PowerShot SD500 Memory Card Error

[Wanexxx]

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🙏🏽

[Tronhard]

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?

[kvbarkley]

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.

[normadel]

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.