camera's software or firmware might not
>>> know how to handle such a large capacity CF card, which did not exist
>>> at the time the camera came out.
>>>
>>> thx in advance
>>
>> Wikipedia tells us that the Fat16 limit is 2gb as it is normally
>> implemented (can be done with 4gb, but usually isn't). So I would guess it
>> is formatted Fat32 and the camera doesn't understand Fat32.
>
> Wilkopedia! Never believe what you read there
>
> When the CP4500 was introduced FAT32 was the norm. Considering the CP4500 is
> out of production why would the they consider upgrading the software to
> accommodate a 2GB card?
>
> For snapshots a 2GB seems way over the top to me!
>
> CRF

1) the info agrees with what I've seen from other sources.

2) 1gb would indeed seem more than sufficient. I used a Minolta S414 for
about two years and took every shot I ever made on one 1gb card without
ever reformatting - they are still there.

"ray"
> 2) 1gb would indeed seem more than sufficient. I used a Minolta S414 for
> about two years and took every shot I ever made on one 1gb card without
> ever reformatting - they are still there.

That's very interesting. Let's see...

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/s414.html

4.1 mpx CCD, so highest quality/resolution jpg will probably occupy ~2.5
MBytes, correct? I'm not taking into account very busy overloaded with
details pictures, they probably could be bigger.

Then finally 1 gb => 1000 mb (usually counts 1000, not 1024 to trick the
customers) / 2.5 Mb => 400 images, correct?

"They are still there"... So you made less than 400 shots for 2 years.
Well... In my mind it strongly depends on what you're doing with your
camera, if you think for about an hour before you take every new shot, then
it's fine and this speed is acceptable. There are a lot of different people
using their camera in different ways. If I spend my time on some trip I can
make 300-500 shots per day, sometimes even more, first of all because I like
panoramic shots and they usually require many fragments. Maybe you remember
the link to my panorama created from 54 different shots that I posted here.
It's approximately 1/8 of your card. Then there are some unique or hard
scenes that I need to play around with different parameters to get the best
shot from many ones when I review the results on my computer, so 1 times
2,3,4... Not so often but having a digital camera when each shot is almost
for free it makes more sense to shoot more than to lose something important.

So how often you use your camera and how many shots you do approximately
every month? According to my calculations 400 / 12 / 2 => ~16 and less per
month. Is it mostly during vacations, trips, etc.?

Just wondering because these numbers seem terrible for me.

Just D.

"Chris Fishwick" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "ray" <> wrote in message
> news...
>> On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:55:37 -0800, rynato wrote:
>>
>>> I ordered a new 4GB CF card for the Nikon D200 I ordered. I am keeping
>>> my Coolpix 4500 as a 'vacation' camera - no need to lug around the SLR
>>> for holiday snaps.
>>>
>>> I popped the 4gb CF into the 4500, allowed the camera to format it,
>>> and now I get an "out of memory" error whenever I insert the CF card
>>> into the camera.
>>>
>>> Is there an upper limit to the size of CF card a Coolpix 4500 can
>>> accept? I figured maybe the camera's software or firmware might not
>>> know how to handle such a large capacity CF card, which did not exist
>>> at the time the camera came out.
>>>
>>> thx in advance
>>
>> Wikipedia tells us that the Fat16 limit is 2gb as it is normally
>> implemented (can be done with 4gb, but usually isn't). So I would guess
>> it
>> is formatted Fat32 and the camera doesn't understand Fat32.
>
> Wilkopedia! Never believe what you read there
>
> When the CP4500 was introduced FAT32 was the norm. Considering the CP4500
> is out of production why would the they consider upgrading the software to
> accommodate a 2GB card?
>
> For snapshots a 2GB seems way over the top to me!
>
> CRF

Sh*t meant 4GB And the CP4500 didn't have RAW !

CRF

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:59:44 -0700, Just D wrote:

> "ray"
>> 2) 1gb would indeed seem more than sufficient. I used a Minolta S414 for
>> about two years and took every shot I ever made on one 1gb card without
>> ever reformatting - they are still there.
>
> That's very interesting. Let's see...
>
> http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/s414.html
>
> 4.1 mpx CCD, so highest quality/resolution jpg will probably occupy ~2.5
> MBytes, correct? I'm not taking into account very busy overloaded with
> details pictures, they probably could be bigger.

Actually, as I recall, they were around 600kb to about 1.5mb and there
were around 700.

>
> Then finally 1 gb => 1000 mb (usually counts 1000, not 1024 to trick the
> customers) / 2.5 Mb => 400 images, correct?
>
> "They are still there"... So you made less than 400 shots for 2 years.
> Well... In my mind it strongly depends on what you're doing with your
> camera, if you think for about an hour before you take every new shot, then
> it's fine and this speed is acceptable. There are a lot of different people
> using their camera in different ways. If I spend my time on some trip I can
> make 300-500 shots per day, sometimes even more, first of all because I like
> panoramic shots and they usually require many fragments. Maybe you remember
> the link to my panorama created from 54 different shots that I posted here.
> It's approximately 1/8 of your card. Then there are some unique or hard
> scenes that I need to play around with different parameters to get the best
> shot from many ones when I review the results on my computer, so 1 times
> 2,3,4... Not so often but having a digital camera when each shot is almost
> for free it makes more sense to shoot more than to lose something important.

No, I don't think for an hour before every shot - usually only 15 minutes
or so There were also several extenuating circumstances during that
time. A couple of illnesses and several months taking care of my dying
mother. The total time I used the camera was actually closer to 18 months,
I guess than two years.

>
> So how often you use your camera and how many shots you do approximately
> every month? According to my calculations 400 / 12 / 2 => ~16 and less per
> month. Is it mostly during vacations, trips, etc.?

When we're not traveling, vacationing, etc. I seldom have much time for
taking pictures - BTW actualy numbers are about 700/18 = 39/month. I have
posted some of the pics at my web site: www.rcarter.net.

>
> Just wondering because these numbers seem terrible for me.
>
> Just D.

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:07:20 -0500, in rec.photo.digital Ed Ruf <"Ed
Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!)" <>> wrote:

>On 12 Feb 2007 06:55:37 -0800, in rec.photo.digital
>wrote:
>
>>I ordered a new 4GB CF card for the Nikon D200 I ordered. I am keeping
>>my Coolpix 4500 as a 'vacation' camera - no need to lug around the SLR
>>for holiday snaps.
>>
>>I popped the 4gb CF into the 4500, allowed the camera to format it,
>>and now I get an "out of memory" error whenever I insert the CF card
>>into the camera.
>>
>>Is there an upper limit to the size of CF card a Coolpix 4500 can
>>accept? I figured maybe the camera's software or firmware might not
>>know how to handle such a large capacity CF card, which did not exist
>>at the time the camera came out.
>
>Probably a FAT16 2GB limit. My Sandisk Extreme III 4GB cards have a
>switch that lets one set either of two Fat16 2GB ranges or 1 FAT32 4GB
>range for the cards.

To follow up on this I popped the 4GB extreme III in my old CP-990. I
get the same Out of Memory error message after trying to format the
full card. However, it works fine when the card is set to one of the
2GB ranges after reformatting the card.
-
Ed Ruf ()
http://edwardgruf.com/Digital_Photog...ral/index.html