topic PowerShot SD500 Memory Card Error in Point & Shoot Digital Cameras

PowerShot SD500 Memory Card Error

Wanexxx — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:34:18 GMT

My dad lended me the Canon Powershot SD500 and everytime I put my SD card in the camera it gets a memory card error. I’ve turned the camera off and on and even formatted the card and I still don’t know what to do please help🙏🏽

Re: Issues with a Canon Powershot SD500

Tronhard — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 21:59:17 GMT

Hi and welcome to the forum:

There are several line to follow here:
Is the card you are inserting a Micro SD card with an adapter? If so, they do not work well with Canon and many other camera brands. You should always use a full-size SD card.
Is the card a reputable manufacturer and purchased form a reputable store - lots of places on the web sell counterfeit cards, or ones that were rejected in manufacture.
Did the card work in other devices?

Re: Issues with a Canon Powershot SD500

kvbarkley — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 22:13:36 GMT

Make sure it is a straight SD card and not SDHC or SDXC. It should not be larger than 2 GB(!). It came with a 32MB(!!) card.

Re: Issues with a Canon Powershot SD500

normadel — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 03:43:57 GMT

What size (capacity) memory card are you trying to use?

This is an old camera. It won't like SD cards over, maybe, 32 GB. Do you know of anyone with older camera who might have 2-4-8 GB cards?

There is a very good Ebay seller I deal with who has numerous listings for good brand-name 2 GB SD cards for $10.99-$11.99 each, free shipping. .You might want to try one.