SDHC card - help out a Noob!

ADVTimADVTim Registered Users Posts: 2 Beginner grinner
edited September 24, 2009 in Accessories
Hi everyone, just dipping a toe in the ocean of digital photography with a Nikon D60 and need help with an DSHC card.

I have bought a SanDisk 8GB SDHC card from Amazon but my D60 refuses to format the card. In the owners manual the list of "Approved Memory Cards" tells me that the camera will work with a Panasonic 8GB SDHC card. Shouldn't it work with the SanDisk 8GB SDHC card as well, or am I being really dim and missing something obvious?

Thanks.

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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,132 moderator
    edited September 24, 2009
    ADVTim wrote:
    Hi everyone, just dipping a toe in the ocean of digital photography with a Nikon D60 and need help with an DSHC card.

    I have bought a SanDisk 8GB SDHC card from Amazon but my D60 refuses to format the card. In the owners manual the list of "Approved Memory Cards" tells me that the camera will work with a Panasonic 8GB SDHC card. Shouldn't it work with the SanDisk 8GB SDHC card as well, or am I being really dim and missing something obvious?

    Thanks.

    ADVTim, welcome to the Digital Grin. clap.gif

    The Nikon D60 is indeed capable of supporting SDHC cards up to 32GB.

    Make sure that you have the most recent camera firmware. Try to format the card in a computer, making sure that you use an SDHC card reader. If that doesn't work, contact the vendor to make sure the card is legitimate. Contact Sandisk as well.
    ziggy53
    Moderator of the Cameras and Accessories forums
  • ADVTimADVTim Registered Users Posts: 2 Beginner grinner
    edited September 24, 2009
    Thanks, I'll do that thumb.gif

    Update - Have checked on the Nikon 'site, no firmware updates available for the D60. Next step was to try to format the card with my iMac and my SDHC card reader doesn't seem to work (either with the new 8GB SDHC or with a 2GB SD card which I have tested as working with a regular SD card reader) so I have ordered a new SDHC card reader and will try to format the card once that arrives.
  • AlbertZeroKAlbertZeroK Registered Users Posts: 217 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2009
    ADVTim wrote:
    Thanks, I'll do that thumb.gif

    Update - Have checked on the Nikon 'site, no firmware updates available for the D60. Next step was to try to format the card with my iMac and my SDHC card reader doesn't seem to work (either with the new 8GB SDHC or with a 2GB SD card which I have tested as working with a regular SD card reader) so I have ordered a new SDHC card reader and will try to format the card once that arrives.

    Sounds like a bad SD Card. Sandisk usually has pretty good stuff, but I'd call them for an RMA.
    Canon 50D and 2x T2i's // 2x 580ex II // FlexTT5's & MiniTT1's
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  • JohnBiggsJohnBiggs Registered Users Posts: 841 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2009
    Two SanDisk problem threads in a row... ohh no. Sandisk is my goto.
    Canon Gear: 5D MkII, 30D, 85 1.2 L, 70-200 2.8 IS L, 17-40mm f4 L, 50 1.4, 580EX, 2x 580EXII, Canon 1.4x TC, 300 f4 IS L, 100mm 2.8 Macro, 100-400 IS L
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  • AlbertZeroKAlbertZeroK Registered Users Posts: 217 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2009
    JohnBiggs wrote:
    Two SanDisk problem threads in a row... ohh no. Sandisk is my goto.
    Make me thankful I went with Transcend when I bought 4 8G cards this past week. Although I still have 3 8G Extreme III cards.
    Canon 50D and 2x T2i's // 2x 580ex II // FlexTT5's & MiniTT1's
    EFS 17-55 f/2.8 & 10-22 // Sigma 30mm f/1.4 & 50mm f/1.4
    Sigma Bigma OS // Canon 70-200 IS f/2.8
  • JohnBiggsJohnBiggs Registered Users Posts: 841 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2009
    AlbertZeroK wrote:
    Make me thankful I went with Transcend when I bought 4 8G cards this past week. Although I still have 3 8G Extreme III cards.

    Wanna sell me those extreme 3s?
    Canon Gear: 5D MkII, 30D, 85 1.2 L, 70-200 2.8 IS L, 17-40mm f4 L, 50 1.4, 580EX, 2x 580EXII, Canon 1.4x TC, 300 f4 IS L, 100mm 2.8 Macro, 100-400 IS L
    Other Gear: Olympus E-PL1, Pan 20 1.7, Fuji 3D Camera, Lensbaby 2.0, Tamron 28-75 2.8, Alien Bees lighting, CyberSyncs, Domke, HONL, FlipIt.
    ~ Gear Pictures
  • AlbertZeroKAlbertZeroK Registered Users Posts: 217 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2009
    JohnBiggs wrote:
    Wanna sell me those extreme 3s?

    No way, I have a habbit of loosing memory cards, so I like to have plenty of spares. Right now, I've lost a 16G Transend card worth $150 - needless to say, I don't buy 16G cards anymore! :eek:
    Canon 50D and 2x T2i's // 2x 580ex II // FlexTT5's & MiniTT1's
    EFS 17-55 f/2.8 & 10-22 // Sigma 30mm f/1.4 & 50mm f/1.4
    Sigma Bigma OS // Canon 70-200 IS f/2.8
  • time2smiletime2smile Registered Users Posts: 835 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2009
    chipsets may be different.
    can you format on PC
    does the card work in the camera, as far as storing photoes
    worst case senerio, you will need to format on PC and work properly taking photos

    I have a D50 and can not format 4g card in camera, but it works fine, over a year now and no data lost.
    Ted....
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