Canon 20D / DRebel Card Format

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Can a 20D formatted CF card be used in the DRebel or is the formatting
different ? I would like to use the DRebel as a backup to the 20D and keep
projects on the same card if possible.

Thanks,

Mark.........
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ArcAxis wrote:
> Can a 20D formatted CF card be used in the DRebel or is the
formatting
> different ? I would like to use the DRebel as a backup to the 20D and
keep
> projects on the same card if possible.

Both use FAT32 filesystem.

But their directory naming and photo numbering might conflict.
- Siddhartha

 

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"ArcAxis" <arcaxis@aol.comjunkbloc> wrote in message
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> Can a 20D formatted CF card be used in the DRebel or is the formatting
> different ? I would like to use the DRebel as a backup to the 20D and keep
> projects on the same card if possible.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark.........
> "You can't just turn back the clock, but you can wind it up again."
>
>
> Remove "junkbloc" from address to respond by e-mail

Both use the same format. In fact, you can move the cards between almost any
canon digital cameras. I routinely view the images taken on my G2 in my 20D.

Eric Miller

 

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They work in any Canon. My Wife has a G6, and I have a 20D and 10D. The
only problem I have ever had was between the 10D and 20D. I put a card
that I had deleted images off in the computer from the 10D into the
nearly new 20D. After and afternoon of picture taking I off loaded the
images to my computer. That's when the surprise hit. Canon doesn't want
to risk writing the same image number s my 20D suddenly started
counting images where the 10D had finished. The 20D suddenly went from
about 150 exposures to over 600.

I would have thought the camera frame counter would have resided in the
camera somewhere and would have over written the card as far as where
to start counting. It's not a big deal because it was only a few
hundred images. If it had been thousands I would have reset the counter
in the camera. I just never thought it would do it.

Art

 

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"ArcAxis" <arcaxis@aol.comjunkbloc> wrote in message
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> Can a 20D formatted CF card be used in the DRebel or is the formatting
> different ? I would like to use the DRebel as a backup to the 20D and keep
> projects on the same card if possible.
>

Not the same two cameras but for almost a year I never had any trouble
moving CF and microdrvive cards between a 300D and a 1D until once with a
microdrive and I lost some images. The microdrive is OK but I learned my
lesson and I'll never again move any cards with images I need from one
camera to another. Now I always format when I put the card in and I've not
had further trouble.

 

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Fyimo <arthurw@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> They work in any Canon. My Wife has a G6, and I have a 20D and 10D. The
> only problem I have ever had was between the 10D and 20D. I put a card
> that I had deleted images off in the computer from the 10D into the
> nearly new 20D. After and afternoon of picture taking I off loaded the
> images to my computer. That's when the surprise hit. Canon doesn't want
> to risk writing the same image number s my 20D suddenly started
> counting images where the 10D had finished. The 20D suddenly went from
> about 150 exposures to over 600.

Yes, I observed the same thing when sharing a card between my G3 and 10D.
I have dedicated my 512MB card to the G3 and my 1GB card to my 10D to
minimize confusion.

Andrew


> I would have thought the camera frame counter would have resided in the
> camera somewhere and would have over written the card as far as where
> to start counting. It's not a big deal because it was only a few
> hundred images. If it had been thousands I would have reset the counter
> in the camera. I just never thought it would do it.

> Art