Anyone seen a 255 picture limit with the Canon PowerShot SX200IS camera with an 8 GB card?

[herb757]

Is there a picyure limit of 255 with the PowerShot SX200IS?

[John_]

No, depending on the settings, etc, it can be as much as 2505 pictures for an 8GB card

[herb757]

My camera says I have 2505 shots and if I take 300 pictures it says I have 2205 to go.  However when I either look at them on the camera or download them to my computer I only have the first 255 pictures!  Very strange.  Anyone have any ideas how to correct?

[John_]

Yes that is odd.....What make and type of card are you using and did you format it in the camera first?

[herb757]

The card is an 8GB Centon SDHC.  I fomatted it in the camera.  I actually did it twice,  I just got the camera from my son-in-law and took about 400 pictures on vacation and only got 255.  After downloading the 255 pictures to my computer I then formatted the card again and took 300 random pictures to see if it happened again.  It did, only 255!  It's interesting to note that 255 = 2 raised to the 8th power minus1.

[herb757]

I'm planning to buy a different brand card to see if the same thing happens.

[kvbarkley]

Is there a firmware update? Could be a camera bug.

[John_]

Yes 255 is almost a binary number...those cards are not very expensive I'd try a new one. I do not think it is your camera.

Do you have a card reader in your computer to look in the card to see what it says as far as space used vs. space left in it?

[Waddizzle]

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@herb757 wrote:

The card is an 8GB Centon SDHC.  I fomatted it in the camera.  I actually did it twice,  I just got the camera from my son-in-law and took about 400 pictures on vacation and only got 255.  After downloading the 255 pictures to my computer I then formatted the card again and took 300 random pictures to see if it happened again.  It did, only 255!  It's interesting to note that 255 = 2 raised to the 8th power minus1.

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Yes, the 255 figure could be a tell tale.  What type of computer and software are you using to perform the transfer? 

Push come to shove, you could always remove the card from the camera and read it directly with a computer, or with a card reader stick.

[herb757]

When I put the card in my card slot on my computer it says I have about 7.9GB free before I start taking pictures.  Something wierd is preventing more than 255 pictures to be saved to the card.