I bought a new memory card for the camera -- an Olympus XD M2GB. When I turned on the camera after putting in the new card, the screen read "card not initialized" and won't take photos. It's the ve of my sister's wedding and I want to take lots of photos - help please! Many thanks. Kristina Screen is reading memory card not initialized, so can't take any pictures but can view pictures on memory card via digital picture frame, or connecting camera directly to laptop. Please help asap
I bought a new memory card for my finepix A330 camera When I turned on the camera after putting in the new card, the screen read "card not initialized" and won't take photos.my son is going holidays 13/9/08 could you help me please Alex Richardson
Suddenly the fujifilm finepix 45fd camera memory card is reading NOT INITIALIZED. This was working fine until now. What does this mean?
Hello,
I have the sake "Card not Initialised" problem. I have the - Fujifilm Finepix E550 - and I am using a - Fujifilm xD-Picutre Card. I have read many review stating that i simply need to format the card and this will fix the problem. My concerns is that the 512MB card was full of valueable photo's that I do not wish to erase.
As I live in a isolated area I do not have the ability to go to any camera store to ask for help.
Can anyone tell me how I can salvage these precious photo's before I format the card?
Fingers crossed.
D
Kristina,
Not knowing what model Olympus camera you have, or how old it is - your
new memory card "format" problem is one of 3 possibilities.
1st - If you have an older Olympus camera more
then 4-5 years old the newer M & H series type cards over 256mb
will probably not work in your older camera, as by the camera's
internal firmware chip design of the camera itself. Some cameras were
upgradeable some weren't as to the internal firmware chip as well as
available software drivers depending on which computer OS system you
were using ie: (WIN98SE, WIN2000, etc). Has to do with the memory card
read/write chip speed as well, and also has to do with the physical
storage size of the card itself. Some digital cameras were MAXED OUT at
512mb cards, some as low as 256mb. A 2gb card simple won't work in
that/your camera in that case.
If you read the camera's user manual it will possibly tell you this, or
else go online to www.olympusamerica.com and use this link:
View which cameras are compatible
Select camera model series and scroll down the model # and research the
max card size & type you can use (3 basic XD card speed types
available - regular XD - M type - H type).
If you are using the wrong type & size card you will need to return
that card (if you can) and get the right XD size & type for your
camera.
2nd - You should always FORMAT (same as ERASE ALL and FORMAT modes on
most Olympus cameras) the new card, or any XD card for that matter in
your camera itself. NOT THE HOME COMPUTER!!! The 2 format procedures
are not the same!!
If you are re-shooting (re-using) the same XD card over and over again
and then downloading the JPEG pix directly to the computer using a USB
interface cable there usually is no need to re-format the card again as
long as the XD card stays the camera and is not downloaded into a home
computer via a "card reader". If you do the latter "card reader" then I
would advise doing a card re-format in the camera again just to be
safe!!
And lastly - If your home computer recognizes the XD card via a good
"card reader" (do not FORMAT the XD card here btw, as you are just
checking the card out to see it is GOOD is all), but the camera will
not then that is a good sign your camera is OK, but it's just the wrong
type & size XD card.
Hope this helps solve your camera XD problem not knowing which model you have.
Best regards,
Frank
Follow up to previous post:
I didn't have the time to access the exact link below to check on your
specific 2004 model year camera because I missed the Fuji camera model
part, as I'm brand new to this site - so please forgive my previous
oversight here.
I was right though in my initial posted assumption that you bought the
wrong XD memory card based on your Fuji FinePix A330 Digital Camera -
as to it's older model year - in that your camera is limited to a
512mb memory card.
Make sure you buy the 512mb standard card if you still can find them.
Otherwise check with Fuji Corp to make sure the M type card (faster
read/write chip) will work in your specific model. The M type cards
work just fine in my Olympus C-740 even though it was told to me they
wouldn't work at all, but each digital camera is slightly different as
to it's internal firmware (BIOS) chip.
See the following camera info for your specific model at the link below under Storage Media:
Steves Digicams - Fujifilm FinePix A330 - User Review
I hope this now clears up any prior confusion from the previous post.
Best regards,
Frank
Follow up to previous post:
I didn't have the time to access the exact link below to check on your
specific 2004 model year camera because I missed the Fuji camera model
part, as I'm brand new to this site - so please forgive my previous
oversight here.
I was right though in my initial posted assumption that you bought the
wrong XD memory card based on your Fuji FinePix A330 Digital Camera -
as to it's older model year - in that your camera is limited to a
512mb memory card.
Make sure you buy the 512mb standard card if you still can find them.
Otherwise check with Fuji Corp to make sure the M type card (faster
read/write chip) will work in your specific model. The M type cards
work just fine in my Olympus C-740 even though it was told to me they
wouldn't work at all, but each digital camera is slightly different as
to it's internal firmware (BIOS) chip.
See the following camera info for your specific model at the link below under Storage Media:
Steves Digicams - Fujifilm FinePix A330 - User Review
I hope this now clears up any prior confusion from the previous post.
Best regards,
Frank
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The trouble with trying to format large cards of 1Mb or 2 Mb is that in order to do so you need your original card or a card that currently WORKS. I have one of 16 Mb. Go to Fujis web help page and download the firmware fix "FinePixA340" to your PC. Run and extract the data file "FPUPDATE".Now you have to put this file onto the old card. I pasted it so it was "beside" the DCIM folder ( NOT the next one down 100_Fuji folder or it won't work). To copy and paste you may have to connect the camera to the PC or use a XD card reader/writer via a USB port. Having done that, put the card back into the camera if you used a XD writer and switch off the camera. For the next bit make sure your batteries are good or connect to a power supply. Hold down Disp/Back button and THEN turn on camera. It should have detected the new firmware data file. Follow the simple instructions-say yes and let the data file load--takes a few minutes. The camera should say the new version !.22. Now that the firmware has been updated , you can now format your NEW LARGER cards 1 or 2 MG. So take your old card out ,put the new card in and format. It worked sweet as a nut for both 1 and 2 MG. The trick is to use a card that already works,load firmware file onto this , update file onto camera, then format a larger card. Its what they don't say exactly that causes frustation. Happy formating campers
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