topic Re: i bougth a new cf card for my cano 5d mark iii. should i format the card before using it to shoo in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

i bougth a new cf card for my cano 5d mark iii. should i format the card before using it to shoot

ziondarl — Sun, 22 May 2016 00:03:55 GMT

should i format my new cf card before using it on my canon 5dmark iii. pls somebdoy help

Re: i bougth a new cf card for my cano 5d mark iii. should i format the card before using it to shoo

cicopo — Sun, 22 May 2016 00:37:56 GMT

YES, absolutely. Format in camera.

Re: i bougth a new cf card for my cano 5d mark iii. should i format the card before using it to shoo

ziondarl — Mon, 23 May 2016 00:47:25 GMT

Thanks cicopo

Re: i bougth a new cf card for my cano 5d mark iii. should i format the card before using it to shoo

Hssutton — Mon, 23 May 2016 13:18:31 GMT

In the 13 years of shooting with a Canon DSLRs I've never bothered to format a new card, but of course there's no harm in doing so.

Harry

Re: i bougth a new cf card for my cano 5d mark iii. should i format the card before using it to shoo

RobertTheFat — Mon, 23 May 2016 15:25:03 GMT

@Hssutton wrote:
In the 13 years of shooting with a Canon DSLRs I've never bothered to format a new card, but of course there's no harm in doing so.

Harry

It ensures that the card is formatted to a file system that the camera is capable of supporting and that the camera will use as much of the card as it's capable of recognizing. Having the card work as intended without an initial formatting should be regarded as a lucky break.