Cannon EOS Rebel XS Formatting Memory Card

[kimkaden]

I bought my first canon and it did not come with SD card. I bought a sandisk 128 gb but camera said it cannot format. HELP please

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

That camera was made long before 128GB cards were available.  I would suggest using a 32GB card or less in that body.  Here is the product manual for the XS-1000D:

eosrebelxs-1000d-im2-en.pdf (c-wss.com)

[Stephen]

The Digital Rebel XS is compatible with SDHC cards. The max size for an SDHC card is 32GB. This camera was retired in 2015 and is no longer eligible for support from Canon USA.

We invite you to speak with our Canon Upgrade Program specialists, so they can help you get into a modern camera at a discount. They're at 866-443-8002.

[sabreNtexas]

I am having the same issue, in addition i wanted to upgrade the firmware to 1.07 but i cannot find a link to that software anywhere even though it's referenced all over the place online. and even on the support pages it talks about that download and link.. but it's not there. I dont want to buy another camera i just want this one working...

[kvbarkley]

Also, what is wrong with the camera? Rebel firmware downloads fix very specific things, and don't add functionality. If you are having an issue, unless it is specifically addressed by the firmware update, I can guarantee it won't fix the issue.

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

After searching, it does not appear that Canon is hosting FW downloads for the XS any longer.  

Every Canon site I visited didn't have it listed.  You have 2 choices.  Contact support and hope they can provide v1.07 to you, or accept some risk and download from a 3rd party.  I do not typically recommend this.  But...It depends on how much time you want to spend hunting down FW for a 14 yr old camera.  Sorry this does not have a quick solution.

[kvbarkley]

For the record, this is what it fixes:

Firmware
Firmware Version 1.0.7 incorporates the following fixes, can now be downloaded by clicking here

1. Fixes a rare phenomenon in which "Cannot create folder"; is displayed on the camera's LCD monitor, after which shooting is no longer possible with that the SD card in your camera.

The Version 1.0.7 firmware being released this time is for cameras with firmware up to Version
1.0.6. If the camera's firmware is already Version 1.0.7, it is not necessary to update the firmware.